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Handbrake adds support for iPhone 4, iPad, and AppleTV 2nd Gen, Finally

News - By: pdaBlast! Staff - January 04, 2011


For those of you who got your iPad back on launch day, you've probably been waiting for a new version of Handbrake with presets for your iPad. It's taken awhile, but Handbrake has finally been updated to support the iPad, iPhone 4, and Apple TV 2nd generation. The new presets add support for the new devices and better quality.

Handbrake version 0.9.5 changes/additions:

Core Library
  • BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support)
  • Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg)
  • SSA Subtitle support. (Including burn
  • in)
  • MP3 audio now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
  • VOBSUB subtitle now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
  • Updated Presets for newer devices and better quality
  • AC3 encoding support.
  • Many Bug Fixes and other small improvements
  • Improved DVD Main Feature detection (when using dvdnav)
  • Universal audio downmix support (all audio types can be downmixed)
  • PointtoPoint encoding (second or frame start and end times)
  • Peak framerate option (Capped VFR)
    All GUIs
  • Updated x264 Advanced Panel
  • Video Quality Slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264
  • Batch Scan (Scan Multiple files at once. N.B: Does not include multiple VIDEO_TS folders / Image files)
  • Many Bug fixes
  • Many Tweaks to improve usability.
  • Ability to edit queue jobs
    Mac GUI
  • New Audio Panel supporting >4 Audio Tracks
  • VLC detection in /Applications and ~/Applications
  • Multiple instance support
    Windows GUI
  • Encode Status in GUI. (CLI window is now always hidden)
  • Improved Auto
  • Naming for Destination file name.
  • Drag / Drop Video onto Main Window to scan.
    Linux GUI
  • Multiple instance support (run multiple copies of ghb at once)
  • Many Bug fixes and UI improvements.
    Notices
  • Power PC (PPC) is no longer officially supported. Given limited resources and time, it simply isn’t feasible for this project to support minority platforms. For those of you still using older hardware, we recommend you stick with 0.9.4.



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