New Update Handbrake 1.6 video converter released with AV1 video encoding support

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The developers of the open source video converter Handbrake have released Handbrake 1.6 to the public. The new version is available 64-bit versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11, as well as for Mac and Linux devices.
Handbrake 1.6 is a major new release that includes multiple improvements and changes. Noteworthy additions include support for new audio and video formats, revised presets for web publishing and filter updates.

Handbrake 1.6 introduces support for AV1 video encoding. Users of the program may now convert existing media to the format using custom settings or new presets that the developers added. New and updated presets are also available for HEVC and the Web, which now features Creator, Email and Social presets. Support for VP8 presets was removed in the build. The developers note that the VP8 video encoder is deprecated and that it will be removed in a future build. The Theora decoded is deprecated as well and will also be removed in future builds.

Several new video encoders and updates to existing video decoders have found their way into the release:

• Added SVT-AV1 (software) and Intel QSV AV1 (hardware) video encoders
• Added VP9 10-bit encoder
• Added NVENC HEVC 10-bit encoder
• Added VCN HEVC 10-bit encoder
• Added H.264 levels 6, 6.1, and 6.2 for the x264 encoder
• Added H.264/H.265 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 profiles for the x264 and x265 encoders
• Added H.265 4:2:2 profile for VideoToolbox encoder on Apple Silicon
• Added support for Intel Deep Link Hyper Encode (leverage multiple QSV media engines to increase performance)
• Fixed longstanding issue where slowest NVENC encoder preset caused encoding failures
• Removed support for Intel CPUs older than 6th generation (Skylake) when using Intel Quick Sync Video

These changes add more capabilities to the video encoder. Support for levels 6, 6.1 and 6.2 for H.264 that extend resolution and frame rate limits support. Level 6.2, for example, adds support for 8k resolution at 120 fps.

Several filters were updated or added in the release. You can check out the full list on the official GitHub repository, but most users of the application may not require information about individual library updates.

The Linux version has reached parity with the Mac and Windows graphical interfaces, and several quality of life improvements were added in the release. Mac and Windows changes are mostly bug fixes and translation improvements. Mac users may use Quick Look in the queue now, though.

Handbrake 1.6 video converter released with AV1 video encoding support - gHacks Tech News

The developers of the open source video converter Handbrake have released Handbrake 1.6 with AV1 support to the public.

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HandBrake 1.6.1​

All platforms​

Video​

• Fixed a potential decoder issue that could cause desync with audio (#4788, #4789)

Command line interface​

• Fixed inability to name external subtitles tracks using --subname

Mac​

• Fixed behavior of quality slider when changing encoders

Linux​

• Fixed translations missing updates as part of 1.6.0 (#4790)
  • Bulgarian (Български)
  • Corsican (Corsu)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Spanish (Español)
• Fixed (partially) Intel QSV hardware detection (#4768)
• Fixed a potential crash when canceling an Intel QSV encode (#4341)
• Fixed building with -Werror=format-security by adding missing format strings where needed

Windows​

• Fixed quality slider not allowing negative values for encoders supporting them
• Fixed issues upgrading presets from older versions (#4820)
• Fixed a potential graphical interface hang when stopping the queue (#4782)
• Fixed optical disc drives on the source selection pane not scanning correctly (#4771)
• Fixed erroneous display of 2-pass check box for Intel QSV AV1 encoder (not yet supported) (#4777)
• Fixed a build configuration issue that broke version 1.6.0 for Windows on arm64
• Fixed an issue that prevented NVDEC from being available
• Fixed passthru audio erroneously falling back to encoding (#4795)
• Fixed the Save New Preset button incorrectly overwriting recently added presets (#4804)

Release 1.6.1 · HandBrake/HandBrake

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