Software Update: HandBrake 1.0.2

Version 1.0.2 of HandBrake has been released. Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, this open source program can convert footage into files that include h.264, h265, or mpeg4 image formats, and aac, ac3, mp3, or Ogg Vorbis sound formats. Presets are available for commonly used equipment, such as an iPad, AppleTV or Android tablet, and things like chapter layout and subtitles can also be taken into account. The changelog for this release can be found below.

Video

• Fixed point to point encoding end point when using frames as the unit
• Improve error handling for libdvdread and libavcodec decoders

audio

• Fixed an issue where fallback encoder bitrate was not set properly

subtitles

• Fixed incorrect duration for UTF-8 subtitles
• Fixed an issue causing extra blank lines for UTF-8 subtitles in MKV

Linux

• Fixed an issue sometimes preventing dragging and dropping of presets between folders
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

mac

• Fixed video encoder options not reset when changing encoders
• Fixed incomplete encodes where the chapter count differs on queued items
• Fixed sleep prevention not working in certain scenarios
• Fixed automatic naming for EyeTV bundles
• Added additional checks to prevent source file overwriting
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

Windows

• Fixed video encoder options not reset when changing encoders
• Fixed subtitles defaults behaviors to improve how tracks are added
• Fixed issues related to source maximum and custom picture setting modes
• Fixed point to point settings when editing a queued job
• Fixed When Done controls not updating correctly on various screens
• Fixed split buttons not working correctly on audio and subtitles tabs
• Fixed destination path and file name error checking
• Fixed potential crash by disabling OpenCL detection when the scaler is not set to OpenCL Bicubic (workaround for broken system drivers)
• Fixed a potential crash when QSV is supported but disabled at the BIOS level
• Fixed memory leaks in the QSV encoder
• Added QSV detection for Intel Kaby Lake CPUs
• Miscellaneous bug fixes