Software Update: HandBrake 1.1.1

Version 1.1.1 of HandBrake was released recently. 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.

General

• Fixed a potential crash in the comb detection filter
• Fixed a potential crash in the padding filter

Video

• Fixed decoding certain very high bit rate ultra-high definition sources with extra large packets
• Fixed last frame in source video missing in output

audio

• Fixed crash when decoding an empty audio track

build system

• Updated mac-toolchain-build script Nasm url and improved curl parameters for robustness

Third-party libraries

• Updated libraries (necessary to pull in needed bug fixes)
  • libvpx 1.7.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
  • x264 155 r2901 (H.264/AVC video encoding)

Linux

• Fixed Ubuntu PPA build date
• Fixed a display issue with the quality slider control
• Fixed issues occurring when running multiple HandBrake instances simultaneously
• Updated Russian translation
• Updated support for creating Flatpak bundles (experimental)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

mac

• Fixed corrupted output with VP8 and VP9 encoders
• Fixed building x264 using Clang and -march=native/-mavx (thanks H. Gramner for the upstream patch)

Windows

• Fixed issues with queue recovery when running multiple HandBrake instances simultaneously
• Fixed an issue with a When Done action potentially causing the last queue item to be marked as a warning instead of success
• Fixed burn-in behavior with MP4 files; after the first burn-in track, no additional tracks that require burn-in will be added
• Improved window resize behavior for Add Selection to Queue dialog and allowed space bar to toggle checkbox for selected row
• Improved tabling behavior in various circumstances
• Improved adding a new preset with the same name as an existing user preset; the existing preset will now be updated properly
• Improved privacy by adding an option to disable the Summary tab preview image
• Updated installer to block installation on 32-bit systems to avoid confusion (unsupported since 1.1.0)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements