Download HandBrake 0.9.0

HandBrake is a program that can convert DVD movies into video files in h264 or mpeg4 image format and aac, ac-3, mp3 or Ogg Vorbis sound format. Although the program was forked to MediaFork, the two groups of developers have now joined forces and will continue under the name HandBrake. The developers have been busy recently merging the codebases and have added lots of new features. Version 0.9.0 has recently been released for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows and includes the following announcement:

We’re proud to announce the public release of HandBrake 0.9.0. This is a major release. The changes cannot really all be summed up, but here’s a try:

• User experience is improved through a re-envisioned Mac interface and a Windows interface that’s been rebuilt from the ground up.
• Picture quality is improved through better image scaling, better deinterlacing, new filters for denoising, deblocking, inverse telecine, and new presets devoted to high quality settings.
• Speed ​​improvements due to updated copies of x264 and ffmpeg. This includes improved multi-threaded encoding for the iPod.
• Compatibility is improved through new presets for devices like the iPhone and PSP. As well, HandBrake now supports DTS as an audio source and has limited support for .VOB and .TS file containers as input. Most excitingly, HandBrake can now output to the Matroska (MKV) file container.
• Stability has been improved due to countless bug fixes. (Including audio drop and mp2 issues). Handbrake also has optional support for MP4 files larger than 4 gigabytes.

This is only a short summary of 121 days of furious activity, during which nearly 300 changes were made to the code base. For details, you can see a timeline or all changes.

If you’re curious why this release is being called 0.9.0, please see the FAQ.

Enjoy!