Download HandBrake 1.4.2

Version 1.4.2 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. Since version 1.4.0 there is support for hdr10 and 10 and 12bit encoding, and requires .Net 5.0 under Windows. In version 1.4.2 the following changes and improvements have also been made:

General

• Improvements and fixes around color bit-depth handling.
• Fixed various issues where incorrect color information could be written during muxing.

Hardware Encoding

• Fixed corrupted video output when decoding HDR10 content with QuickSync

subtitles

• Fixed a slight subtitle color shift issue when using libass

mac

• Fixed a build system errors that could cause failures linking libbluray
• Fixed incorrect documentation URL
• Fixed a possible crash that can occur when applying a malformed preset.

Windows

• Added “Preset” used to the Queue summary tab.
• Added “Save New Preset” to the preset menu, and toolbar preset dropdown to make it easier to find. (#3783)
• Added category headers to the presets menu when using the flat display mode.
• Changed the log filename format back to start with the destination filename as it did with 1.3 (#3740)
• Changed tab selection behavior on queue when changing jobs. it will no longer reset to the first tab. (#3813)
• Fixed a minor UI juddering effect on the queue task list when jobs start or finish (#3813)
• Fixed calculation errors when using padding on the dimensions tab (#3802)
• Fixed an issue where static preview wasn’t live updating when changes occurred (#3803)
• Fixed a crash on the Audio Defaults screen whilst trying to add Tracks (#3785)
• Fixed incorrect taskbar icon state when running multiple encodes (#3791)
• Fixed an issue where “None” resolution limit was not honored (#3872)
• Fixed an issue with preset export. VideoTune was not written correctly (#3829)