Handbrake, the reigning king of effortless DVD conversion software, has received a major update to v0.9.0. New in this version is a "re-envisioned" interface for the Mac OS X version (as well as a completely rebuilt UI for Windows), and picture quality has been improved quite a bit through new effects, filters and deinterlacing techniques. Overall speed has also been boosted, and you no longer have to customize your encoding settings for the iPhone, thanks to new presets that simplify the process.Altogether, nearly 300 changes were made for this new version, so head on over and give it a spin.
Thanks Jim
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8-19-2007 @ 6:25PM
dinesh said...
Awesome! keep up the great work!
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8-19-2007 @ 6:33PM
Chip said...
The HandBrake Devs are GODS!
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8-19-2007 @ 6:35PM
Will Croft said...
Anyone having trouble downloading this in Safari should note Safari sees the MIME type wrongly and so adds a .bz2 archive extension to the file name. When downloaded, remove the .bz2 and mount the .dmg.
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8-19-2007 @ 6:46PM
Matt said...
Woo the server is down. Does anyone have a link to a mirror that hosts the file?
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8-19-2007 @ 6:49PM
Hawkman said...
Please don't post links to the mirrors - you'll just take those down, too, and then the people who've donated their bandwidth for this won't do it again!
I know it's painful, but maybe try to come back to it later when the initial rush has died down.
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8-19-2007 @ 6:51PM
lhasapso said...
Does anyone know what's the difference between this and MacTheRipper, and which one is better?
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8-19-2007 @ 6:53PM
Matt said...
Mactheripper just de-encrypts the dvd and copies it to your hdd in the raw mpg format whereas handbrake de-encrypts and compresses the dvd to a file that is compatible with a range of devices and is small enough to keep on your HDD for awhile
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8-19-2007 @ 6:58PM
Mikw said...
I don't think this site can be brought down, since it's purpose is to handle a high amount of visitors on a daily basis. http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/12987/handbrake
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8-19-2007 @ 7:03PM
lhasapso said...
Thanks, I think I'll use Handbrake.
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8-19-2007 @ 7:04PM
Hawkman said...
@Mikw: Unfortunately, all the Download link from MacUpdate etc does is direct you to m0k.org - which is having issues with Apache's connections being maxed out. So same issue. The only real answer is to be patient :)
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8-19-2007 @ 7:34PM
Adriel Kloppenburg said...
I have a 2TB cap on my bandwidth for each month so you can share around this link as it is on my own host.
And I never even get close to 2TB :)
Share around...
www.adriels.com/files/HandBrake-0.9.0-MacOSX.4_GUI_UB.dmg
Adriel
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8-19-2007 @ 7:44PM
andrew harrison said...
@Hawkman: not true at all. Just downloaded from MacUpdate via their own mirror.
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8-19-2007 @ 7:51PM
andrew harrison said...
WOW the UI is much improved over whatever version I was using previously.
too bad they are still using that horrible icon. thank goodness for the replacement icon, which is much much nicer. [http://dl.qj.net/index.php?pg=12&fid=8616&catid=36, original site is down for maintenance]
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8-19-2007 @ 8:07PM
JkEw said...
Thanks Adriel :-)
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8-19-2007 @ 8:15PM
michas_pi said...
300 changes?
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SPAAAAAAAAARTAAAAA!
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8-19-2007 @ 8:18PM
anonymous said...
Still waiting for adaptive deinterlacing to be implemented into Handbrake (or in any Mac DVD player/encoder app for that matter...)
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8-19-2007 @ 8:18PM
Hawkman said...
@ andrew harrison: It was true when I wrote it. Not any more. :)
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8-19-2007 @ 8:20PM
Hawkman said...
@16: yadif and mcdeint not good enough for ya?
Sorry about the double post, missed this the first time.
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8-19-2007 @ 8:59PM
Adriel Kloppenburg said...
@ JkEw, no problem, always happy to help out.
Also I got a snap shot of there new site before it went down, well it is different from what it was a week ago.
http://www.adriel.co.nz/files/Download-at-HandBrake-1.png
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8-19-2007 @ 9:08PM
Joe Angrisano said...
Very nice, though I still wish they'd replace that ugly pineapple icon with Model Concept's Icon:
http://samuraicoder.net/handbrake_replacement_icon
It's so much nicer than the built in icon and its a pain to keep replacing it on my own every time they do an update.
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