Handbrake Creeping Closer to 0.9.4…

The developers of Handbrake have announced their first official build for bug testing for the 0.9.4 release. The software is unsupported and undocumented. This means you wont get any support for how to use it, or why something isn’t working right. But its another sign that we are getting closer to 0.9.4. It is a big release – the core engine of handbrake (x264) has got a big performance boost since November last year – from Nehalem instructions, and all around performance increases of about 30% (depending on CPU architecture) over the x264 that was released in 0.9.3 (tested on my C2Q 2.66, OSX). Also added was soft subtitles – subtitles embeded in the video file as text, rather than burnt (rendered on top of) the video frame. Best of all, it seems to properly encode HD video (which is a problem I had in 0.9.3). Cant wait for the final release…

[Edit 11/6: The fifth snapshot has been released]

Possibly Related Posts:

• How to down-convert a high definition movie to your iPad/iPod/iPhone and PS3
• CES 2010 – Day 2
• CES 2010 – Day 0 Round-up
• Apple Getting Interest in Video Subscription Services
• Have they finally woken up?
• Handbrake 0.9.4 Released! Finally!
• Nvidia Inside Apple Tablet?
• Fifth Handbrake Snapshot Released