IronWil Blog » HandBrake http://ironwil.net/blog " 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Windows Weekly [#85] NetCast http://ironwil.net/blog/2008/11/29/windows-weekly-85-netcast/ http://ironwil.net/blog/2008/11/29/windows-weekly-85-netcast/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:26:52 +0000 Iron Wil http://ironwil.net/blog/?p=716 Simple Not Easy

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Topics:

  • Windows 7 usability: simple versus easy
  • The Microsoft phone
  • Ballmer claims to know nothing about Windows Capable
  • Apple’s advertising bill
  • Our holiday gift suggestions

Tip of the week: preparing for Windows Live Wave 3 is coming next week
Software of the Week: Handbrake 0.9.3

Audible pick of the week: The First Americans: Prehistory – 1600, A History of US, Book 1 by Joy Hakim. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes—including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.

Download it now.

Apple fans will be delighted over:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian.
  • Multi-track audio support for Apple devices
  • iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size

Power users will find:

  • Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering
  • More flexible, “loose” anamorphic video
  • MP4 optimization for progressive web downloads
  • Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio
  • Robust program and transport stream support

Speed freaks will squee at:

  • A fresher, faster version of x264
  • Tuning of FIFO sizes by processor count

And everyone should enjoy the increased stability brought by:

  • Better handling of audio discontinuities
  • Better handling of DVD read errors
  • Work-arounds for missing end-of-cell markers
  • Recovery when streams have signal loss
  • Better synced chapter markers
  • Better handling of B-Frames
  • No more cutting off the very ends of films
  • No more lost subtitles or chapter markers
  • No more crashes in 2-pass encoding

As always, the complete list of changes is available on the Trac, as well as a complete timeline of 0.9.2′s development.

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