Download notes: Alternatively you can download the latest Windows version of this software.

Is HandBrake a video editor?

HandBrake can crop and resize videos as well as restore old and low-quality videos, but for more powerful tools you can use DaVinci Resolve, Shotcut or VSDC Free Video Editor, which are great free options.

Can you use HandBrake to rip DVDs?

Yes, HandBrake can rip any DVD or Blu-Ray discs that aren't copy protected.

Can HandBrake compress 4K videos?

Yes, HandBrake can compress any 4K video to reduce video size while converting the video format at the same time.

Is Handbrake better than FFmpeg?

Both HandBrake and FFmpeg are free and open source, both are compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and both can convert video files. The difference is that Handbrake uses a GUI (graphical user interface) to convert media files, while FFmpeg uses the command line to encode or decode video files. Another difference is that Handbrake supports DVD and Blu-Ray video as input, while FFmpeg does not. Also, Handbrake only offers MKV and MP4 output, while FFmpeg supports many video output formats.

Features

  • Can encode directly from DVDs (even encrypted ones) or from VIDEO_TS folders
  • Supports AC3, LPCM and MPEG audio tracks
  • Outputs MP4, AVI or OGM files
  • Outputs AAC, MP3 or Vorbis audio
  • Supports 2*pass encoding
  • Supports encoding of two audio tracks
  • Includes a bitrate calculator
  • Supports picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling

What's New

All platforms

General

  • Fixed FFV1 pixel format selection when an hardware decoder is used (#6565)
  • Fixed an issue that could happen when chapters titles are not UTF-8 (#6489)
  • Fixed gcc14 aarch64 build failures (#6463)

Subtitles

  • Improved support for SRT files with overlapping subtitles (#6155)

Audio

  • Fixed AC3 and EAC3 extradata in MKV (#6582)

Third-party libraries

  • nv-codec-headers: Harden DLL loading so that it only uses system32 for the search path on Windows (#6548)

Updated libraries

  • libdav1d 1.5.1 (AV1 video decoding)
  • HarfBuzz 10.2.0 (subtitles)
  • libjpeg-turbo 3.1.0 (preview image compression)

Windows

  • Fix an issue with the autoname function not updating when title is the only option (#6517)
  • Fix an issue where the audio encoder may not display correctly after a queue has been imported and queue item edited. This may exhibit in other scenarios as well (#6524)
  • Fix an issue with titlebar / taskbar progress erroneously showing with multi-instance encodes (#6477)
  • Fix a crash when importing chapters where there is a chapter count mis-match (#6514)
  • Fixed an issue with autoname pre/postfix option where it would apply regardless of file path collision.
  • Fixed an issue where the crop controls would not enable correctly when editing jobs (#6614)