HandBrake is an open-source video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Everyone can use HandBrake to make videos for free.
HandBrake takes videos you already have and makes new ones that work on your mobile phone, tablet, TV media player, game console, computer, or web browser—nearly anything that supports modern video formats.
HandBrake works with most common video files and formats, including ones created by consumer and professional video cameras, mobile devices such as phones and tablets, game and computer screen recordings, and DVD and Blu-ray discs. HandBrake leverages tools such as FFmpeg libavcodec and libavformat libraries, x264, x265, and svt-av1 to create new MP4, MKV, or WebM video files from these
https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/introduction/about.htmlSources.
Version
1.11.0
Release Date
2026-03-08
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For additional platforms, please visit https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php.
Upgrade Notice
Before updating HandBrake, please make sure there are no pending encodes in the queue, and be sure to make a backup of any custom presets and app preferences you have, as they may not be compatible with newer versions.
Windows users, please make sure to install Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime version 10.0
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All platforms
General
- Added encoding to MOV container format
- Added AV1 VCN 2160p 4K preset
- For AMD 9000 series GPU hardware and newer
- Output dimensions may be incorrect on AMD 7000 series GPU hardware; this is unfixable in software
- Added Production DNxHR presets
- MOV container
- Any resolution video using HQX and SQ encoder presets
- 2160p, 1080p, and 540p resolution proxy (LB) presets
- 24-bit PCM multi-channel audio with pass through support
- Added Production ProRes presets
- MOV container
- Any resolution video using standard, HQ, and LT encoder presets
- 2160p, 1080p, and 540p resolution proxy presets
- 24-bit PCM multi-channel audio with pass through support
- Added Preservation FFV1 FLAC and PCM presets
- Same as Preservation FFV1 with single-codec audio
- Updated Preservation FFV1 preset to pass through all supported audio codecs
- Adds Apple Lossless, PCM, and Vorbis to pass through list
- Properly handle the case in which the first chapter timestamp is not zero
Video
- Added DNxHR encoder
- Added ProRes encoder
- Added AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder
- Added MPEG-2 profile and level selection
- Allowed muxing FFV1 in the MP4 container
- Improved AV1 in MP4 seeking on Apple software
- Dolby Vision profile 5 video is now tagged with a proper color tag
Audio
- Added PCM encoding and passthru
- Added support for custom channels order (#7265)
Build system
- Updated mingw-w64-build to version 11.0.0.
- Updated mac-toolchain-build script to version 2.15.0
Third-party libraries
- Updated libraries
- AMF 1.5.0 (AMD VCN video encoding)
- FFmpeg 8.0.1 (decoding and filters)
- HarfBuzz 12.2.0 (subtitles)
- Jansson 2.14.1 (JSON architecture)
- libbluray 1.4.0 (Blu-ray decoding)
- libdav1d 1.5.3 (AV1 decoding)
- libdvdnav 7.0.0 (DVD decoding)
- libdvdread 7.0.1 (DVD decoding)
- libjpeg-turbo 3.1.3 (preview image compression)
- liblzma (xz) 5.8.2 (LZMA video decoding, e.g. TIFF)
- libopus 1.6.1 (Opus audio encoding)
- libvpx 1.16.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
- oneVPL 2.16.0 (Intel QSV video encoding/decoding)
- SVT-AV1 4.0.1 (AV1 video encoding)
- x265 r13309 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)
Linux
- Uses GtkFileLauncher to open files in sandboxed apps
- Added buttons to cycle through previews on summary page
- Added an option to change the UI display language
- Improved display of file sizes
- Fixed the disk space checks
- Fixed a crash that could happen when a preset category contains the ‘ character
- Updated existing and maintained locales
Mac
- Notifications sound is now played back when HandBrake is in the foreground
- File name labels in queue are now truncated in the middle, same behaviour as the Finder
- Minor miscellaneous fixes
- Updated existing and maintained locales
Windows
- The UI now requires Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 10.0.x. .NET 8 is no longer required
- Support for Intel HyperEncode has been removed as the feature is deprecated upstream
- Minor miscellaneous fixes
- Updated existing and maintained locales