Category: Video Converter
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FFmpeg’s Major Release: Introducing Vulkan Video Processing for Enhanced Performance
FFmpeg, the robust open-source media engine that powers many video tasks across platforms, has recently released a significant update—version 8.0—marking it as one of the largest in its history. This update introduces Vulkan compute-based codecs, which enable an alternative method for video encoding and decoding using compute shaders that can function with any Vulkan 1.3…
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Aviator: The Fast, User-Friendly App Revolutionizing AV1 Video Encoding on Linux
AV1, or AOMedia Video 1, is an open-source, royalty-free video codec that offers excellent quality while maintaining smaller file sizes. This makes it an appealing choice for major streaming services, as it helps reduce bandwidth costs. Additionally, if you’re into uploading content or creating high-quality backups of media like Blu-Rays, AV1 is a smart choice.…
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HandBrake 1.9.1 Launches with Enhanced AV1 Video Decoding Features for Superior Open-Source Transcoding
HandBrake has released version 1.9.1, marking the first maintenance update in the HandBrake 1.9 series, which was launched nearly two and a half months earlier. This update enhances AV1 video decoding capabilities by integrating support for the libdav1d 1.5.1 library, as well as improving support for SRT files containing overlapping subtitles. Additionally, it addresses improvements…
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New Release Alert: HandBrake 1.8.2 Enhances Performance with FFmpeg 7.0.2 Support and Critical Bug Fixes
HandBrake 1.8.2 has been released today for this powerful and popular open-source, cross-platform, and free video transcoder/converter for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. HandBrake 1.8.2 is the second maintenance update to the latest HandBrake 1.8 stable series fixing various bugs like an issue where an encoded file could be outputted with the wrong filename when…
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HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder: Now Featuring GTK4 Port on Linux and FFmpeg 7.0 Support
HandBrake 1.8 open-source and cross-platform video transcoder application arrived today as a major update that finally brings a GTK4 port for Linux, as well as numerous other new features and improvements. Coming a little over three months after HandBrake 1.7.3, the HandBrake 1.8 release introduces a GTK4 port of the UI for Linux users, along…
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HandBrake 1.7.2 Update: Enhanced Automatic Selection of Dolby Vision Level
HandBrake 1.7.2 has been released today for this open-source, free, and cross-platform video transcoder app that you can use to convert and encode between numerous digital video files. HandBrake 1.7.2 is here about five weeks after HandBrake 1.7 as a modest update that improves the automatic selection of Dolby Vision Level and the performance of…
