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   Handbrake Still the Best DVD Converter, Now Handles Any Video
Format<http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Handbrake_Still_the_Best_DVD_Converter_...>
By
Scott Gilbertson <http://www.webmonkey.com/services/contactus/> November 25,
2008 Categories: Multimedia<http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/category/multimedia>,
Software & Tools <http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/category/software%20tools>

[image: Handbrake]HandBrake, our favorite way to convert DVDs to iPod-ready
video formats, has released a major upgrade
<http://handbrake.fr/?article=9>that adds support for just about any
video source format, not just DVDs. The
new features come courtesy of the libavcodec and libavformat libraries,
which are borrowed from the ffmpeg project <http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/>.

If all that sounds too geeky for you, here's the short version:
Handbrake<http://handbrake.fr/>can now convert just about any video
format into something that's ready to
load on your iPod, Apple TV and other video device.

Although we would call this a major update (and the first release after a
long silence from the Handbrake team), the release numbers have been only
incrementally bumped — the latest version is HandBrake 0.9.3. But don't let
the version number fool you, this is a major release and ffmpeg isn't the
only news. Handbrake on Linux has also been upgraded and now has an official
GTK graphical interface — there's even available as a binary for Ubuntu. And
don't think that the new UI means just a wrapper GUI for the command line
features, in fact the Linux GUI of Handbrake now has full feature parity
with the Mac interface.

Of course, if you're thinking that all this good stuff can't come without a
price, you're right. Due to infringement concerns, the latest version of
Handbrake no longer has built-in DVD decryption. The code that handles the
decryption circumvents the copy protection present on commercial discs, and
therefore violates copyright laws like the DMCA. We'd argue that copying a
movie you own from a DVD to your iPod or iPhone falls within the bounds of
fair use, but current laws state otherwise.

However, before you freak out, bear in mind that all you need to do to get
it back is install VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>, which still ships
with the libdvdread library which handles the dirty work of decoding.

As Handbrake project administrator jbrjake
explains<http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6698&p=38088>in
the app's user forum, "HandBrake being
libdvdcss-free is something that a developer asked for over a year ago,
because it made him feel uncomfortable openly contributing to the project.
At the time I promised him we would try to get rid of it, and while it took
quite awhile, dynaflash found a way to do it on the Mac side that I feel
works very well and doesn't make the process any more difficult in regular
usage."

He adds that since the project is open source, anyone can still build the
functionality into Handbrake. The decryption code will download from VLC's
servers rather than Handbrake's.

"Basically, we're wiping our hands of storing and providing the decryption
code ourselves. It won't be in HandBrake's binaries and it won't be on
HandBrake's servers," he writes.

The latest version of Handbrake is, of course, a free
download<http://handbrake.fr/?article=download>.
For more details on what's new and changed, check out the Handbrake
announcement <http://handbrake.fr/?article=9> or look through the release
notes in Trac <http://trac.handbrake.fr/browser/tags/0.9.3/NEWS>.

Frankly, we were getting worried the Handbrake project had gone dormant, so
the new version is welcome, not only for the added features, but just to
assure us that our favorite video converter is indeed still alive and
kicking.

*See Also:*

   - HandBrake Update Makes DVD To IPod/IPhone/AppleTV A
Snap<http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/HandBrake_Update_Makes_DVD_To_IPod/IPho...>
   - Use Handbrake To Put DVDs On Your
IPhone<http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Use_Handbrake_To_Put_DVDs_On_Your_IPhone>

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Tiago Alves Macambira
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