Hello Linux Geeksters. For those who don’t know, HandBrake is an open-source multiplatform multithreaded video transcoder. It is used for converting DVD or Bluray discs to formats like MP4, MKV, H.264, MPEG-4 or other formats. You can also encode audio files like AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3 etc. The latest version available is HandBrake 0.10 Beta 1, which has been ported to GTK3.
Also, for the Linux platform, HandBrake 0.10 Beta 1 comes with the below changes:
- Automatic audio and subtitle track selection behaviours which can be stored per preset.
- Improvements to Auto-Naming feature.
- Batch Add to queue by list selection.
- Russian and Czech Translations
- Bug fixes and Misc Improvements
- Requires GTK3
- Basic support for return codes from the CLI. (0 = No Error, 1 = Cancelled, 2 = Invalid Input, 3 = Initialization error, 4 = Unknown Error”)
- Bug fixes and Misc Improvements
For more information about this release, see the changelog yourself.
In this article I will show you how to install HandBrake 0.10 Beta 1 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu 14.04 derivative systems.
Because it is available via some third party PPA, installing HandBrake 0.10 Beta 1 on Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the handbrake -gtk package. Like this:
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk
Optional, to remove handbrake-gtk, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove handbrake-gtk