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Convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into a MPEG-4 video file.

"Video transcoder to convert MPEG videos to MP4, OGM, MKV."

by Jane Lambert on Jan 28, 2009

(5/5)
HandBrake is an open-source GPL-licensed video transcoder. This application can convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into a MPEG-4 video file in .mp4, .avi, .ogm, or .mkv containers.

HandBrake also features charpter selection and burning subtitle into the picture.

Supported sources:
  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD, and some .VOB and .TS files
  • Any input video file that is supported by the FFmpeg project. This includes nearly every .AVI and .MPG file found in the wild.


    • Outputs:
  • File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM
  • Video: Theora, MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer encoding).
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks).


    • Supported file types:
  • Input: DVD, DVD image, DVD VOB files, MPEG-TS, Matroska, AVI, mpeg-4 etc (version 0.9.3 allows mkv, avi, mpeg and more as input)
  • Output container formats: MP4, AVI, OGM, and MKV
  • Video Codecs: x264 (with H.264 output), Xvid and FFmpeg (with MPEG-4 ASP output)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis, and AC-3


    • Download HandBrake 0.9.3 (5.8 MB)

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      "Better Freeware Convert Video to MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM"

      HandBrake is no longer limited to DVDs: it will now accept practically any type of video as a source. This massive enhancement was achieved by tapping into the power of libavcodec and libavformat from the FFmpeg project.

      by Hasard on Apr 9, 2009

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