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HandBrake 0.9.2 Released
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 8:00 PM EST
Posted by: Brian
The HandBrake team has announced the release of HandBrake 0.9.2, a new version of their popular DVD to MPEG-4 converter. According to the developers, HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes - including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone and iPod Touch firmware.
New features and improvements include:
 Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian.
Multi-track audio support for Apple devices
iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size
Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering
More flexible, "loose" anamorphic video
MP4 optimization for progressive web downloads
Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio
Robust program and transport stream support
A fresher, faster version of x264
Tuning of FIFO sizes by processor count
Better handling of audio discontinuities
Better handling of DVD read errors
Work-arounds for missing end-of-cell markers
Recovery when streams have signal loss
Better synced chapter markers
Better handling of B-Frames
No more cutting off the very ends of films
No more lost subtitles or chapter markers
No more crashes in 2-pass encoding
You can view the complete change log for the new release here. By the way, this is a Leopard only release folks. HandBrake 0.9.2 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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