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Install HandBrake CLI

HandBrake is a open-source tool, built by volunteers, for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. (CLI version)

Install with winget
winget install --id HandBrake.HandBrake.CLI
Upgrade
winget upgrade --id HandBrake.HandBrake.CLI
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id HandBrake.HandBrake.CLI

About HandBrake CLI

HandBrake takes videos you already have and makes new ones that work on your mobile phone, tablet, TV media player, game console, computer, or web browser—nearly anything that supports modern video formats. HandBrake works with most common video files and formats, including ones created by consumer and professional video cameras, mobile devices such as phones and tablets, game and computer screen recordings, and DVD and Blu-ray discs. HandBrake leverages tools such as FFmpeg, x264, and x265 to create new MP4 or MKV...

What's new in 1.11.1

All platforms Audio - Fixed a crash that could happen when scanning a PCM track in a DVD-Video or Blu-ray Third-party libraries - Updated libraries - Jansson 2.15.0 (JSON architecture) - zlib 1.3.2 (general) Windows - Removed dependency on having Microsoft .NET 8 Desktop Runtime installed - Fixed the file type selection in the save panel - Fixed a number of issues that impacted screen reader tools ability to read combo box controls

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
1.11.1 Unknown All platforms Audio - Fixed a crash that could happen when scanning a PCM track in a DVD-Video or Blu-ray Third-party libraries - Updated libraries - Jansson 2.15.0 (JSON architecture) - zlib 1.3.2 (general) Windows - Re...
1.11.0 Unknown All platforms General - Added encoding to MOV container format - Added AV1 VCN 2160p 4K preset - For AMD 9000 series GPU hardware and newer - Output dimensions may be incorrect on AMD 7000 series GPU hardware; this is un...
1.10.2 Unknown All platforms Video - Fixed a crash that could happen when encoding high depth video Third-party libraries - Updated libraries - HarfBuzz 11.4.5 (subtitles) - SVT-AV1 3.1.2 (AV1 video encoding) Mac - Added a workaround t...
1.10.1 Unknown All platforms Video - Fixed a visual corruption issue that could happen when encoding with x265 - Fixed SVT-AV1 presets 10, 9, and 8 not working properly with SSIM tune Third-party libraries - Updated libraries - HarfBuz...
1.10.0 Unknown General - Added new "Social 10MB" presets - Improved metadata passthru, preserving additional metadata including: - Creation date - Cover art - Location - Fixed an excessive memory usage during the indepth scan (#6963) C...
1.9.2 Unknown All platforms General - Allowed muxing NVENC AV1 and VCN AV1 WebM container - Fixed a crash that could happen when a source contains chapters with no titles (#6565) Windows - Fixed and issue where the audio track name wo...
1.9.1 Unknown All platforms General - Fixed FFV1 pixel format selection when an hardware decoder is used (#6565) - Fixed an issue that could happen when chapters titles are not UTF-8 (#6489) - Fixed gcc14 aarch64 build failures (#6463...
1.9.0 Unknown All platforms General - Added Intel QSV VVC (hardware) video decoder - Added an option to enable AV1 screen content coding(SCC) on Intel Lunar Lake QSV AV1 encoder - Added support for lossless VP9 encoding - Added a pref...
1.8.2 Unknown All platforms General - Fixed a potential crash when trying to scan deleted files - Fixed scan of broken video that uses reserved color matrix values - Fixed an issue that could cause some audio tracks to be dropped Thir...
1.8.1 Unknown All platforms Video - Fixed a warning / misconfiguration when repeat-headers is used with the x265 encoder.(#6061) - Fixed an issue where the NVEnc encoder ignored the level option Subtitles - Fixed an issue where dvd su...
1.6.1 Unknown No notes