- update to version 1.2.1
+ General
- Fixed potential crashes due to use of uninitialized variables
- Improved minimum duration to only apply to DVD and BD sources
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
+ Video
- Fixed incorrect video rotation where rotation is explicitly
flagged as none
- Fixed yadif deinterlace filter not properly deinterlacing all
frames
- Fixed missing frame at the end of encodes from m2ts sources
- Fixed detection of MPEG-1 video in program streams by
improving probing of unknown streams
- Fixed decoding of MPEG-1 video in DVD sources
- Fixed Apple VideoToolbox encoding issues related to pyramidal
B-frames
- Fixed lapsharp filter corrupting frame edges
- Improved NLMeans performance by reducing number of threads
used with CPUs with high logical core counts
- Improved AMD VCE encoding to enable placing key frames at
chapter markers
- Improved calculation of final frame duration
- Improved support for BT.2020 color space
+ Audio
- Fixed channel mapping for AAC 5.1 encoding (signal 5.1 Back
instead of 5.1 Side which is less compatible)
+ Command line interface
- Fixed selection of encoders applied to tracks selected with
`--all-audio`
- Fixed audio settings where more are specified than exist in
the preset
- Fixed overriding audio bit rate set by the preset
+ Build system
- Fixed libvpx cross compilation with GCC 8 by disabling
AVX-512
- Fixed x265 cross compilation with GCC 8
- Updated to mingw-w64-build 4.1.1 with improvements to error
reporting and support for sha256sum on systems without shasum
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
+ Third-party libraries
- Updated libraries
+ libmfx (upstream API 1.27)
+ Linux
- Fixed Flatpak icon validation by reducing resolution to pass
new restrictions
- Fixed Flatpak accessing gvfs mounted filesystems by adding an
additional access permission
- Fixed display of special characters in preset names
- Fixed exporting presets to sanitize system reserved
characters
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
+ Mac
- Fixed incorrect file extension when selecting a preset
- Fixed potential user interface hang on macOS 10.12 Sierra
- Fixed potential issue caused by setting work state to done
before all threads have closed
- Improved usability of preview controls overlay by increasing
its size
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
+ Windows
- Fixed application uninstaller sometimes appearing behind the
installer
- Fixed potential crash when loading settings from older
HandBrake versions
- Fixed official presets not updating when a newer HandBrake
version is installed
- Fixed maximum resolution limit when selecting a preset
(source or preset, whichever is smaller)
- Fixed crop and anamorphic settings not being restored when
editing a queued job
- Fixed audio and subtitle selection behaviour where any
language + first track are selected
- Restored options control on the queue window previously
removed in HandBrake 1.2.0
- Improved user interface on displays close to the minimum
recommended resolution
- Improved quality of text rendering on the installer for high
density displays
- Improved ordering of presets and preset categories
- Improved QSV compatibility with newer Intel drivers by
updating libmfx
- Improved relaunch stability by falling back to software only
mode after hardware encoder initialization failure
- Improved removal of small temporary files that could be left
behind in certain cases
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements