Feb 19, 2008
\HandBrake 0.9.2: Released!
<p><i>"I spent my refund on a digital TV with Surround Sound. It's got headphones, so I can watch Steven Seagal films without bothering Bonnie. Yes! Lock and load! Bring on the pain!"</i></p>
<p>HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes—including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. <b>Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.</b></p>
<p><a href="http://handbrake.fr/?article=download">Download it now.</a></p>
<p>Apple fans will be delighted over:</p>
<ul>
<li> Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian.
<li> Multi-track audio support for Apple devices
<li> iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size
</ul>
<p>Power users will find:</p>
<ul>
<li> Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering
<li> More flexible, "loose" anamorphic video
<li> MP4 optimization for progressive web downloads
<li> Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio
<li> Robust program and transport stream support
</ul>
<p>Speed freaks will squee at:</p>
<ul>
<li> A fresher, faster version of x264
<li> Tuning of FIFO sizes by processor count
</ul>
<p>And everyone should enjoy the increased stability brought by:</p>
<ul>
<li> Better handling of audio discontinuities
<li> Better handling of DVD read errors
<li> Work-arounds for missing end-of-cell markers
<li> Recovery when streams have signal loss
<li> Better synced chapter markers
<li> Better handling of B-Frames
<li> No more cutting off the very ends of films
<li> No more lost subtitles or chapter markers
<li> No more crashes in 2-pass encoding
</ul>
<p>As always, <a href="http://trac.handbrake.fr/browser/tags/0.9.2/NEWS">the complete list of changes</a> is available on the Trac, as well as <a href="http://trac.handbrake.fr/timeline?from=02%2F19%2F2008&daysback=133&ticket=on&changeset=on&wiki=on&update=Update">a complete timeline</a> of 0.9.2's development.</p>