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HandBrake

HandBrake 1.4.2

  -  15.54 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    HandBrake 1.8.2

  • Operating System

    Windows 10 / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    Handbrake Team / External Link

  • Filename

    HandBrake-1.4.2-x86_64-Win_GUI.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    563bb7c541069ebf6a4a1a20d147f0e8

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of HandBrake 1.4.2.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of HandBrake or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

General:
- Improvements and fixes around colour bit-depth handling
- Fixed various issues where incorrect colour information could be written during muxing

Hardware Encoding:
- Fixed corrupted video output when decoding HDR10 content with QuickSync

Subtitles:
- Fixed a slight subtitle colour shift issue when using libass

Added:
- "Preset" used to the Queue summary tab
- "Save New Preset" to the preset menu, and toolbar preset dropdown to make it easier to find
- category headers to the presets menu when using the flat display mode

Changed:
- the log filename format back to start with the destination filename as it did with 1.3
- tab selection behaviour on queue when changing jobs. it will no longer reset to the first tab

Fixed:
- a minor UI juddering effect on the queue task list when jobs start or finish
- calculation errors when using padding on the dimensions tab
- an issue where static preview wasn't live-updating when changes occurred
- a crash on the Audio Defaults screen whilst trying to add Tracks
- incorrect taskbar icon state when running multiple encodes
- an issue where "None" resolution limit was not honoured
- an issue with preset export. VideoTune was not written correctly