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HandBrake

HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. HandBrake's backend contains comparatively little original code; the program is an integration of many third-party audio and video libraries, both codecs (such as FFmpeg, x264, and…

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Available in
English*, German*, French, Italian, Russian, others — *documentation available in the marked languages
Developer
HandBrake Team
License
GPL-2.0-only (Third-party components have their own licenses)
Operating system
Linux, macOS, Windows
Original author
Eric "titer" Petit
Platform
x64

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HandBrake

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples76
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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HandBrake

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related to From 2007 · 12
HandBrake → December, February, HandBrake's, Hester, Long, MediaFork, On, Petit, Plans, The MediaFork, There, VidCoder
related to MediaFork · 11
HandBrake → Apple's, Chris Long, HandBrake's, Hester, In September, Long, MediaFork, Petit, Rodney Hester, Since, Unable
related to Reception · 10
HandBrake → Advanced, Beginners, He, However, In, It, Lifehacker, Note, PC World, Preston Gralla
related to Sources · 9
HandBrake → As, Blu-ray, DRM, DVD, DVD-Video, DVDs, However, ISO, One
related to Batch · 8
HandBrake → All, Batch HandBrake, CLI, GUI, HandBrake Batch Encoder, Third-party, UIs, VideoScripts
related to Early versions · 8
HandBrake → April, BeOS, Eric Petit, From May, He, June, Petit, Subversion
Size · 3
HandBrake → Linux: 22.3 MB, macOS: 19.4 MB, Windows: 23.78 MB
Available in · 1
HandBrake → English*, German*, French, Italian, Russian, others — *documentation available in the marked languages
Developer · 1
HandBrake → HandBrake Team
License · 1
HandBrake → GPL-2.0-only (Third-party components have their own licenses)

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video petit audio third-party components hester use make mediafork website eric available transcoder linux macos windows long free handbrake's subversion

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HandBrakeAvailable inEnglish*, German*, French, Italian, Russian, others — *documentation available in the marked languages1.00infobox
HandBrakeDeveloperHandBrake Team1.00infobox
HandBrakeLicenseGPL-2.0-only (Third-party components have their own licenses)1.00infobox
HandBrakeOperating systemLinux, macOS, Windows1.00infobox
HandBrakeOriginal authorEric "titer" Petit1.00infobox
HandBrakePlatformx641.00infobox
HandBrakeRelease24 August 2003 (22 years ago) (2003-08-24)1.00infobox
HandBrakeRepositorygithub.com/HandBrake/HandBrake1.00infobox
HandBrakeSizeLinux: 22.3 MB1.00infobox
HandBrakeSizeWindows: 23.78 MB1.00infobox
HandBrakeSizemacOS: 19.4 MB1.00infobox
HandBrakeStable release1.11.2 / 7 June 20261.00infobox
HandBrakeTypeTranscoding1.00infobox
HandBrakeWebsitehandbrake.fr1.00infobox
HandBrakeWritten inObjective-C, C, C#1.00infobox
HandBrakeis afree and open-source transcoder for digital video files0.90text

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