Version history for HandBrake (Portable 64-bit)

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Changes for v1.3.2 - v1.3.3

• All platforms
• General
• Fixed ISO 639-2/B language codes not set correctly in MKV (affects Hebrew, Indonesian, Javanese, and Yiddish) (#2903)
• Improved support for sources where pixel format cannot be quickly identified, e.g. due to delayed video track start (#2893)
• Added logging to identify where hardware support is disabled
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
• Video
• Improved Intel QSV memory footprint by eliminating a buffer pool (#2675)
• Improved Intel QSV H.265 memory buffer size as required by newer Intel Media SDK (#2862)
• Fixed and improved Intel QSV in various situations, especially hardware decoding (#873, #2660, #2661, #2829)
• Fixed full range video being not being identified as limited range after conversion where filters are used (#2859)
• Subtitles
• Fixed handling of overlapping SSA import subtitles (791adba)
• Improved support for out-of-order SSA subtitles as allowed by specification (#2906)
• Command line interface
• Fixed --preset failure unless full path is specified, e.g. --preset="Category Name/Preset Name" (#2838)
• Build system
• Improved Flatpak to better conform to freedesktop metainfo standards
• Improved Intel QSV Flatpak plugin build effiency using cmake-ninja
• Added a patch to fix cross compiling libdav1d using GCC 10.x (quality of life improvement)
• Official HandBrake 1.3.3 Windows release is built using GCC 9.x and is not directly affected by this issue
• Third-party libraries
• Updated libraries
• FFmpeg 4.2.3 (decoding and filters)
• Mac
• Fixed preview layout not displaying properly on OS X 10.11 El Capitan
• Fixed incorrect copyright year on About dialog (#2830)
• Windows
• Fixed a crash related to the dark theme (#2816)
• Fixed a potential crash related to preview image memory allocation (#2871)
• Fixed a potential crash due to certain actions causing no preset being selected (#2875)
• Fixed missing E-AC-3 encoder option (#2855)
• Fixed hardware encoder support unavailable in portable build (#2832)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Changes for v1.3.0 - v1.3.2

• All platforms
• General
• Fixed point to point end detection in certain scenarios (#2603)
• Improved support for H.265 video in AVI container produced by some security cameras (#2622)
• Added logging to identify problematic sources where container and video track pixel aspect ratios differ
• Added logging to help debug potential JSON API issues
• Video
• Fixed color range conversion being applied twice when scaling video (#2561)
• Fixed incorrect identification of support for QSV HEVC encoder on older Intel hardware (#2558)
• Added logging to identify automatic picture rotation
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
• Audio
• Fixed an upstream FFmpeg issue where passing through AAC ADTS audio could produce invalid MKV output in rare cases (error instead) (#2809)
• Filters
• Fixed uninitialized memory in NLMeans prefilter leading to video corruption at bottom of picture (only affects custom settings) (#2576)
• Fixed a crash in the Detelecine filter with out of bounds parameters (only affects custom settings) (#2560, #2804)
• Subtitles
• Fixed burned in subtitles position offset where cropscale filter is not used (#2449)
• Command line interface
• Fixed subtitles not being selected when specifying --all-subtitles without also specifying a non-empty --subtitle-lang-list
• Build system
• Fixed building the GTK graphical interface for use on Windows (link ole32)
• Updated Flatpak manifest creation script for compatibility with Python 3
• Updated Flatpak runtime and numactl library versions, QSV plugin
• Improved minimum version dependencies to facilitate building on systems with older automake and pkg-config
• Added a workaround for an upstream libdav1d issue affecting installation on FreeBSD (#2662)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
• Linux
• Fixed point to point controls not accepting fractional seconds
• Fixed updating presets with identical names in different categories
• Improved parity with other platforms by allowing removal of preset categories (automatic after last preset in category is removed)
• Improved parity with other platforms by showing title and chapter range on the queue summary tab
• Mac
• Fixed selection behavior new track audio mixdown set to DPL2 instead of stereo (#2641)
• Fixed queued job failures related to removable drives by resolving security scoped resources as needed (#2566)
• Windows
• Fixed loading preset files with Unicode characters in path (#2427)
• Fixed clear queue options to prevent them clearing active jobs (#2587)
• Fixed main window status label not always reflecting the true count of queue jobs (#2538)
• Fixed failure loading default settings which could cause various issues in the graphical interface (#2549)
• Fixed preview images displaying incorrectly in some cases (anamorphic none, flip horizontal) (e9675bb, #2764)
• Fixed various issues related to Auto Passthru, including fallback settings (#2619, #2627, #2611)
• Fixed exported presets not importing correctly using the Mac graphical interface (#2531)
• Fixed pause and resume not working correctly in some cases (#2647)
• Fixed display of times greater than 24 hours (estimated time renaming, paused duration) (#2582, #2649)
• Fixed various cosmetic issues in the graphical interface (#2645, #2646)
• Improved display of long filenames in the queue (#2570)
• Improved some UX stress cases related to the queue (#2632)
• Improved error message when importing a preset specifying a nonexistent audio encoder (#2638)
• Improved audio and subtitle languages behavior to preserve selected languages order where "any" is also selected (#2611)
• Improved low disk space preferences and alerts (#2648)
• Added a workaround for an upstream .NET issue causing tooltips to not render correctly in some cases (#2630)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Changes for v1.2.0 - v1.2.1

• All platforms
• 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 removal of small temporary files that could be left behind in certain cases
• - Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

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