Calling directly into the HandBrake library gives it a more rich UI than the official HandBrake Windows GUI.
Features:
- Multi-threaded
- MP4, MKV containers
- H.264 encoding with x264, the world's best video encoder
- Completely integrated encoding pipeline: everything is in one process and no huge intermediate temporary files
- MPEG-4, MPEG-2, Theora video
- AAC, MP3, Vorbis, AC3, FLAC audio encoding and AAC/AC3/MP3/DTS/DTS-HD passthrough
- Target bitrate, size or quality for video
- 2-pass encoding
- Decomb, detelecine, deinterlace filters
- Batch encoding
- Instant source previews
- Creates small encoded preview clips
- Pause, resume encoding
Prerequisites
You'll need .NET 4 (only the client profile is needed). If you don't have it, VidCoder will prompt you to download and install it. If you're on Windows 8 you shouldn't need to install anything; it has .NET 4 pre-installed.
You do not need to install HandBrake for VidCoder to work.
What's New:
- Fixed video settings getting stuck in less-capable "Advanced" mode on non-x264 encoders. If stuck in this mode you can change your video encoder to something else then change it back to fix it.
- Overhauled presets
- Added 60 new built-in presets
- Presets can now be organized in a tree structure
- Built-in presets are read from the HandBrake core so will be updated more often
- Updated HandBrake encoding core to 1.1.0. This gives us shiny new features:
- Added 10-bit H.265/HEVC encoding support for Kaby Lake and newer CPUs
- Added new Unsharp and kernel-based Laplacian LapSharp sharpening filters
- Added support for mobile device orientation via auto-rotation container flag
- Added x265 10 and 12-bit encoders
- Moved container options to their own tab on the Encoding Settings window.
- Added A/V sync option to Container tab.
- Post-encode actions now support more replacement tokens, thanks to milanjaros.
- Added mousewheel and keyboard support for changing the static preview.
- Changed QSV decoding option to be available for all encoders.
- When browsing for a new output location, the file name is now populated with the current suggested file name.
- Many bug fixes
