1y ago

HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support

9to5linux.com

HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support - 9to5Linux

30 comments

GTK4 is the best thing about the update.
- What does 4 bring that is good?
  
  GPU acceleration and much more modern UI design (no gradients, flat elements, no shadows and worse contrast). It also has a lot of limitations and deprecations compared to GTK3 but we're not talking about that. The app doesn't seem to use the official libadwaita theme though which is a shame because I love it
My reaction to this delightful update:
Great! Used it extensively a while ago, works great and the GTK4 port is really useful
- What makes gtk4 on it useful?
  
  Better wayland support, better icons, and idk what else
  Also better performance through GPU acceleration
This looks like something that I would find extremely cool if I had any idea what it was.
- It basically converts videos between formats, standards of compression, encoders, subtitles, dimensions.... It's pretty useful for trimming the size of a video to fit a particular medium.
  
  What is the benefit to using this as opposed to just straight ffmpeg?
- In the days of DVDs, Blockbusters and Netflix sending out DVDs, this was mostly used to rip DVDs.
Meh, I use the UI for like ten minutes and let it transcode multiple collection of seasons over the course of a weekend.
It's a little nicer and a tad faster but it really doesn't make a big difference unless they improve transcoding speeds/quality. Otherwise I don't really touch it unless I buy a new box set or go to a garage sale.
If anyone's curious I rip full quality media with make mkv and point handbrake at the folder to compress it with hevc.
- I'm not sure what your comment is supposed to contribute. Should the developers stop developing the software? What changes do you expect?
  
  You don't have to be combative, all I was saying is the gui doesn't make much difference to me. It worked perfectly fine before and I'm sure it'll keep working just as well as before.
  What would make a bigger difference is improvements to the backend seeing that it effects over 90% of the experience and usability of the app. I spend less time in the gui than I do renaming files in my file manager or even the make mkv app.
  I've already said that but I guess you didn't read past the first line. I didn't say give up on development I said who cares about a change in graphics toolkit.

30 comments