HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
Supported Sources:
•Most common multimedia files that libavformat and libavcodec support.
•Any DVD or Bluray-like source which is NOT copy-protected. (removal of copy protection is not supported)
Outputs:
•File format: MP4(M4V) and MKV
•Video: H.264(x264), MPEG-4(ffmpeg), MPEG-2(ffmpeg), or Theora(libtheora)
•Audio: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis. AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 pass-thru
Misc features:
•Chapter selection, Chapter Markers
•Subtitles
•Vobsub and Closed Captions
•SRT import and passthru
•SSA passthru or burn-in (experimental)
•Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
•Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
•Video and Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale Cropping and scaling
•Live Video Preivew
•Built-in presets for common devices
Credits
HandBrake uses a lot of (L)GPL libraries from the Linux world:
liba52
9 libbzip2
10 libfaac
11 libfaad2
12 libavcodec
13 libfontconfig
14 libfreetype
15 liblame
16 libass
17 libbluray
18 libdca
19 libdvdnav
20 libdvdread
21 libiconv
22 libmkv
23 libogg
24 libsamplerate
25 libtheora
26 libvorbis
27 libxml2
28 libmp4v2
29 libmpeg2dec
30 libpthreadsw32
31 libx264
32 libzlib
Download HandBrake (32 bit) For Windows XP, Vista and 7
Download HandBrake (64 bit) For Windows XP, Vista and 7
Download HandBrake (intel 64 bit) For Mac OS X 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.8
Keywords: Free Software, Download, Downloads, Video Encoder Software, Rip DVD, Video Ripping Software, Audio Encoder Software, Video Transcoder, Rip Bluray, Bluray Encoder, Bluray Transcoder.