It took 13 years, but one of the coolest free video conversion apps for the Mac has left the beta stage. HandBrake, the free jack-of-all-trades video conversion tool, reached version 1.0 on December 24th. The program allows for video transcoding, or translating video clips from one format for another.
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This could be helpful. Recently, a new app called Waltr surfaced. The app works as an alternative to iTunes to copy media onto your device, except that it transcodes files so that they play on the iDevice using the native Videos and Music apps. You no longer have to worry about file formats, including MKV […]
There’s a lot to be said for the A8 processor in the current iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets. According to MacRumors and the developers of the WALTR music app, the dual-core A8 chip powering Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus appears to be capable of handling 4K video playback, despite the fact that the […]
Handbrake, Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 9.1 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: General: – Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson. – Improved Retina-resolution icons within the application, by Nik Pawlak (http://nikpawlak.com). Core: – Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support. – […]
Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 2.0.5. The new version, a 41.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Rework and fixes of the Mac OS X interface. – Fix Pulseaudio initial synchronization. – […]