HandBrake open source video transcoder and media conversion tool. Install Handbrake video converter on Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04. HandBrake is a media conversion tool to rip and convert audio and video files. It can rip DVDs/CDs or create .iso images.
Features:
- Convert Video from any format
- Built-in device presets e.g. iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, Android etc
- Ability to process DVD and BlueRay sources
- File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
- Video Encoders: H.264(x264), H.265(x265) MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), VP8 (libvpx) and Theora
- Audio Encoders: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
- Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 tracks
- Title / Chapter selection
- Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
- Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling
Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.
Outputs:
- File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
- Video Encoders: H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265(x265) MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), VP8 (libvpx) and Theora(libtheora)
- Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
- Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 tracks
Install Handbrake in Ubuntu
For Linux Ubuntu systems, Handbrake can be installed in CLI ( Command Line Interface) and GUI (Graphical User Interface) variants. Open Terminal and run the following commands in Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake
Run the following commands to install Handbrake GUI:
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk
Run the following commands to install HandBrake CLI:
sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli
Once installed, open the Handbrake application from Ubuntu dash or menu.