Caution Before Installing Handbrake 0.10.5

musicvid10 wrote on 2/12/2016, 6:49 PM

Due to licensing issues, fdk-aac audio encoder has been removed from 0.10.5
If you have another 0.10.x version installed, the new installer will remove fdk-aac, leaving you with fewer options.

Unfortunately, fdk-aac is the only decent music encoder previously available in Handbrake, and the only HE-AAC version. The rest run from mediocre to horrid.

I suggest finding a copy of 0.10.2 or 0.10.3 on a reliable fileshare site, and not upgrading until the dust settles on the licensing issue or ffmpeg gets its own act together with their half-baked encoder.

http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=34143

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Comments

NormanPCN wrote on 2/12/2016, 8:52 PM

Unless one absolutely must have AAC audio then the LAME MP3 encoder in Handbrake is very good. Down to 128k it should be as good as anything.

musicvid10 wrote on 2/12/2016, 9:13 PM

It has to do with delivery.
Although encoder options for the masses are limited, AAC audio is 99.99% deliverable with MP4/h264 video.
Although muxable, MP3 and AC3 are far from universally deliverable with MP4.
Scratch most anything Apple for AC3; scratch anything web-served for MP3.

It's a numbers game, not about what is possible for the hobbyist.

Byron K wrote on 2/13/2016, 12:05 PM

Thanks for the head's up Musicvid.

I'm running Version 10.0.6534 64bit. What's the difference between 10.0 and 10.2 or 10.3?

musicvid10 wrote on 2/13/2016, 1:33 PM

Minor bugfixes and x265 updates.
What you have now is very stable, and I still have it installed.