Although someof us used the Christmas break to rest up and relax, some software developers used the downtime to polish off and push out new releases of popularapps.
Among the applications updated over the Christmas period was open-source video convertor Handbrake, and the tasty new GNOME Recipes app.
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Open source video conversion app Handbrake has hit version 1.0 ― a release 13 years in the making!
The updated appsboasts a refreshedset ofofficial conversion presets. These are designed to cater for “broad compatibility” and include new hardware/device presets (updated for recent hardware/devices) and new web presets for video targeted at web sites like YouTube, Facebook, and so on.For Matroska (MKV) fans there’s a new MKV preset which includes VP9 video with Opus audio.
If you found you gotgreat results with the app’s olderpresets you won’t miss out. All presets fromHandBrake 0.10.x are still included. You’ll find themlisted under “Legacy”.
The Handbrakesystem tray icon is no longer used on Ubuntu owingto “performance issues”
Other changesinclude:
VP9 video encoding (via libvpx) Auto anamorphic mode maximizes storage resolution (replaces Strict anamorphic mode) Improved subtitles rendering New Decomb/Deinterlace filter settings, improved defaults Rotate filter available via GUI VHS and Analog game filters x265 encoder quality tweaks when using tune grain Improved assembly performance (up to 10x) Improved CLI Options for saving and loading queue filesTo accompany the release there’sa freshset of officialHandBrake Documentation to view online (albeit in beta, and English only).
Handbrake 1.0.0 is available for windows, macOS and linux and can be downloaded from the Handbrake website (the only official source for the app, so avoid other downloads).
The official Handbrake stable PPA is maintained by Handbrake developers to enable Ubuntu users to install the update quickly.
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GNOME developer Matthias Clasen serves up a fresh batch of improvements in hisGNOME Recipes app.
Alongside support for “ segmented ingredients lists ” ― e.g.,”ingredients for topping”, “ingredients for base”, “ingredients for filling”, etc ― comesimprovements to the in-line editing of ingredients themselves.
Clasen says that users editing or adding ingredients in the latest version of the app will find a ‘…popover [that] provides suggestions for both ingredients and units, while still allowing you to enter free-form text’ ― nifty!The app also picks up dark theme support, and spell checking.
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The next big feature addition for the app is the ability to share recipes available within it via e-mail.
See our previous article on GNOME Recipes for information on installing the app via Flatpak.
