Even though my laptop and Mac Mini no longer have CD/DVD drives in them, I'm still happy to see this program getting developed as I discovered several old DVDs that I've been meaning to rip over the holidays! Nice to see this old classic taken over the finish line from beta to its 1.0.0 release! The lengthy release notes have all the gory/glorious details!

I've been using Handbreak for the past 2 years to compress big ass QuickTime screen recordings into something regular. Works like a charm. 💫

I couldn't recommend you more to use Handbrake to compress video files to be hosted on your web server ; it's a huge time/space saver! :D

Ha, this app ended the long and ugly custody battle between my sister and I for the 7 seasons of Will & Grace DVDs when I moved away for college. Memories. <3 I need to check out what it can do for me now.

Wow! Cool to see this at 1.0. I used it a ton 10 or so years ago. Awesome to see people still developing and using solid software.

I love handbrake. I use it to shrink down all our product demo videos. Plus the frequent references to cocktails in their notifications makes me happy :)

Have been using this for years. Originally for DVD's, now use it almost daily for compressing videos. Once you've got some presets setup, this thing is a dream. For anyone who hasn't used this before, there is also a CLI available.

I heard it uses a "middle out" compression algorithm.

wonderful ease of use, always gets the job done and the default profiles available are aimed for iphone, android and apple tv!

Pros:

easy to use

Cons:

none, seriously, none

Wow I remember using this a decade ago! I just use Adobe encoder now... Is handbrake still relevant?

Handbrake is definitely dear to my heart. Been using it for years, always works without fail and produces great results!

Even though Handbrake was conceived in the world of DVDs, it's been my go-to for compressing video for the web—imagine Squash 2 for video. My process: video pops out of media encoder, gets handbraked (by checking the web optimize box and pressing start), and is pushed onto Wistia.

Been using handbrake for about 5 years. Excellent compression tool for large videos.

Regular user of Handbrake for the last couple of years. Love it.

amazing compression, I using it from last 2 years to put videos online.

We use this for all of our videos, internal and external. Works brilliantly.

Been using handbrake for years and will continue to use it for years to come!

Wow Handbrake finally hit 1.0

Been using Handbrake for years. Still the best product in its category.

Simply the best for longer than I can remember