HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changesincluding full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.
Apple fans will be delighted over: * Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian. * Multi-track audio support for Apple devices * iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size
Power users will find: * Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering * More flexible, "loose" anamorphic video * MP4 optimization for progressive web downloads * Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio * Robust program and transport stream support
Speed freaks will squee at: * A fresher, faster version of x264 * Tuning of FIFO sizes by processor count
And everyone should enjoy the increased stability brought by: * Better handling of audio discontinuities * Better handling of DVD read errors * Work-arounds for missing end-of-cell markers * Recovery when streams have signal loss * Better synced chapter markers * Better handling of B-Frames * No more cutting off the very ends of films * No more lost subtitles or chapter markers * No more crashes in 2-pass encoding