HandBrakeBatch 2.11 released
I have just released a new version of HandBrakeBatch. All the necessary to accept donations is in place, please do not hesitate to donate! I have selected four charities, go ahead on the donation page to learn mode.
I have added a simple popup to remind donations, but you can dismiss it and it won’t appear again. Beside this, I have finally added the most requested feature: HBB can now process complete folders, adding all video files inside the folder (the entire folder tree is explored). This is the main highlight, but not the only improvement. For a complete list of changes head to the Release Note.
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Hi and thanks for HandBrakeBatch.
Perhaps I’ve missed something. I have some DVD and DVD extracts in a directory structure (with the Video_TS and Audio_TS subdirectories). I used to be able to drag the parent directory to HandBrakeBatch, and it would convert the file to an MP4 with the name of the directory as the name of the MP4. Since updating to the latest, it creates a file with the name of VIDEO_TS, and if I have multiples then it ends up overwriting them as it goes.
Just me or is there a need for a tweak in how these are handled?
Thanks again,
Carlos
Hi Carlos,
HandBrake Batch was not really designed to handle DVDs: there is no way to handle the different titles in a single disk, and other limitations. This being said, picking up the name of the enclosing folder is not a big change, so I’ll probably do it quickly.
Awesome news. For what it’s worth, that seems to be how it did work prior to one of the recent updates. I think I can also update my workflow to use .ISO instead of a DVD Directory structure, but perhaps others will benefit from this tweak as well.
Thanks again,
Carlos
I have restored the previous behavior: you can update to version 2.14. Let me know if it works.
Best,
Cesare
Sorry that it’s taken me a bit, but I have now had the chance to test the changes for DVD folder support, and it is working as I’d expected.
Thanks for the tweak,
Carlos
Hi Cesare,
I want to try HandBrakeBatch but noticed that it does not give me the option to use my saved custom presets, only the built-in ones. Is there a way that I can add my custom presets to HBB? Maybe you can add this feature to the next version?
Thanks,
Fernando
Hi Fernando,
It is definitely possible to use custom presets, but sometimes HandBrake saves the file in a weird way and HBB can’t read it. Drop me a line using the contact form and I’ll have a look at your file.