HandBrake New Version Released for all Ubuntu/Linux Mint Versions [PPA]

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, DVD ripper, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. It is a versatile, easy-to-use tool for converting DVDs and other videos into H.264, MPEG-4, or OGG formatted media. It's particularly useful for making videos that are compatible with portable video devices such as the Apple iPod/iPhone.
Built-in Device Presets: Get started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimized for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that want more choice, tweak many basic and advanced options to improve your encodes.
Supported Input Sources:Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or Blu-ray sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Outputs Formats:

• File format: MP4(M4V) and MKV
• Video: H.264(x264), MPEG-4(ffmpeg), MPEG-2(ffmpeg), or Theora(libtheora)
• Audio: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis. AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 pass-thru

Features:

• Title / chapter and range selection
• Batch Scan and Queueing of encodes
• Chapter Markers
• Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
• Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
• Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
• Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling
• Live Video Preview
• Built-in presets for common devices

Changelog:

• Video: Fixed decoding of raw video in Matroska/MKV
• Video: Fixed time stamp handling for containerless raw video
• Video: Fixed memory leaks in OpenCL
• Video: Fixed x265 2-pass encoding where video frame rate is altered by filters
• Video: Improved handling of very small amounts of sync jitter (~1 tick)
• Video: Improved handling of AVI files with broken indices
• Audio: Further refined fix for Libav crash encoding AAC at very high bitrates
• Subtitles: Removed fontconfig dependency on Mac and Windows; libass now uses CoreText/DirectWrite
• Subtitles: Improved subtitle font selection when burning in SRT/SSA subtitles
• Command line interface: Fixed preset subtitle burn defaults override
• Build system: Updated MinGW-w64 build script for improved compatibility with hardened GCC
• Linux: Fixed video preset control not updating
• Linux: Fixed audio passthru masks not updating until preset save
• Linux: Fixed application of SRT subtitles offset
• Linux: Updated translations: af, cs, ja_JP, ru, sk, sv

Note: Old version is available for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise.

Available for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty/16.10 Yakkety/16.04 Xenial/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 18/17/13/other Ubuntu derivatives
To install HandBrake Video Converter in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

To install command-line handbrake use following command: (Also checkout CLI guide)

Terminal Commands:
sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli

That's it