Over at IsComputerOn, DaaT has the scoop on new builds of Handbrake 0.7.0 for R5 and Zeta. Apparently not yet posted on Handbrake’s BeBits page, these builds contain several bugfixes, the ability to encode files for video iPods, and experimental queue support.

Handbrake is a great app, and quite well-respected in the Mac community too – and it’s a prime example of “less-is-more” put to good use. A few years ago, I learned how to do DVD ripping/conversion the Windows way – SmartRipper, virtualdub/nandub, graphedit, endless codec downloads, and thirty-odd pages of guides printed from doom9.org. Compared to that, Handbrake is a joy to use – and it still offers enough features / good defaults that the output is just as good as I was able to get from fiddling with GordianKnot (ugh) or SBC settings for hours.

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