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Updated 26/10/12: These instructions are also valid for Quantal (12.10). On a previous article I wrote about installing HandBrake in Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, however, at that moment there weren't packages built for Precise, so we had to install the packages for Oneiric manually. Now packages for Precise are available. Bellow instructions are provided for adding the PPA and install HandBrake. Install Open a terminal window and run (you can choose to install command line HandBrake and/or HandBrake with GUI): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases -y sudo apt-get update # Run to install HandBrake with command line interface sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli -y # Run to install HandBrake with graphical interface sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk -y Usage HandBrake can be accessed via Applications Menu > Multimedia > HandBrake or typing the command HandBrakeCli for command line HandBrake and typing the command ghb for HandBrake with GU...

HandBrake is a video transcoder and it comes with some presets that provide quick access to some common settings. For Android there are two built-in presets: one for small screen devices and another one for devices with bigger screen. Bellow you'll find how to use them, both from the command line and the graphical interface. USING HANDBRAKE CLI Open a terminal window and run one of the following two commands (!important use capital 'zed'): # Android Small Device (screen size HandBrake -i video_in -o video_out.mp4 -Z "Android Mid" # Android Big Device (screen size >= 720x...) HandBrake -i video_in -o video_out.mp4 -Z "Android High" USING HANDBRAKE GUI The same task can be accomplished using HandBrake with graphical interface. Just select "Android Mid" or "Android High" from the device preset list after selecting the source file. Related Posts Install HandBrake in [X]Ubuntu 12.04 (deb) Install Hand...

As I mentioned on the previous post, HandBrake is a GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, and it can be installed in Xubuntu 11.10 via ppa. However packages for Precise are yet to be released. Luckily, if you manually download the deb files you'll be able to install them correctly. Install First, open http://goo.gl/zIohH in your web browser and download the version you're interested in (handbrake-gtk is the version with graphical interface and handbrake-cli is the version for command line interface), also make sure you download the correct version (i386 or amd64) for your Xubuntu installation (type uname -m on terminal, if you're unsure). Once downloaded, click the deb files to open and installed them via "Ubuntu Software Center" or open a terminal window and run: sudo dpkg -i handbrake-*.deb References official HandBrake releases for Ubuntu

HandBrake is a GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder. Personally I use it to transcode some videos so that I can see them on my Android smartphone. It has already some presets with enconding settings specific for iPhone, iPad and Android. It includes one with a graphical interface and one with command line interface. I find them both very useful. For instance, even though we can create a queue of jobs with the graphical interface I use the version with the command line interface when I want to automate some other things with a shell script. Install Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases -y && sudo apt-get update If you only want to install the version with graphical interface , type: sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk If you want to install the version with command line interface , type: sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli If you want to install both versions, type: sudo apt-get instal...