Introduction

In this article we are going to learn How to install Handbrake video converter in Ubuntu 16.04. Handbrake is a open source video converter application convert video file’s from one format to another format. It’s an simple and user friendly application to perform the video conversion task. Handbrake video converter was initially developed by Eric Petit using C & C# programming language and released under GNU GPLv2 license. Handbrake is a light weight application comes with various features mentioned below :

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Handbrake video converter is a cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, MacOS.

Supports almost all video formats as a input.

Converts videos in to various formats i.e. MKV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP4, AVI and so on.

Handbrakie video converter supports only two languages i.e English & French.

This application is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit of operating system.

Supports various subtitle formats i.e. SRT, VobSub…etc…

For more informations & features on Handbrake Video converter application you can visit the official website Here!

Follow the below steps to install Handbrake video converter in Ubuntu 16.04

Before start the installation we have to install the official PPA repository for Handbrake video converter as it’s not a part of default repository of Ubuntu 16.04. So to install the PPA repository refer the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases # Install the PPA Repository [sudo] password for elinuxbook: These are the official HandBrake releases for Ubuntu. Official web site http://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. After adding this PPA to your list of repositories (see "Adding this PPA to your system" below), you can install the HandBrake gtk gui with the command: apt-get install handbrake-gtk And you can install the HandBrake CLI with the command: apt-get install handbrake-cli More info: https://launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/ubuntu/handbrake-releases Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmphru05klx/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmphru05klx/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 816950D8 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmphru05klx/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 816950D8: public key "Launchpad HandBrake Snapshots" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK

After installing the PPA repository let’s update the packages and repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command to take effect.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jtaylor/keepass/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Reading package lists... Done

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Now let’s go ahead and install the Handbrake video converter package using below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli # Install the Handbrake Package Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: freepats gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr liba52-0.7.4 libass5 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libbs2b0 libchromaprint0 libdc1394-22 libdca0 libde265-0 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libfaad2 libflite1 libfluidsynth1 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libgtkglext1 libjansson4 libkate1 libmad0 libmimic0 libmjpegutils-2.1-0 libmms0 . . 0 upgraded, 65 newly installed, 0 to remove and 217 not upgraded. Need to get 69.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 136 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter 'y' to continue the installation

As you can see above we have successfully installed the handbrake package. To confirm the same refer the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli # Confirm the installed Package Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-====================================-=======================-=======================-============================================================================= ii handbrake-cli 1.0.4-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1 amd64 versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder - command line ii handbrake-gtk 1.0.4-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1 amd64 versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder - GTK GUI

You can open the application graphically using Search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.

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To uninstall the handbrake video converter application use the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli # Uninstall the Handbrake application (Reading database ... 212010 files and directories currently installed.) Removing handbrake-gtk (1.0.4-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1) ... Removing handbrake-cli (1.0.4-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

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