How to install Handbrake Video Editor in Ubuntu

To Install Handbrake Video Editor Tool in Ubuntu 16.04

HandBrake is an open-source tool to making a fabulous film from a DVD to a data storage device. It supports all operating systems. Installation of Handbrake Video Editor Tool in Ubuntu 16.04 is explained.

Features

• Customization of output without any quality loss.
• It supports automatic and manual editing features for deinterlacing detelecine, decombing, scaling, and cropping.
• Supports all format of videos.
• Both GUI and CLI encoding is possible.

To install Handbrake

Utilise the following command to add the handbrake package into repository.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
 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.
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Update the machine to apply the changes.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                            
Hit:2 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
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Fetched 187 kB in 11s (15.8 kB/s)                                                                     
Reading package lists... Donens/handbrake-releases

After adding the repos, install the Handbrake package as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install handbrake
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up handbrake (0.10.2+ds1-2build1) ...

Then install the handbrake gui package.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install handbrake-gtk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 (1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up handbrake-gtk (0.10.5-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Run the following command to install the handbrake cli package.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install handbrake-cli
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Preparing to unpack .../handbrake-cli_0.10.5-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking handbrake-cli (0.10.5-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1) ...
Setting up handbrake-cli (0.10.5-zhb-1ppa1~xenial1) ...

Open the handbrake package in Ubuntu Dashboard.

Upload the video file to be edited by hitting source.

Set the file name and destination location.

Now your video is ready for editing! Crop it or add effects as per your wish.

After editing, click start to encode the file.

Now the encoded file will be stored in the destination path that we have mentioned already.

Watch and enjoy the video.