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HandBrake 1.7.0 adds AMD and Nvidia AV1 encoding support
The new release improves the video conversion speed as well
If you regularly convert video files, you likely already know the benefits of HandBrake. The open source video transcoder is free and available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Assuming you’re not working with copy protected files, you can use HandBrake to process a wide array of multimedia. Even though HandBrake 1.6.0 debuted less than two years ago, the latest version is now available, and it comes with a slew of new features.
HBO's Android app slowly rolls out the ability to download shows or movies for offline viewing
HBO's Android app is slowly rolling out the ability to download TV shows and movies for offline viewing, something that the service needed.
Seemingly every company has their own streaming service, after an online streaming craze kickstarted by Netflix years ago. Disney+ is the most recent, high-profile offering and it features nearly all of Disney's back catalog - admittedly a whole lot of media. Other companies such as Amazon have Prime Video, whilst HBO has HBO GO and HBO NOW, home to much of the network's most coveted offerings on-demand. While competitors from the likes of Disney, Netflix, Amazon, and even Hulu allow you to download shows and movies for offline viewing, until now, HBO's streaming services did not. That's now changing, as the app finally allows you to save content for later offline viewing.
Nova is an open-source video player for phones, tablets, and Android TV
Nova is an open source video player for smartphones, tablets, and Android TV that is actually based on the source code of Archos Video Player.
Finding the perfect media player on the platform you like to enjoy watching or listening to content on can be a pain in the butt. I remember this being such a hassle on the desktop PC until VLC came around, and now most of the people in the know either use it or MPC-HC. Then people began watching more content on their smartphones, and again, it led to a huge search for the go-to application to use. For a long time, this ended up being an application called MX Player, which has been downloaded by over 500 million users. As people have begun to move away from MX Player, a new open-source video player has emerged and it is being called Nova.