---
name: "handbrake"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "handbrake"
version: "1.9.2+ds1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/handbrake"
---

# handbrake(1)

versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder

## NAME

handbrake - versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder

## DESCRIPTION

### Usage:

-

  handbrake \[OPTION...\] - Transcode media formats

### Help Options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show help options

- **--help-all**

  Show all help options

- **--help-gtk**

  Show GTK+ Options

- **--help-gst**

  Show GStreamer Options

### GTK+ Options

- **--class**=*CLASS*

  Program class as used by the window manager

- **--name**=*NAME*

  Program name as used by the window manager

- **--screen**=*SCREEN*

  X screen to use

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous

- **--gtk-module**=*MODULES*

  Load additional GTK+ modules

- **--g-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal

### GStreamer Options

- **--gst-version**

  Print the GStreamer version

- **--gst-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal

- **--gst-debug-help**

  Print available debug categories and exit

- **--gst-debug-level**=*LEVEL*

  Default debug level from 1 (only error) to 5 (anything) or 0 for no output

- **--gst-debug**=*LIST*

  Comma-separated list of category\_name:level pairs to set specific levels for the individual categories. Example: GST\_AUTOPLUG:5,GST\_ELEMENT\_\*:3

- **--gst-debug-no-color**

  Disable colored debugging output

- **--gst-debug-disable**

  Disable debugging

- **--gst-plugin-spew**

  Enable verbose plugin loading diagnostics

- **--gst-plugin-path**=*PATHS*

  Colon-separated paths containing plugins

- **--gst-plugin-load**=*PLUGINS*

  Comma-separated list of plugins to preload in addition to the list stored in environment variable GST\_PLUGIN\_PATH

- **--gst-disable-segtrap**

  Disable trapping of segmentation faults during plugin loading

- **--gst-disable-registry-update**

  Disable updating the registry

- **--gst-disable-registry-fork**

  Disable spawning a helper process while scanning the registry

### Application Options:

- **-d**, **--device**

  The device or file to encode

- **-p**, **--preset**

  The preset values to use for encoding

- **-x**, **--debug**

  Spam a lot

- **--display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use