Download movies burn them to disk, iPod, iPhone and iPad? Then you’ve got to know this app and all of the wonderful things it can do to video, like sync subtitles, from just about any source. That said, it hasn’t been updated since November of 2009 and the changes and bug fixes in this release are most welcome.

My favorite DVD ripping app is RipIt, which quite happily allows the user configure Handbrake directly to output iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, etc. compatible files.

Now, although we must mark the passing of PPC support, HandBrake 0.9.5 (release notes) has arrived to sound church bells ringing throughout the land, heralding a host of updated functionality and, yeah, bug fixes.

• Blu-ray disc structure support (No decryption support)
• Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg)
• SSA Subtitle support. (Including burn-in)
• Updated x264 Advanced Panel
• Video Quality Slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264
• Batch Scan (Scan multiple files at once, excluding multiple VIDEO_TS folders / Image files
• New Audio Panel supporting >4 Audio Tracks
• VLC detection in /Applications and ~/Applications
• Multiple instance support
• Score of bug fixes

Get your 64-bit copy of HandBrake 0.9.5 here (6.8MB). There’s a 32-bit Intel version available separately.

PPC support has been dropped with this release — old Macs don’t die, they just use HandBrake 0.9.3…

What’s your take?