The VP8 video encoder is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release.Revised Web presets and renamed to Creator, Email, and Social.Added 4K HEVC General presets and updated related presets to use similar encoder settings.Added 4K AV1 General, QSV (Hardware), and MKV (Matroska) presets.Added high bit depth and color depth support to various encoders and filters.Read carefully: you need the DESKTOP runtime. Windows users, please make sure to install Microsoft. Fixed the Save New Preset button incorrectly overwriting recently added presets ( #4804).Fixed passthru audio erroneously falling back to encoding ( #4795).Fixed an issue that prevented NVDEC from being available.Fixed a build configuration issue that broke version 1.6.0 for Windows on arm64.Fixed erroneous display of 2-pass check box for Intel QSV AV1 encoder (not yet supported) ( #4777).Fixed optical disc drives on the source selection pane not scanning correctly ( #4771).Fixed a potential graphical interface hang when stopping the queue ( #4782).Fixed issues upgrading presets from older versions ( #4820).Fixed quality slider not allowing negative values for encoders supporting them.Fixed building with -Werror=format-security by adding missing format strings where needed.

Fixed a potential crash when canceling an Intel QSV encode ( #4341).

Fixed (partially) Intel QSV hardware detection ( #4768).

Fixed translations missing updates as part of 1.6.0 ( #4790).

Fixed behavior of quality slider when changing encoders.

Fixed inability to name external subtitles tracks using -subname.

Fixed a potential decoder issue that could cause desync with audio ( #4788, #4789).

Before updating HandBrake, please make sure there are no pending encodes in the queue, and be sure to make a backup of any custom presets and app preferences you have, as they may not be compatible with newer versions.

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