One of my favorite video encoding tools just got updated — Handbrake. The biggest feature is the ability to transcode practically any video file, not just DVD videos. Also new is an official GTK graphical interface for Linux, the latest x264 binaries, better and faster deinterlacing, and no more internal DVD decryption (Handbrake now uses [...]

The new version of HandBrake will now read from the MPEG transport streams that EyeTV captures in HD. WooHoo! It was a bit frustrating that the previous version wouldn’t accept these high quality files. HandBrake will also detelecine your videos if that is something you need.