HandBrake Web
HandBrake Web lets you control HandBrake encoding from a browser, with a server coordinating multiple worker machines.
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Web-based distributed HandBrake encoding manager with hardware acceleration support.
Core Features
- Web UI to manage encoding jobs, queues, and presets
- Distributed encoding across multiple worker nodes
- Hardware acceleration (Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC)
- Automatic job creation via directory watchers
- Bulk job creation for entire folders
What It Can't Do
- •Project is in active development (v0.9.0) – expect bugs. 2. Workers need powerful CPU or GPU for reasonable speeds. 3. Presets must be exported from HandBrake desktop app. 4. Only Intel QSV and NVIDIA NVENC hardware encoders are supported (no AMD VCN yet). 5. All containers must have identical video mount paths.
Use Cases
- Centralized video transcoding for media servers like Jellyfin or Plex
- Remote batch encoding for video production teams
- Leverage a low-power server to coordinate high-performance workers
Detailed Introduction
HandBrake Web is a tool that lets you manage HandBrake video encoding jobs through a web browser. It consists of a lightweight server that coordinates tasks and one or more workers that actually run HandBrakeCLI. You can create jobs, manage queues, monitor progress, and use hardware acceleration (Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC) to speed up encoding. The system is designed to distribute encoding across multiple machines, making it ideal for homelabs or media servers. Presets are imported from HandBrake desktop app via JSON files. Currently in active development, it supports directory watchers for auto-queuing and bulk job creation. Deployment is via Docker Compose.
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Step 1: Prepare a machine with Docker (server and worker can be the same)
Step 2: Copy the sample docker-compose.yml, adjust media paths and user ID
Step 3: Run 'docker compose up -d' to start
- Step 1: Prepare a machine with Docker (server and worker can be the same)
- Step 2: Copy the sample docker-compose.yml, adjust media paths and user ID
- Step 3: Run 'docker compose up -d' to start
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Stop containers with 'docker compose down', then delete the /data volume and configuration files.
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