The AVI file I'm using has a broken or missing AVI index, so wanted to render it so I wouldn't have to deal with it converting every time in VLC or it being unable to play in other situations. I had this same problem on an older version, and upgraded to this one to see if it would fix the problem. Handbrake rendering freezes at around 36% on OS X AVI to MP4. HEVC encodes work fine on the same machine but crash on macOS 10.12.3 when attempting VP9 encode

# 2: macOS 10.12.3 beta: I was trying to encode an unencrypted DVD to VP9.

When navigating the presets list in the drawer via the keyboard, the settings are not updated to reflect the newly selected preset value. # 1: macOS 10.12.2: Presets don't update when navigating via the keyboard. Cases That Handbrake Failed to Convert Videos on macOS Sierra But when they convert video/DVD on the lates 10.12 macOS Sierra system, many people encountered Handbrake video conversion issues on macOS Sierra. Recently, Handbrake 1.0.0 has landed after the 13 years of development, which made many people excited and downloaded to try. Handbrake allows you to do is convert any input video file or DVD / Blu-Ray video source that is not copy protected, to the file container formats mp4 or mkv. Handbrake is a veteran media transcoder software application.

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