Yeah...we always ignore requests. Right.

Like the request for a preset system. Dynaflash sure ignored *it*, all right.

Or the request for chapter marking. Maurj and Cyander ignored the shit out of that one.

Or the request for an iPhone preset. Or a PS3 preset. Or a PSP preset.

Or official Linux support.

Or anamorphic in QuickTime.

Or video filters.

Or MKV support.

You might recall that HandBrake was dead in the water for most of 2006. The creator of the project disappeared, work stopped.

We spent months just getting the codebase stable enough again to release, and then, as soon as it was, we starting building on top of it, while at the same time giving the project documentation for the first time ever, as well as building a new forum community from scratch *and* giving the project a collaborative development infrastructure, as opposed to the old system of "Send a patch to titer and pray." Rhester built one of the most transparent, accessible open source systems on the net, for HandBrake. *Anyone* who *wants* to add something *can*. So, yes, people suggesting ideas without doing any more than that are looked down on. Talk is cheap, and action is eminently possible for anyone, with HandBrake.

And yet...go back to the beginning of the Ponies (née Requests) forum and, lo and behold, you will discover a fantastic sight.

The first request was a wishlist. The first item is being actively worked on by the project's star Mac GUI developers as we speak. The second request made it into 0.9.0. The third request, as well, was in 0.9.0. The 4th is ticketed on the Trac, and a revision I committed earlier this week lays the groundwork for it. The fifth made it into 0.8.5b1.

The next person's request is a bug that only hasn't been fixed because no one knows how to.

The next request was for "simple options such as convert for ipod, iphone, apple tv etc." -- Presets.

The next request was to fix a bug with the bitrate/target size calculator -- done and done again.

The next request, again, was for presets to save commonly used bitrates, etc.

The next request was to retain subtitle colors -- done in 0.9.1.

The next request was for lossless encoding -- available for anyone who sets quality to 100&.

The next request was for adding letterboxing, which has not been implemented...but the requester does admit it's an "odd" thing to ask for of limited use to people without his particular video player.

The next request was to encode from time code to time code instead of from chapter to chapter. It's ticketed on the Trac, but no one's figured out how to do it yet -- HB is really bound tightly to the logical units of DVDs.

The next request was for auto-naming with the title number. Done in 0.8.5b1.

The next request was for copy and paste...I think that came in 0.8.0 but maybe it was 0.8.5.

The next request was for a preset intended for iPods and for playback on 480*320 screens -- this is equivalent to the iPhone/Touch preset in 0.9.0.

The next request is save default filepaths -- done in 0.8.5.

The next request is for HB to handle zero cells. This is difficult, but I believe eddyg's vaguely looking into it.

The next request was to make default settings -- so that the user wouldn't forget to turn on the iPod h.264 mode. Done in 0.8.5 I believe with default custom presets.

The next request was for anamorphic in quicktime -- done in 0.8.5

The next request was "add to itunes" -- instead dynaflash went with "send to metax" so tagging can be done easily before iTunes gets it.

The next request was a wishlist, that included a number of since-implemented features: forced subtitles, chapter markers, default settings, and a more informative queue. There was one item that hasn't been implemented, loading every episode from a TV dvd at once. This is because HB has no way to readily know which titles are the episodes or when a disc is of a TV show.

The next request was forcing keyframe intervals -- available starting with 0.8.5.

The next request, again, was for default filepaths, which made it into 0.8.5.

The next request was, again, for a more informative queue -- see 0.9.1.

So let's see. 21 requesters. 29 requests. 22 implemented requests. 3 in the works. 2 waiting for people with the skill to realize them. And 2 ignored: one that only matters to people with an obscure gray-market video player, and one that no one's sure how to achieve without human interaction.

Yeah, royone. HandBrake ignores user requests.