HandBrake

I am a new convert to linux and although I love it and am never going back, I am having some difficulties.
My file system partiton keeps filling up when I run handbrake. How can I change the location Handbrake uses for temp files to /home/$USER/temp instead of just /tmp?

Solved Edit:
This was the solution:

Woodstock wrote:If you are using the bash shell, in your home directory, there will be a file .bash_profile. (in my case it was .profile) Edit it to add this line:

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TMPDIR=~/temp

Once in place, the NEXT time you create a shell (or log in), the variable will be set, and handbrake should see it.

hb_get_temporary_directory() will honor $TMPDIR and $TEMP variables (the first takes precedence).

Rodeo wrote:hb_get_temporary_directory() will honor $TMPDIR and $TEMP variables (the first takes precedence).

ok, but how do I implement that? I'm using the gui, as I'm still very noob at CLI

If you are using the bash shell, in your home directory, there will be a file .bash_profile. Edit it to add this line:
Once in place, the NEXT time you create a shell (or log in), the variable will be set, and handbrake should see it.

It worked, Woodstock! I had to use .profile, but same difference.
Thanks!

If you are using Ubuntu, the recommended file to add this variable would be ~/.pam_environment - but keep in mind that these are key=value pairs, so you need the full path, like: TMPDIR=/home/<yourUsername>/tmp

If you want this temp path only used by Handbrake, you also could launch the Handbrake GUI using a short script: