Minimum System Requirements

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vwmberry95
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Minimum System Requirements

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Description of problem or question:

I couldn't find the minimum system requirements for the CLI version. I see that Windows 10 x64 is required for the latest GUI version, but does the same apply to the CLI version? Just in testing, I was able to convert the sample Wildlife.wmv to an MP4 using HandBrakeCLI.exe version 1.5.1 on a Windows 7 SP1 x64 machine.


HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):

CLI 1.5.1


Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):

Windows 7 SP1 x64
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s55
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Re: Minimum System Requirements

Post by s55 »

While in theory the CLI should still run fine on Windows 7, we don't formally support it anymore. So it's up to you if you want to run in an unsupported way or not.
vwmberry95
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Re: Minimum System Requirements

Post by vwmberry95 »

Thanks for the quick reply.

I understand that Windows 7 may not be formally supported. What about x86? The download site says x64 but then x86 is listed in the filename:

HandBrakeCLI-1.5.1-win-x86_64.zip
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Re: Minimum System Requirements

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x86_64 is x64
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Re: Minimum System Requirements

Post by vwmberry95 »

Wow, I've been misreading it and thought it said "x86_x64" this whole time. Funny what your eyes see when you're expecting to see something.

Thanks!
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Re: Minimum System Requirements

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x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) ;)
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