handbrake-js

A cross-platform npm distribution for HandbrakeCLI designed for command line or library use.

Installation

$ npm install handbrake-js

On Windows and Mac OSX the above command will install handbrake-js and the correct HandbrakeCLI binary for your platform. Ubuntu users should additionally run: sh $ sudo npm -g run-script handbrake-js ubuntu-setup Use as a library

Handbrake-js has a single method: run.

handbrake.run(handbrakeOptions)

There are two ways to invoke run(), the first returns an event emitter. This approach emits output as it happens.

var handbrake = require("handbrake-js");
    
var options = {
    input: "Eight Miles High.mov",
    output: "Eight Miles High.m4v",
    preset: "Normal"
};

handbrakeCLI.run(options)
    .on("output", console.log);
    .on("progress", function(encode){
        console.log(encode.percentComplete);
    })
    .on("complete", function(){ 
        console.log("Encode complete"); 
    });

handbrake.run(handbrakeOptions, onComplete)

The second method is to pass an onComplete callback. It's more convenient for short duration tasks: javascript handbrake.run({ preset-list: true }, function(stdout, stderr){ console.log(stdout); }); Use from the command line

If you installed handbrake-js globally, using:

$ sudo npm install -g handbrake-js

then you can encode from the command line: sh $ handbrake-js --input "Ballroom Bangra.avi" --output "Ballroom Bangra.mp4" --preset Normal Help

See here for the full list of Handbrake options.