Handbrake in a Docker container with nvenc support

Fork of jlesage/handbrake, adds NVENC Hardware encoding

In order to make this image work you need Docker >= 19.03 and the latest NVIDIA driver installed on your host system.

On a headless Debian server it is recommended to use the official Nvidia installer.

An official guide by Nvidia can be found here.

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NOTE: The Docker command provided in this quick start is given as an example and parameters should be adjusted to your need.

Supported tags

tag	Handbrake version	build status
nightly	master
18x	1.8.2
17x, latest	1.7.3
16x	1.6.1
15x	1.5.1
14x	1.4.2
13x	1.3.x-git

Launch the HandBrake docker container with the following command:

docker run -d -t \
    --name=handbrake \
    -p 5800:5800 \
    -v <replace/the/path>:/config:rw \
    -v <replace/the/path>:/storage:ro \
    -v <replace/the/path>:/watch:rw \
    -v <replace/the/path>:/output:rw \
    --gpus all \
    zocker160/handbrake-nvenc:latest

Usage

• --gpus all this enables the passthrough to the GPU(s)
• Port 5800: for WebGUI
• Port 5900: for VNC client connection
• /config: This is where the application stores its configuration, log and any files needing persistency.
• /storage: This location contains files from your host that need to be accessible by the application.
• /watch: This is where videos to be automatically converted are located.
• /output: This is where automatically converted video files are written.

Browse to http://your-host-ip:5800 to access the HandBrake GUI.

Files from the host appear under the /storage folder in the container.

Optional parameters

• -e AUTOMATED_CONVERSION_PRESET (default: "Very Fast 1080p30")
• -e AUTOMATED_CONVERSION_FORMAT (default: "mp4")
• -e APP_NAME (default: "Handbrake")

additional detailed info: https://hub.docker.com/r/jlesage/handbrake#docker-container-for-handbrake