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HandBrake is one of those pieces of software that I've never even had to consider looking around to find something slightly better, it's always done what its su

HandBrake is one of those pieces of software that I've never even had to consider looking around to find something slightly better, it's always done what its supposed to with no fuss. A while back I wanted to rip a DVD my kids got so they could watch it on their tablets and downloading HandBrake was such a no brainer that I entirely forgot that I don't have an optical drive built into any of my computers anymore before installing it.

mortenjorck 10y ago
I keep Handbrake around even without optical drives - although it's been a few years since I last ripped a disc, it's still easily the best general-purpose encoding tool I've used. Nothing else really approaches its combination of reliable, high-quality output, fast performance, and uncluttered UI.
blisterpeanuts 10y ago
When I switched from OpenSuse to MacOS as my primary desktop, I needed a replacement for DVDrip (although, there is a dvdrip for Mac via brew but I had trouble getting it to work. Handbrake was the top search hit and immediately became my workhorse for ripping DVDs. (Main use case is to rip my own DVDs for more convenient viewing on another device) Well done, Handbrake.fr By the way, mine is version 0.10.5 and when I tell it to check for updates, it says: HandBrake 0.10.5 x86_64 is currently the newest version available. I guess the update isn't in the queue quite yet.
- tatoalo 10y ago
  If your encoding queue is empty than it should update...otherwise you can always find it here[0] [0]: https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
xenomachina 10y ago
My annoyance with HandBrake was that it requires so many clicks to rip all the videos from a disc while preserving all audio and subtitle tracks. My kids have a bunch of DVDs where several TV episodes are stored as a single title with chapter separators. Getting HandBrake to split them up was also kind of a pain in the GUI. I ended up making a wrapper for HandBrakeCLI to simplify this: https://github.com/xenomachina/dvdrip https://github.com/xenomachina/dvdrip

mortenjorck 10y ago

I keep Handbrake around even without optical drives - although it's been a few years since I last ripped a disc, it's still easily the best general-purpose encoding tool I've used. Nothing else really approaches its combination of reliable, high-quality output, fast performance, and uncluttered UI.

blisterpeanuts 10y ago

When I switched from OpenSuse to MacOS as my primary desktop, I needed a replacement for DVDrip (although, there is a dvdrip for Mac via brew but I had trouble getting it to work. Handbrake was the top search hit and immediately became my workhorse for ripping DVDs. (Main use case is to rip my own DVDs for more convenient viewing on another device) Well done, Handbrake.fr By the way, mine is version 0.10.5 and when I tell it to check for updates, it says: HandBrake 0.10.5 x86_64 is currently the newest version available. I guess the update isn't in the queue quite yet.

tatoalo 10y ago
If your encoding queue is empty than it should update...otherwise you can always find it here[0] [0]: https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

xenomachina 10y ago

My annoyance with HandBrake was that it requires so many clicks to rip all the videos from a disc while preserving all audio and subtitle tracks. My kids have a bunch of DVDs where several TV episodes are stored as a single title with chapter separators. Getting HandBrake to split them up was also kind of a pain in the GUI. I ended up making a wrapper for HandBrakeCLI to simplify this: https://github.com/xenomachina/dvdrip https://github.com/xenomachina/dvdrip