#Handbrake for mac os x 10. 3 full
And there are many options available, including frame rate, bit rate, video size and dimensions, audio quality, number of audio channels, and a screen full of really advanced settings that most people shouldn’t touch. If you know what you’re doing, you can instead go through the various Video, Audio & Subtitles, Chapters, and Advanced settings and choose the exact options you want to use.
Click Start and the conversion process begins. Click on a preset and HandBrake’s various settings are automatically configured for that device. A handy Presets drawer provides groups of settings optimized by the HandBrake developers for particular devices these include the Apple TV, the iPhone, and the iPod. This is one area where recent versions of HandBrake make the process easy for those not schooled in the black art of video conversion. (An option in HandBrake’s preferences can automatically name the file for you based on the DVD name and title number.)įinally, you choose your output settings: the file format, the codecs used, and the specific settings for both. Next you choose a name and the destination for the resulting video file. (Although I’ve seen a few TV-show DVDs where each episode is a different chapter in a single title in these cases, you’ll want to convert Chapters 1 to 1, then 2 to 2, and so on, separately.) You can usually leave the Chapters selections alone. For movies, this will generally be the longest entry for TV-show DVDs, each episode will be a different entry. First, via the Title pop-up, you choose the section of the DVD you want to convert.
However, I personally do that only when HandBrake has a problem ripping the original DVD.)Īfter a scan of the DVD or VIDEO_TS folder, HandBrake will display its main screen, where you choose your conversion options. (For what it’s worth, the developers of HandBrake recommend ripping a DVD to your hard drive first and then converting the resulting VIDEO_TS folder in HandBrake. To convert a DVD, simply select the DVD itself to convert a DVD you’ve already ripped to your hard drive (using a tool such as MacTheRipper), choose the VIDEO_TS folder that resulted. When you first launch HandBrake, you’ll see Mac OS X’s familiar Open dialog.