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How to use Handbrake to backup a DVD movie to an MPEG 4 movie PDF Print E-mail
by hornswaggler502

This guide assumes that you have a Mac capable of playing back DVDs and are running OS X. It also assumes you have already installed Handbrake per the instructions.

 


Open Handbrake. You will now see the main window offering you the choice of using a DVD or a DVD folder.


Now, insert your DVD into your Mac and play it briefly in Apple's DVD Player to authorize the disc. (Sometimes this helps the disc to copy without errors.) The disc will then show up in the Handbrake main menu under "Detected Volume".
If you are using a DVD folder instead, select "DVD Folder" and then click the browse button to locate the appropriate folder.


Click "Open" and Handbrake will analyze the DVD or DVD Folder.


When done, you will then be presented with a new window offering you choices on how you want the movie and it's audio compressed and where to send the final output movie. From here, you will need to configure the type of movie you want Handbrake to produce. If you wish to remove the letterboxing black bars or want to resize your movie, click the "Crop & Scale" button now.


If you click "Autocrop", it will automatically crop around any letterboxing black bars for you, giving you a clean movie. Otherwise, you can set the width, how much cropping etc here. When done, click "Close".


Now we are ready to start processing the movie. Click the "Rip" button you saw in step 4 and Handbrake will now start working on your movie. This will take a while depending on the speed of your computer and how big the movie you are processing is.


When it finishes, you will now have a MP4 movie ready for backing up, or watching on your computer.
For more information on Handbrake, visit the Handbrake website and make sure to visit our forums in the Mac section for help with Handbrake as well.

This guide © hornswaggler502 2004

Comments (13)Add Comment
Continuing
written by lulu, March 11, 2007
i pressed pause last night while i was using handbrake - can i start from where i left off and how?
opening...
written by soccerchump, April 26, 2007
I try to change my avi videos for my iPod. i click on them and it says opening.... for a long time, and never does anything. Any help???
Soccerchump, I can help
written by Jayke, August 24, 2007
download iSquint to convert avi, mpgs, FLV's etc to mp4 for psp and ipod
...
written by jayme, August 30, 2007
I'm also only getting the first few minutes is there a way to correct this...
Source
written by RAS, November 28, 2007
Its asking me for a source....whats the source i should be using?
converting a dvd to mpeg for aftereffects
written by tperry, March 31, 2009
what setting do i need to use to convert a dvd to a mpeg so i can import the mpeg into aftereffects. i am using the older version of handbrake for os10.4.
Weak Software
written by Ageel, July 25, 2009
HandBrake is very popular, I can see it on many website, this is benefit from free. On the other hand, it is difficult to use for beginner, lack support and weak stability. HandBrake attend technology and ignore user experience. I consider iFunia is better than it.
?
written by bob marley16, October 16, 2009
What output setting do i need to simply make another dvd?
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written by hgfhgf, January 12, 2010
iSkysoft DVD Copy for Mac is a powerful Mac DVD copy software, DVD backup, Mac DVD burner that can copy DVD movies(D9 to D9,D5 to D5) with the entire movie in 1:1 ratio perfectly.
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written by jhgjgh, January 12, 2010
mac dvd copy:http://www.macdvdconverter.com/mac-dvd-copy.html
Handbrake is Stable, and Easy to use.
written by riot, April 14, 2010
Are there product easier to use then Handbrake? Yeah and they have crappy quality output.
Are there any with better quality, yeah but they are harder to use (if you want all the feature's Handbrake offers)
Handbrake is the middle ground it's easy to use with quality output, and it is stable software.

If you need support just visit the website, (or other website about video encoding). They have a wiki, FAQ, IRC, and Forums. Who ever said "no support" did look for support. Of course the way he was pushing another product in his message made it quit obvious he was just bad mouthing handbrake to convince people to use his advised product over handbrake.
Handbrake rules
written by abdullah mufasa, July 16, 2010
Yep, can't imagine anything simpler to use with Handbrake's functionality. Good set of the most commonly needed filters and a nice advanced x264 options screen with hover-on explanations of different settings, which I really appreciate. Shame there isn't anything like AutoGK for x264 yet. There was AutoMKV, the development of which was discontinued, and now the author's current project is HDConvertToX which I had problems getting to work under Windows 7.
Handbrake rules
written by abdullah mufasa, July 16, 2010
Yep, can't imagine anything simpler to use with Handbrake's functionality. Good set of the most commonly needed filters and a nice advanced x264 options screen with hover-on explanations of different settings, which I really appreciate. Shame there isn't anything like AutoGK for x264 yet. There was AutoMKV, the development of which was discontinued, and now the author's current project is HDConvertToX which I had problems getting to work under Windows 7.

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