Mac HandBrake for Mac support 7353 Topics 37874 Posts Last post by adrienj Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:26 pm Windows HandBrake for Windows support 8535 Topics 44853 Posts Last post by mduell Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:20 pm *nix Support for HandBrake on Linux, Solaris, and other Unix-like platforms. Basically, I would like to convert my large collection of DVDs to MPEG4 so that I can add them to and then to my iPod Classic. A lot of people online recommended so I downloaded Handbrake 0.9.5 and then the 1.1.9 (which, if I understand correctly, allows Handbrake to read the encrypted DVDs?) Everything seemed to be working fine until I tried to play the resulting files--rather than the movie playing, I get a lot of blocks of green and gray with occasional grainy glimpses of movie scenes and snippets of sound. This has happened with all the DVDs I've tried. I tried fiddling with the detelecine, deinterlace, etc. Settings with no apparent effect (but I have to confess I don't really know what I'm doing.) Does anyone know how to fix this? Or can you recommend another program to me (preferably free?) I have limited experience with this sort of thing (I had a Cucusoft program that I paid for and worked pretty well for a while, but it hasn't supported widescreen format for a long time and the picture is stretched out, which drives me crazy.) I have a PC running Windows Vista Enterprise 32-bit, Intel Core2Duo processor, 3 GB RAM. Would much appreciate any help! PC media players often do the grey macroblock thing when they have some sort of internal issue playing a particular file. Not that it matters: as others have told you, cannot do anything with most DVDs unless you have decryption software installed. The freeware products should work for you following the workflow aedipuss recommended. Many here do this, I do not have the patience. I purchased the SlySoft suite of (decryption) and (rips DVDs to MP4). With this software, ripping directly from DVD to iPod format is a one-step process. Using midrange settings, I get reasonably-sized files that will play out of the iPod onto a hotel TV set in excellent quality. Ripping a complete DVD takes about half an hour. The software bundle costs $119, once in a while with some rips the lipsync audio drifts a little bit, people who prefer more complicated ways of working just so they can stick with freeware will sneer at you. Handbrake is wonderful and free but its slow and not the most intuitive application in the world. I use it now and then to iPod-encode the rare DVD that gives CloneDVDMobile lipsync issues. If you have a free decryption app like DVDfab, the time to let Handbrake do its thing, and you understand its settings, its capable of superior iPod rips at zero cost. CloneDVDMobile makes great files in a quarter the time with less fuss, but its expensive for what it does. Like everything else, its a question of $ vs convenience. In my case I preferred and wanted to buy the decryption app anyway, so adding the CloneDVDMobile iPod ripper was fairly cheap. Someone else who has long used the DVDfab software might lean more toward Handbrake. Handbrake is cross-platform, made for both Windows PCs and Macs, the SlySoft suite is for Windows only. How would it be stupid considering the tool works just fine? It's free, it works, and it does the job. All it needs updating for is to run on Win 7. Are you the developer or are you trolling? Getting hungry. I'm off to find a low-sodium snack. It has NOTHING to do with Windows7. (though still a useful tool for jobs other than decrypting new DVD releases) will NOT decrypt new DVD releases.plain and simple. Telling someone 'just use DVDDecrypter' without telling them that it will not work on new DVD releases because it ceased development way back in 2005 can be nothing other than as I described. I've wondered about automating HandBrake using the command line interface (CLI) and Automator. Here's a tutorial that covers lots of details of using the CLI, though I think it only processes one file at a time, rather than building a queue: While looking for a solution to answer this question, I came upon a thread about using Hazel (instead of Automator - not free): For the amount of labor I go through when converting videos, I'm considering giving this a try since it can help with other tasks such as copying to iTunes and my NAS. For reference, here's a link to HandBrake's CLI Guide. The only way to set up multiple files for processing is to use the ' button (or the ⌘ B shortcut) in Handbrake. This is by design as Handbrake requires you specify a destination folder and file name for the converted video file. If you were able to add all files in a folder, how would Handbrake know the unique output location and name for each rendered file?
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