We'll be using a free DVD playback library called libdvdcss. This will let Handbrake read your encrypted DVDs and rip them to your computer. The process is a little different for Windows and Mac users, so we'll go through each one individually. Note that you don't have to do this eve...
click Start, or if you want to rip multiple files at the same time – such as if you want to run Handbrake overnight – click Add to Queue.
To rip a DVD with HandBrake, you need todownload the free software. The latest version works on 64-bit Macs running OS X 10.6 or later. But HandBrake doesn’t include the software needed to decrypt commercial DVDs, so you also need to installlibdvdcss, an open-source library that can cir...
Tip: HandBrake can be modified to rip some protected DVDs if you install "libdvdcss". You can download the VLC media player, which contains libdvdcss natively. Make sure that the VLC version matches the HandBrake version (i.e., install 64-bit VLC if HandBrake is 64-bit). However, note t...
How to Rip DVDs with Handbrake Matt Cone December 14, 2011 Tutorials Mac TVOne could argue that the age of digital media truly began in the mid-1990s, when the MP3 standard of audio compression gained popularity, allowing users to rip vast quantities of music to their computers. Personal MP3...
In a recent article, I explained how you canrip DVDs with the free HandBrake. While the solution I describe in that article is easy to use, you might want to consider another way of ripping discs. You can do this using the freeMakeMKV, and then using HandBrake. This has several...
Launch it, and select your DVD drive from the list of sources. HandBrake will take a moment to scan the DVD and display its content. Step 2: Select Title and Choose a Preset DVDs often contain multiple "titles" (such as the main movie, bonus content, and trailers). Typically, the main...
Handbrake is simply to use, entirely GUI and with advanced editing options. We will put legal and moral issues aside and work under the assumption that DVDs you are about to rip are your property. On that happy note, let us begin. ...
Once you've configured things the first time, you shouldn't need to do it again. At this point you're ready to queue up the files you want to rip. If this were a movie, there would probably just be the one file, and Handbrake is pretty good at automatically selecting the right trac...
Handbrake is another open source ripper that I found but it doesn’t support DRM protected disks and is slow at render. It wasn’t an ideal choice for the huge collection I had due to slower rendering speed. Its UI is pretty complicated and the elderly might find it potentially intimidating...