“HandBrake is a GPL’d multi-platform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter – it’s super easy to rip the DVDs you have and put them on the new iPhone – they look great and are about 1 GB each,” Phillip Torrone reports for Hackszine.
More info and links here.
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Handbrake… its what I’ve been using for YEARS!
TT…omg you are SO cutting EDGE!
Handbrake needs to be updated to use that new USB stick thing. It takes FOREVER to rip DVDs on a non-Intel Mac.
I know, I have two non-Intel Macs and an Intel Mac…….
right with you, tt. There are a lot of alternatives, but you can’t get any more free or easy than Handbrake.
Handbrake is a great little app. INterface changes have made it even easier@!!! i can rip a movie in like 40 minutes or less ( 2.4 macbook pro, 4 gigs of ram) while I’m working!
I can rip a movie with my bare hands while I’m working!
20 Handbrake ripped movies and counting.
I like handbrake too but the superdrive on the MacBook only rips DVDs at 29 fps. I guess I need a Mac Pro. Sigh.
Must have tool for Apple TV. Especially in Canada where the iTunes store does not sell movies or TV show. I’ve ripped my entire DVD collection (300+ movies and 10+ complete TV seasons) all via Handbrake and access it all via iTunes and AppleTV. Dolby 5.1 works great with optical cable out from the Apple TV!
eric, the cant and wont use turbo264 because its quicktime
This really isn’t earth shattering, what works for an iPod should work for the phone. I use MediaFork. Basically the exact same thing, but I have had better luck with it stability-wise.
I found a personal “sweet spot” for AppleTV (on a 50″ Samsung DLP) using Handbrake’s setting for AppleTV but adding 2-pass.
Good enough for the AppleTV picture-wise and small enough file size to not overload my 80gig pod.
I’m really interested in that hardware stick decoder thing from Elgato
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_turbo264&PHPSESSID=bb5b6db7113828c8e1f416fb718820b5
anyone have any experience with it?
is it worth $100?
I use Mac The Ripper to rip then Visual Hub to convert. I find it works really well and quickly too…
nittany, apparently the turbo264 stick is only worth it if you have an older mac (or want to do lots whilst encoding.
@tt
Oh yeah, well I’ve been using Handbrake since it was called “shove your hand in the wheel to stop”. so there.
I guess HandBrake target size set to 350-500Mb/movie would be good enough for iPhone screen size and resolution.
I have a 1.67 G4 powerbook and a 1.8 G5 tower
surprisingly the rip rate on the powerbook is much faster than the G5
I just read a review of the Elgato stick and it does NOT help handbrake rips, only QT conversions
bummer
Please forgive my ignorance if this is already possible, but –
Is there a way to stream the video from iPhone to AppleTV, dig ?
If not now, perhaps in the very near future ?
BC
Comment from: ApplePi
“Handbrake is a great little app. INterface changes have made it even easier@!!! i can rip a movie in like 40 minutes or less ( 2.4 macbook pro, 4 gigs of ram) while I’m working!”
And just exactly what is “like 40 minutes”?
You can always spot the youngsters in an online forum.
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@nittany4: I’ve used El gato’s turbo.264 and unless your running an older system your not going to see any net gain in performance using this unit, since unfortunately it doesn’t work in conjunction with your processor, rather it uses the hardware encoder in place of your processor. This works well in 2 situations, if you have an older mac with a slow processor or if you like to conduct other tasks on your computer while processing videos. I ran this side by side with visual hub on a core2duo imac with 2gb of ram and both applications completed multiple conversion within seconds of each other. One more thing, the turbo.264 only works with it’s own proprietary software and only encodes to quicktime formats, so in terms of flexibility an app like visual hub or hand brake have a definite advantage.
Don’t bother using handbrake from your dvd drive, rip the dvd to you Mac then use handbrake, that way your drive isn’t tied up the time of the encode and can run as fast as the machine can handle.
A broken hand is a painful experience, why would anyone want a hand broken?
@M.X.N.T.4.1.:
(man, your name is hard to type on an iPhone!)
How do you rip a DVD to your Mac before using Handbrake?
@Everyone else:
Has anyone had success with the movie, “Casino Royale”?
To Rob:
MTR, aka Mac The Ripper
OSEx .0110a1
I use MacTheRipper, plus DVD2OneX.