Convert DVDs to MPEG-4 Format with HandBrake

Published on 21 June 2008 by Nirmal in Freewares

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HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. The input source for this Freeware can be any DVD source, DVD image or real DVD (encrypted or unencrypted). It also supports few of .VOB and .TS files. Another important feature of HandBrake is that it has full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware.

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Img Credit- HandBrake (Viewed here is the Mac Version)

Input Formats;

  • Any DVD source, DVD image or real DVD and some .VOB and .TS files
  • PAL or NTSC
  • AC-3, DTS, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Output Format;

  • File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through

Other Features include;

  • Chapter selection
  • Basic subtitle support
  • Integrated bit rate calculator
  • Picture de-interlacing, cropping and scaling
  • Grayscale encoding

Download HandBrake [Available for Windows, Mac and Linux]

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3 Responses to “Convert DVDs to MPEG-4 Format with HandBrake”

  1. Haris says:
    June 21, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    A converter with so many options, cool! I found its name the most interesting thing… HandBrake :)

  2. Pavan Kumar says:
    June 22, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I have stopped using any video conversion softwares. I used to play with them in my initial days of computing, they consume much processor resource and quality sucks if any other resource consuming utility is used in parallel.

  3. selena says:
    May 29, 2009 at 9:07 am

    I love HandBrake so much.. Haha

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