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Handbrake Burn Dvd How To Get Started

If you havent gotten into Handbrake because youve found it a little confusing or intimidating, heres how to get started.

Check out our more up-to-date guide for information on ripping DVDs to both Windows and Mac computers.

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How to Rip a DVD to Your Computer Say you have a movie on DVD, but you want to watch it on your phone, tablet, somewhere else.

You Read more Advertisement The video above will walk you through the entire process and provide some additional information, so youre best off watching it if you really need to know how Handbrake works.

Nonetheless, here are the general steps youll need to take to get ripping with Handbrake.

Step One: Select a Source GO Media may get a commission Kids Ultra Stretch Denim Slim Fit Pants Buy for 15 from Uniqlo Open Handbrake and youll be asked to locate a source.

You can also choose pretty much any video file, too, as Handbrake will convert standard video files as well.

If youre ripping a DVD with copy protection, youll also need to have VLC installed.

Step Two: Choose the Title You Want to Rip Advertisement Once Handbrake has loaded your source file, in the upper left-hand corner youll find the Title drop-down menu.

Select that and youll see a list of all the tracks Handbrake can rip.

If youre ripping the movie, the track will be the length of the running time of the movie.

Itll also be the longest of any of the tracks in most circumstances.

Just select the track you want and you can move on to choosing your settings.

Step Three: Choose Your Video and Audio Settings Advertisement Next you need to decide how high (or low) you want the quality of your ripped content to be.

In the video panel, you can drag the Constant Quality slider from left to right to adjust the quality.

Right is higher, left is lower.) Alternatively you can set an average bit rate (weve created a calculator to help you find the perfect bit rate ) or use a Handbrake preset for a specific device.

Once youve chosen your video settings, click the audio tab and make your audio choices.

For the most part you can leave this alone, but this section is where youll set things like the audio language of your ripped content.

You can also change the audio bit rate here, but note that if youre ripping content for an Apple device you cannot set that bit rate above 160kbps.

Calculate the Perfect Handbrake Video Encoding Settings for Your Device Handbrake is an amazing tool for ripping your DVDs and converting your video files, but figuring Read more Advertisement Step Four: Start Ripping Advertisement Now that youve got all your settings in Handbrake you can go ahead and rip that DVD.

If youre only ripping a single file, press the Start button up top.

If you want to batch-rip more content, click the Add to Queue button (also up top) and repeat this process for the addition content.

Once youve got it all in your queue, go ahead and press the Start button.

Thats it Happy ripping You can follow Adam Dachis, the author of this post, on Twitter and Facebook.

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