Handbrake + Red Dwarf

Spawn_ · 1 Jun 2011 at 22:58

Hi Guys,
I am having difficulties using handbrake. Basically i bought the red dwarf series 1-8 box set and am trying to rip them to my HDD. So i played around with a few of the presets and the best results i got was a stuttery 1.6GB video... I would love to get respectable quality with reasonable file sizes, but have absolutely no idea how to do it! If you do wanna help and require info from me please ask!

If anyone has any ideas please reply

Many Thanks
Jonny

Rameses · 2 Jun 2011 at 01:20

I use the general, or apple general with one or two tweaks, usually gives a good result and plays on most of Apple's devices.

CrispyXUK · 2 Jun 2011 at 13:12

Universal or high

Spawn_ · 4 Jun 2011 at 14:40

OK so;
DVD in,
scan disc,
select first chapter,
toggle presets,
select high profile,
press start...

2.96GB 30 min file... stuttery sound, no video...

^187 · 4 Jun 2011 at 15:19

Have a look at these:

http://www.macworld.com/article/157590/2011/02/how_to_rip_dvd_handbrake.html
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_encode_pro_handbrake

C.

Makhaira · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:11

AppleTV 2 preset is pretty good. When you say it's stuttery, are you sure you've got enough horsepower to play back H264? Sorry if that's an insulting question!

Spawn_ · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:14

^187 said:
Have a look at these:

http://www.macworld.com/article/157590/2011/02/how_to_rip_dvd_handbrake.html
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_encode_pro_handbrake

C.

cheers for the tutorials man, why are these so difficult to find?!?! also i still think somethin isnt right

this time it was iphone4 preset

the video is all garbled,
it is also a bbc dvd
ima try again with apple tv2
no changes

Spawn_ · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:32

ok i am now convinced this is some sort of copy protection or something, how do you get round this/sort it out?

8t10 · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:45

I've never before had a major problem with Handbrake. BBC dvds have come out fine too from what I have seen.

Spawn_ · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:49

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Spawn_ · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:49

hmm pretty much always look like this :S

1LANCS · 4 Jun 2011 at 18:55

Handbrake doesnt work with encrypted DVDs, you have to rip them first with something like DVD Decrypter.

ikillbears · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:29

just select file format m4v. video codec h.264 and constant quality set to RF : 20. will work fine. also play it with vlc

handbrake has worked with every dvd i have thrown at it bar pixar ones where it encodes the chapters in an odd order. sure thats a piracy measure and also a documentary from BFI. so should work fine

MacRS4 · 6 Jun 2011 at 16:00

1LANCS said:
Handbrake doesnt work with encrypted DVDs, you have to rip them first with something like DVD Decrypter.

Nah, just install VLC as well. You don't need to pre-rip with that.

FreeStream · 6 Jun 2011 at 16:05

Install VLC.

It uses VLC libraries to get past the copy protection.