Existing users, 
 HandBrake - 0.9.4Universal, highly tweakable DVD/video ripper and converter. |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Feedback Summary:
| This Version: | |||||
| Overall Rating: | Not rated (0.0) | Features: | Not rated (0.0) | Support: | Not rated (0.0) |
| Ease of Use: | Not rated (0.0) | Quality / Stability: | Not rated (0.0) | Price: | Not rated (0.0) |
Key to Types of Feedback:
Reviews 
Troubleshooting 
Usage Tips 
Developer Notes 
Commentary 
Featured Reviews
Very good product 
- Version: 0.9.4, 2/8/2010 12:55PM PST
ph40
I run on a 3 year old macbook pro and I burn 12 dvd's a day with 2 usb dvd drives. This product is great. I copy onto a Buffalo 4tb hard drive and stream to my ps3 with no problems.
New Handbrake Upgrade not compatible with Power PC chip 
- Version: 0.9.4, 1/25/2010 09:25AM PST
rcamardo1
I upgraded to the most current version of Handbrake, and got the error message that the architecture on my MacBook G4 (power PC Chip) was not compatible. Now I have to go searching for an older version of Handbrake.
:( Should have mentioned that before it automatically upgraded.
:( Should have mentioned that before it automatically upgraded.
This is a big step backward... - Version: 0.9.4, 1/23/2010 09:57AM PST
lowellmontgomery
I've been using HandBrake for a long time. Sometimes I've ripped to .mp4/.m4v containers using the H.264 codec, but more commonly I've used XviD/.avi, as that's the most compatible with devices I use and that my friends/family use. I don't own an iPod or Apple TV, so the only way for me to view an H.264 file is on the computer (my DVD player has "DivX" support, which includes support for XviD). So imagine my disappointment when I recently decided to convert a VIDEO_TS (DVD rip) to XviD .avi... accepted the "download new version 0.94" and found that I could no longer rip to XviD! :-(
I've been recommending HandBrake as THE best way to convert video files from one format to another for a long time. And I've finally started to get pretty adept at finding the settings to use to get the best results (annoyingly, no version I've used has ever been able to store all those settings properly). So my rips are always pretty darn good looking, even without the "better" H.264 codec.
I'll keep using v. 0.93 for now. I don't need any reasons to go buy new electronics. I just want to rip to XviD / .avi, even if it IS inferior and "outdated". For that matter, so is DVD-format, but that hasn't made the studios completely stop making the media (yet). I hope the HandBrake team will put back in some of the classic support for XviD (at least). For now, I almost hesitate to say that I "recommend HandBrake". It's not a simple app to start using (documentation could be easier -- and as other users have pointed out, could be available as a downloadable document instead of just the "guide" webpages). And it's got much more limited in its abilities, so ... well, if people really just want to convert a file to view on their iPod, I guess I'd still recommend it, but it's too bad it's slid so much in terms of the feature-set.
BTW, I'm using this on OS X with 10.5.x
I've been recommending HandBrake as THE best way to convert video files from one format to another for a long time. And I've finally started to get pretty adept at finding the settings to use to get the best results (annoyingly, no version I've used has ever been able to store all those settings properly). So my rips are always pretty darn good looking, even without the "better" H.264 codec.
I'll keep using v. 0.93 for now. I don't need any reasons to go buy new electronics. I just want to rip to XviD / .avi, even if it IS inferior and "outdated". For that matter, so is DVD-format, but that hasn't made the studios completely stop making the media (yet). I hope the HandBrake team will put back in some of the classic support for XviD (at least). For now, I almost hesitate to say that I "recommend HandBrake". It's not a simple app to start using (documentation could be easier -- and as other users have pointed out, could be available as a downloadable document instead of just the "guide" webpages). And it's got much more limited in its abilities, so ... well, if people really just want to convert a file to view on their iPod, I guess I'd still recommend it, but it's too bad it's slid so much in terms of the feature-set.
BTW, I'm using this on OS X with 10.5.x
