Totally Free DVD Ripper for Mac OS X (2) - HandBrake

Jun 9, 2009 Free software

HandBrake - Open source, free, multi-platform, and multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter

The GPL’d multiplatform, multithreaded free DVD to MP4/AVI/OGM/AAC/MP3 ripper/converter for Mac OS.

HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to MacOS X and to GNU/Linux.

Supported sources:

  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even encrypted)
  • PAL or NTSC
  • AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Outputs:

  • File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer encoding)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

Key Features

  • Chapter selection
  • Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)
  • Integrated bitrate calculator
  • Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
  • Grayscale encoding

Download HandBrake Intel Version (6.1MB)

Download HandBrake PowerPC Version (6.0MB)

Limitations:

· Does not handle DTS audio tracks
· Does not handle single VOB files or any other file format

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