Handbrake hasn't ever worked for me

[mikeymikec]

As I understand it, to rip a DVD using Handbrake, one puts a DVD in, starts Handbrake, point it at the DVD drive, it spends a while scanning the DVD's titles, then it should give one an option in the 'Source' box to rip from.

For me, the 'Source' box hasn't ever been populated with any options after scanning titles. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

 

[WelshBloke]

Handbrake doesn't like copy protected discs.

http://lifehacker.com/5809765/how-to-rip-a-dvd-to-your-computer

Frankly I find it easier and quicker sometimes to just download a torrent rather than rip things.

 

[mikeymikec]

Ah, that would explain it. The original reason I wanted to do this was that I have the complete set of Daria episodes on region 1 DVD, which I haven't been able to find on bittorrent (in good quality), and I only have one drive in the house that can play the discs which is a bit of a faff.

My wife also bought a region 1 DVD very soon after it came out and it would have been handy if I could have just ripped a copy of it quickly so that she can watch it wherever.

 

[WelshBloke]

Have you tried makeMKV?
That's been my go to ripper for awhile.

 

[tcsenter]

Does rip to ISO and mount still work for copy protected DVDs?

 

[ControlD]

Have you tried makeMKV?
That's been my go to ripper for awhile.

This.

I never attempt to rip with Handbrake, I only use it to encode.

 

[jkauff]

AnyDVD recently added the ability to remove region codes during a rip. It's expensive, but if this is a one-off rip you're doing you could use the trial version.

 

[silicon]

As I understand it, to rip a DVD using Handbrake, one puts a DVD in, starts Handbrake, point it at the DVD drive, it spends a while scanning the DVD's titles, then it should give one an option in the 'Source' box to rip from.

For me, the 'Source' box hasn't ever been populated with any options after scanning titles. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

as has already been suggested makeMKV will work for that quite well.

 

[Charlie98]

If you plan to rip a pile of DVDs, I can only suggest spending the money on SlyFox's AnyDVD HD. Using AnyDVD to break the protection, I have ripped hundreds of DVDs and BDs to my HTPC with Handbrake. It's a good combo.

 

[Ketchup]

I use Handbrake to make the video, but not to rip the data (it won't do it). AnyDVD will do it (the free version).

Here is a guide:
http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides/******/235-convert-dvd-to-h264-mkv-mp4-using-handbrake

 

[megabone]

a) You've selected an input source which is in a format which HandBrake does not supported. (Find different software that supports the format.)

b) Your source is copy protected. (HandBrake is not a ripper, it does not support removal of copy protection.)

c) It's badly mastered or broken. (Find software to fix the source file)

d) Whatever software you used to remove the copy protection, either didn't do it's job, or broke something in the transfer. (Try different software)

 

[soccerballtux]

This.

I never attempt to rip with Handbrake, I only use it to encode.

stop saying 'this'. it's trashy and unclassy

 

[WelshBloke]

stop saying 'this'. it's trashy and unclassy

I don't know about that.

But thread crapping is certainly 'trashy and unclassy'.

 

[mikeymikec]

MakeMKV worked for me with the disc that wouldn't work with with Handbrake (even after doing libdvdcss).

 

[WelshBloke]

MakeMKV worked for me with the disc that wouldn't work with with Handbrake (even after doing libdvdcss).

Glad it worked.

MakeMKV is great.

Now get FileBot to name the files properly, build your own freenas box, install Plex on it and stream your content round the house.

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[Tsavo]

stop saying 'this'. it's trashy and unclassy

And having the punctuation skills of a 3rd grader isn't?

 

[Charlie98]

And having the punctuation skills of a 3rd grader isn't?

^^^This.

 

[WelshBloke]

Forgot to add that OP might need MKVmerge to split the MKV up into chapters. Theres a bit of a learning curve to it unfortunately and I haven't used it for while but if you have any problems with it I'll try to work them out for you.

Link to developers site >>> https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html

You'll want whatever mkvtoolnix suits your system.

 

[sweenish]

Forgot to add that OP might need MKVmerge to split the MKV up into chapters. Theres a bit of a learning curve to it unfortunately and I haven't used it for while but if you have any problems with it I'll try to work them out for you.

Link to developers site >>> https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html

You'll want whatever mkvtoolnix suits your system.

It's very rare that an episodic disc will lump all the episodes together as a single movie.

If you just mean in-episode chaptering, makemkv and handbrake preserve that information.

If you mean just dropping in your own chapters, then sure.

 

[WelshBloke]

It's very rare that an episodic disc will lump all the episodes together as a single movie.

If you just mean in-episode chaptering, makemkv and handbrake preserve that information.

If you mean just dropping in your own chapters, then sure.

When I last used makeMKV it was spitting out one file for several episodes one a disc if I wanted them all ripped. It was quicker to do that then run it through mkvmerge to split it than to run makeMKV for each episode as makeMKV doesn't let you queue jobs (does it?).