HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter or ripper. Made especially for Mac OS X fans, the software is also available in Windows and Linux environment; although it was originally available only on BeOS.

Supported sources:

• * Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (encrypted or unencrypted, but protection methods other than CSS are not supported and must be handled externally with third-party software), and some .VOB and .TS files
• * PAL or NTSC
• * AC-3, DTS, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Outputs:

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

Misc features:

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

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Handbrake 0.9.2

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