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Handbrake Blu-ray rip Tutorial How to Rip Blu-ray with Handbrake 0.9.5

HOW TO use handbrake to rip Blu-ray DVD, convert video? This Handbrake 0.9.5 Blu-ray tutorial teaches using Handbrake to rip Blu-ray...

Finally, Here's Handbrake 0.9.5:

Round one whole year's waiting, finally we have HandBrake 0.9.5's update. Now Handbrake Project family just welcome a new major member. Handbrake still is our open-source cross-platform and omnipotent Video Conversion Software. Major updates from 0.9.4 to Handbrake 0.9.5 is Blu-ray Support, Batch Scanning and Queue Editing. This in this tutorial, we mainly focus on how to Rip Blu-ray with Handbrake.

You should know that Handbrake doesn't decrypt Bluray!

Just as Handbrake need VLC 64bit to read encrypted DVDs, 0.9.5 also won't rip protected Blu-ray discs. This time a third-party assistance software is also needed. Handbrake ripping Blu-ray process can be quite easy since Handbrake recognizes Blu-ray disc structure.

Step 1: Download and Install Handbrake 0.9.5

If you try to directly open a Blu-ray disc by navigating to the optical drive, then you will got the error "No Title(s) found. Your source may be copy protected, badly mastered or in a format which HandBrake does not support." At this moment, you need to download D****b ($60 for 1 year), install it then your Handbrake will read Blu-ray disc.

Handbrake Blu-ray Rip Tutorial - Overview of Handbrake 0.9.5

Note 1: Before ripping Blu-ray with Handbrake, remember that Handbrake only converts Blu-ray that can be played in your Blu-ray player. So if you've got a BD filled with video files, such as AVI, MPG, WMV, MOV, etc, Handbrake won't convert them.

Step 2: Start Rip Blu-ray with Handbrake

1. Import Blu-ray to Handbrake: HandBrake 0.9.5 Windows GUI improved to support Drag / Drop Video onto Main Window to scan. But you cann't do this with Blu-ray disc. You still need to navigate to Blu-ray drive with Source dropdown button.

Note 2: Handbrake supported video - DVD VOB files, MPEG-TS, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-4, etc.

Note 3: Handbrake cannot at present encode from DRM-encrypted videos purchased from iTunes or found on DVD or Blu-Ray discs.

2. Processing Blu-ray Title scanning: Then Handbrake will step-by-step scan your Blu-ray Disc. It will take ten minutes to finish scanning 95 titles Blu-ray. So you need to be patient with this procesure.

3. Set Output folder for Blu-ray Movie: With Destination Browse button, you can set the output folder for your Blu-ray movie. Make sure your hard disk has enough space. ideally you can Rip 50GB Blu-ray to 10GB MKV while still keep 1080p Full-HD quality. Learn How to Calculate Handbrake Video Bitrate/Quality Settings, is necessary if you need full control on the output video.

4. Choose the Container format for Blu-ray movie: you get to options in the Container dropdown button - Rip Blu-ray to MKV or Blu-ray to MP4. That depends on what will you use for them.

5. The output Video/Audio Settings: This part is the most outstanding for Handbrake, which can make complicated so simplized. There is no room to discover the whole functionality of Handbrake so you can consult basic tutorial of Handbrake for Windows or Mac.

6. Watch the Blu-ray Ripping process: If you want to check whether Handbrake is ripping your Bluray after preset all parameters and click Start button, you can see the process bar on the bottom. You should know that rip Bluray to MKV or MP4 format is a hardcore process. Handbrake need to decode Blu-ray M2TS video and encode to the format you choose, which is also in HD quality. Therefore the Blu-ray conversion could be a half day's journey.

Handbrake Blu-ray Rip Tutorial - Tutorial of Handbrake 0.9.5

Note 4: The default location for Handbrake's output files is the Desktop. Choose a different location if you'd like to save your file elsewhere. Otherwise, you can just copy Blu-ray output over once it's done.

Handbrake Alternative to Rip Blu-ray to iPhone, iPod

If you can not bear the complexity of install third-party software to assist Handbrake rip Blu-ray, or you just need faster and more convinient Blu-ray ripping solution, then here is an alternative for Handbrake 0.9.5 - WinX Blu-ray DVD to iPhone Ripper. This Bluray DVD iPhone ripper is updated to perfectly rip and backup all Blu-ray movie discs, then to iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod, iPod touch and Apple TV. Meanwhile, it still gives breakthrough performance to convert Hollywood, Disney Blu-ray DVD movies for playing on iPhone.

Handbrake Blu-ray Rip Tutorial - Alternative of Handbrake 0.9.5

Handbrake Support to Rip Blu-ray / DVD

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Cannot Attach Subtitles To A Movie with Handbrake - Learn how to solve - When riping DVD to a file, and enable the subtitle option, but cannot find the subtitle on your output movie.

Handbrake Error Message: "No Titles Found" - Learn how to solve - when i click on the source of the dvd i get an error saying "no titles found. please make sure you have selected a valid non copy protected source".

Some of DVDs Handbrake only Rip Half Way - Learn how to solve - Some of my dvds only rip half way. Does anyone know what my problem might be.

HandBrake "Error Opening" when Finished - Learn how to solve - sometimes, handbrake never seems to finish compressing a dvd. it just stays at 100%, eta 000000.

HandBrake Crashes before Finishing - Learn how to solve - Before HandBrake finishes a rip of a relatively long title, like say 20+ minutes, it crashes right as it gets at the finish, and as a result the rip is corrupted.

HandBrake Convert AVI to MP4 Problem - Learn how to solve - trying to convert some avi files into mp4 files using handbrake, selected the apple presets, the process starts then after a minute or so it crashes.

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