Handbrake[1] users are allowed to choose DVD, DVD image, DVD VOB files, MPEG-TS, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-4 as input. Handbrake cannot at present encode from DRM-encrypted videos purchased from iTunes or found on DVD or Blu-Ray discs. However, if VLC Media Player (64 bit version) is installed under a Unix-based system, encrypted DVDs can be read as well.
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Somehow due to there are numerous video codecs available in the current market, you cannot ensure all you video sources are supported by Handbrake. If occasionally you get an error message saying: "some file refused to be converted by HandBrake", which means your source video file is not supported by Handbrake.
Why Handbrake Refuses to Support These Files, and How to Solve It?
It is possibly that your Handbrake lack of correct video/audio codec for that conversion. When you want to convert to MP4, MKV or M4V container formats from Handbrake unsupported format, then you need search online to get proper codecs for the conversion. Otherwise, you can give Handbrake Alternative a try. WinX HD Video Converter (Mac Ver. and Windows Ver.) builds in 320 video codecs and 50 audio codecs, which greatly enlarges the range of your video conversion and transferring. No matter running Mac OS X Mavericks/Yosemite/El Capitan or Windows 7/8/10, Windows Vista, you can effortlessly convert between all the HD/SD Videos.
For Example, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe (Mac Ver. and Windows Ver.) fully supports BDAV, TrueHD, M2TS, MTS, MPEG-TS Aduio/Video. You can easily convert Blu-ray M2TS to AVI, BDAV M2TS to MP4 and DVD disc, which is a definitely useful feature when making a digital copy to backup your Blu-ray videos.
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WinX DVD Ripper Platinum: best HandBrake Alternative for DVD Ripping on PC, rips the content of DVDs to all popular video formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, etc. It also owns the ability of ripping encrypted DVDs to Sony PSP, Apple iPhone 4, iPod, iPad, iTouch, Apple TV, Zune, Mobile phone, etc.
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WinX HD Video Converter for Mac: professional Mac HandBrake Alternative for converting HD Videos on Mac OS, provides the perfect solution to convert Blu-ray videos and videos from HDTV and HD camcorders, like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon to other formats. Running perfectly on Mac OS X Snow Leopard/Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite/El Capitan.
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Related External Source
[1]: HandBrake - popular DVD/Video encoding software, open-sourced
Comments
"handbrake is perfectly suitable for me, since somehow my video sources are limited within mpeg4, avi, mov, m4v,mp4, etc. therefore i have never get an error message said "some file refused to be converted by HandBrake". But im quite interested in using your handbrake alternative to make backup of my blu-ray video. im charmed by blu-ray's high-def quality. i think it deserves my trying."
- Melody
"well, do not count on one day handbrake will become your all in one video converting solution, since handbrake always refuse to convert my outland videos, like asian rm, rmvb videos. i think as a non-commercial software, handbrake have done its best! "
- Mirabelle
