
Depending on the speed of your CPU in a few hours your video will be ready. The console window that opens after you click start allows you to see the progress of the encoding process. If you want to do that you'll have to rip the subtitles to text using this guide and then manually merge them in the file using MKV Merge or a similar tool. Keep in mind that Handbrake will hard burn the subtitles in the video stream and not add them in a subtitle stream in the mp4 or mkv file. Finally click Start (3) to start the transcoding process. Here you can also select if you want to include Subtitles (2) in your video. If you want to have stereo audio use the AAC codec and Dolby Pro Logic II for mixdown, otherwise to keep the original 5.1 audio of the DVD select the AC3 codec. Move to the Audio & Subtitles tab and to the next step to continue. Keep in mind that if you want to create big high quality files (over 2GB) it would be better to just select the Constant Quality Rate profile and set the Constant Quality to something like 65%. Finally set the target size (3) to what better suits your storing needs, for example 700MB. Here make sure H.264 is selected as the Video codec (1) and that 2-Pass encoding with a turbo first pass is enabled (2).

You can choose between mkv, mp4, ogm and avi in the output settings (2), then click the Video tab (3) and move to the next step. Step 3Īfter you've loaded the video click Browse and select the output file (1). From the presets select Normal (2), unless you want your file to be playable in one of the special devices listed like a PS3 or an Xbox360.

Step 2Īfter you have ripped the DVD click on Source (1) and select DVD/VIDEO_TS folder. To rip a DVD to your hard disk using DVDFab HD Decrypter read this guide. I really suggest the later, as it will make the whole process faster and you will avoid unnecessarily stressing your DVD drive for all the hours the encoding needs to finish. As Handbrake does not support decrypting a DVD you should either use AnyDVD or rip the DVD to your hard disk first.
