August 19, 2007 5:08 PM PDT
Handbrake 0.9.0 just released - perfection has been perfected
I've written about Handbrake before. It is manna from heaven. I'm happy to report, however, that the latest release of Handbrake (0.9.0) is even better.
If you have a computer download Handbrake. Now. Put a DVD in. Let the magic begin. Now supports Mac and Windows (and, in fact, this newest rev has a dramatically improved Windows user interface).
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Then I started Hanbrake, didn't use it to do anything and changed the screen resolution. This hung Handbrake and it had to be killed with Task Manager. I rebooted for good luck, started Handbrake, minimized it and again changed the screen resolution. Again, it hung Handbrake. As before, Handbrake hadn't been used to do anything, it was just displaying the initial window.
The link to the documentation, does not link to documentation. Specifically,
Help -> online documentation -> full documentation list
points only to downloadable files.
When I tried to actually use Handbrake, I pointed it at a DVD but it found no titles. The error message said to read the FAQ, but the word "titles" does not appear anywhere in the FAQ.
Seems half baked to me.
Then I started Hanbrake, didn't use it to do anything and changed the screen resolution. This hung Handbrake and it had to be killed with Task Manager. I rebooted for good luck, started Handbrake, minimized it and again changed the screen resolution. Again, it hung Handbrake. As before, Handbrake hadn't been used to do anything, it was just displaying the initial window.
The link to the documentation, does not link to documentation. Specifically,
Help -> online documentation -> full documentation list
points only to downloadable files.
When I tried to actually use Handbrake, I pointed it at a DVD but it found no titles. The error message said to read the FAQ, but the word "titles" does not appear anywhere in the FAQ.
Seems half baked to me.
Problem #2, however, is the Windows build of HandBrake has no support for ripping directly from CSS encrypted DVDs. You need to use a dedicated ripper such as AnyDVD (or others) first.
@Matt: thank you for the kind words. I would also like to mention that we also have a Linux command line app, that we didn't get to the mirrors before we hit digg.
- Thanks for the kind words.
- by saintdev August 19, 2007 9:07 PM PDT
- @mhinnewyork: We got frontpaged on digg, and needed to reduce the server load. That's why the link to the online docs/faq doesn't work at the moment. As soon as the maddness dies down we will be able to put them back up. As for problem #1, I'll point that out to the WinGUI dev and see if he can think of any reason.
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(4 Comments)Problem #2, however, is the Windows build of HandBrake has no support for ripping directly from CSS encrypted DVDs. You need to use a dedicated ripper such as AnyDVD (or others) first.
@Matt: thank you for the kind words. I would also like to mention that we also have a Linux command line app, that we didn't get to the mirrors before we hit digg.