HandBrake is a great tool to rip DVDs and convert them to a particular format.
The following steps will go through how to install HandBrake from source on Fedora and Enterprise Linux based distributions.
Repository Packages Required
I encountered make compile problems without intltool and gcc-c++.
yum install libdvdread libdvdnav intltool gcc-c++ subversion
The doc/BUILD-Linux file from the source directory states the following packages may need to be installed:
yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel libogg-devel libtheora-devel \
libvorbis-devel libsamplerate-devel libxml2-devel fribidi-devel \
freetype-devel fontconfig-devel libass-devel dbus-glib-devel \
libgudev1-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel \
gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
libdvdcss Source Install
libdvdcss is required to decrypt the DVD encryption so HandBrake can access the media files.
Clone the source code:
git clone git://git.videolan.org/libdvdcss
cd libdvdcss
Configure, make, and make install the binary:
./configure
make
sudo make install
Create links to the shared libraries:
echo '/usr/local/lib' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libdvdcss.conf
ldconfig -v
HandBrake Source Install
Checkout HandBrake source code:
svn co svn://svn.handbrake.fr/HandBrake/trunk handbrake-svn
cd handbrake-svn
Configure without GTK:
./configure --disable-gtk
Fedora 19 needs the following line removed for make to work:
sed -i -e ‘/gets is a security/d’ ./build/contrib/m4/m4-1.4.16/lib/stdio.h
make the binary:
cd ./build
gmake
Install the binary:
sudo make install
Using HandBrake Presets
The following preset is from HandBrake’s Built-In Presets.
High Profile H.264 With All the Bells and Whistles
HandBrakeCLI -i /mnt/dvd/VIDEO_TS/ -o movie.mp4 -e x264 -q 20.0 -a 1,1 -E faac,copy:ac3 -B 256,256 \
-6 dpl2,auto -R Auto,Auto -D 0.0,0.0 -f mp4 --detelecine --decomb --loose-anamorphic -m \
-x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50
Command breakdown:
HandBrakeCLI
-i /mnt/dvd/VIDEO_TS/ # Input device/folder
-o movie.mp4 # Output filename
-e x264 # Video encoder
-q 20.0 # Video quality
-a 1,1 # Audio tracks, separated by commas
-E faac,copy:ac3 # Audio encoder, copy used for passthrough
-B 256,256 # Audio bitrate, separated by commas for multi-tracks
-6 dpl2,auto # Surround sound downmixing
-R Auto,Auto # Audio samplerate
-D 0.0,0.0 # Extra dynamic range compression to the audio
-f mp4 # Output format
--detelecine # Detelecine (ivtc) video with pullup filter
--decomb # Selectively deinterlaces when it detects combing
--loose-anamorphic # Store pixel aspect ratio with specified width
-m # Add chapter markers (mp4 and mkv output formats only)
-x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 # Specify advanced x264 options
