HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4
ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but
now has been ported over to MacOS X and to GNU/Linux.
Supported sources:
Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even
encrypted)
PAL or NTSC
AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks
Outputs:
File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer
encoding)
Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding
of several audio tracks)
Misc features
Chapter selection
Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)
Integrated bitrate calculator
Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
Grayscale encoding
Details about version 0.7.0 beta 3:
Fixed audio glitches with some LPCM tracks
Fixed position of subtitles in the picture
Faster scan
Show encoding ETA again
HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4
ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but
now has been ported over to MacOS X and to GNU/Linux.
Supported sources:
Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even
encrypted)
PAL or NTSC
AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks
Outputs:
File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer
encoding)
Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding
of several audio tracks)