HandBrake Guide

Note to 0.9.2 Users: HandBrake 0.9.3 is fast approaching, and documentation updates have begun. We apologize for the inconvenience.

About HandBrake

• What HandBrake Is, What HandBrake Isn't
• Contacting the HandBrake Team?
• History of HandBrake
• Compiling HandBrake

Frequently Asked Questions (All Platforms)

Quick Start Video Guide (adapted from baggss)

HandBrake for Mac, Piece-by-Piece

• Sources
• Destination
• DVD Titles and Chapters
• Containers
• Encoders
• Video
  • Frame Rates and PAL vs. NTSC
    • Telecining
    • Variable Frame Rates
  • Methods
    • Average Bitrate and Target Size
    • Constant Quality
      • CRF
  • Picture Settings
    • Deinterlacing Guide
    • Anamorphic Guide
• Audio
  • Guide to Surround Sound in HandBrake
  • Dynamic Range Compression
• Subtitles
• Chapters
• Advanced
  • x264 Options
• Queue
• Presets
• Preferences
• Activity Window and Log

HandBrake for Windows

• See FAQ link above for Frequently Asked Questions.
• Windows GUI Guide
• Activity Window and Log

• Compiling Handbrake on Windows

HandBrake for the Command Line

• Using HandBrakeCLI

Examples and Guides

• Ripping a movie quickly?
• Ripping a movie with archive quality?
• Ripping a TV show?
• Ripping a movie for the iPod (baggss)
• Ripping a TV show for the iPod (baggss)
• Ripping for the Apple TV?