How to use Handbrake to convert to DVD?

[harleymhs]

Hey guys... I read that Handbrake can convert a file to watch on a DVD player and I cant seem to do this.. The output on Handbrake gives me 2 options .. MP4 and MKV ... Will the MKV output be able to play on a DVD player? Thanks!!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

HandBrake is used to transcode (convert) video FROM a video DVD to a file your computer plays, it is not uses to make a video DVD.

You could try Burn or maybe even iDVD or Toast Titanium for that.

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[harleymhs]

got it! THANKS!!!! I thought it may of did both! So I can take a DVD movie and convert it to watch on my computer or Ipad.. and do this with Hanbrake? I tried to do that with a dvd and used Handbrake to transcode it to MP4 and the itunes said is was a different format???

 

[simsaladimbamba]

got it! THANKS!!!! I thought it may of did both! So I can take a DVD movie and convert it to watch on my computer or Ipad.. and do this with Hanbrake? I tried to do that with a dvd and used Handbrake to transcode it to MP4 and the itunes said is was a different format???

Yes, you can use HandBrake for that. Use one of the presets for iPad or Apple TV and it gets you an .m4v or .mp4 file.

How to backup/copy/rip video DVDs to your HDD and transcode them to another format in Mac OS X.

How-To: Automating DVD & Blu-Ray (Backup, Encoding & Tagging) for Mac OS X 10.6​