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Ripping DVD in Handbrake - problem

hatcheeks

hatcheeks

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Jun 7, 2010
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Hi, i have been ripping DVD's in handbrake for apple tv with no problems until i tried toy story 3 and bolt. when it scans the source it comes up with 99 different options. handbrake automatically chooses number 61. after ripping it and playing it back the film is jumbled up. it plays for about an 40 mins and then it jumps to the end credits and then some other bit etc

anyone else come across a similar problem? and if so is there anyway round it?

thanks for any help
 
You can also use DVD Player to find out how long the movie's runtime is on the DVD and then see if any of those options equals that time.

You can also use the Preview option in Picture Settings to see what the actual video content in that file is.
 
Get Title from DVD Player

as mentioned launch DVD player
go through menu selection until you are watching main movie
go to the pulldown menu 'GO' and select title, this is the title on the dvd the movie is on

in handbrake make sure you cancel the dialogue box when handbrake opens
then go to pulldown menu 'File' and select Open Source (title specific)
select the dvd
enter the title you found above
Handbrake should encode fine

if that fails make a copy of the dvd to hard drive using Little App Factory RipIt
then do above
 
Thanks a lot for the responses. It worked like a charm. Started the actual movie in DVD on my MBP. Went to the menu and it was showing title no 9. Ripped it in handbrake using no 9, watched it on apple tv and it worked like a charm. Cheers

Other problem I have is ripping homemade dvd's in handbrake. If I have a 4gb DVD it seems to be split into 4 1gb .VOB files and so handbrake will only rip 1 VOB file at a time which means I will end up with 4 separate files !!! Is there anyway around this?
 
hatcheeks said:
Thanks a lot for the responses. It worked like a charm. Started the actual movie in DVD on my MBP. Went to the menu and it was showing title no 9. Ripped it in handbrake using no 9, watched it on apple tv and it worked like a charm. Cheers

Other problem I have is ripping homemade dvd's in handbrake. If I have a 4gb DVD it seems to be split into 4 1gb .VOB files and so handbrake will only rip 1 VOB file at a time which means I will end up with 4 separate files !!! Is there anyway around this?
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I just wish we can rip DVD's to iTunes like we can with CD's, or at least all movies we buy come with a digital download.
 
rpenzinger said:
as mentioned launch DVD player
go through menu selection until you are watching main movie
go to the pulldown menu 'GO' and select title, this is the title on the dvd the movie is on

in handbrake make sure you cancel the dialogue box when handbrake opens
then go to pulldown menu 'File' and select Open Source (title specific)
select the dvd
enter the title you found above
Handbrake should encode fine

if that fails make a copy of the dvd to hard drive using Little App Factory RipIt
then do above
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And if all the above don't work?
 
mobiletaylor said:
And if all the above don't work?
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Since you resurrected this thread after more than two years, you seem to have a problem with your HandBrake version. Can you get into more detail about what versions of HB and VLC and Mac OS X you have on what specific Mac and what you have done till now to remedy your problem?
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Since you resurrected this thread after more than two years, you seem to have a problem with your HandBrake version. Can you get into more detail about what versions of HB and VLC and Mac OS X you have on what specific Mac and what you have done till now to remedy your problem?
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VLC 2.0.5
HandBrake 0.9.8
Mountain Lion
RipIt 1.6.6


I'm in the process of converting my DVD collection to iTunes. Ripped my movie to Mac. Can watch it with DVD Player. Ripping movies with Handbrake using the AppleTV2 settings (looks like AppleTV3 is overkill because all my movies are SD). Almost everything has worked flawlessly. Just a few titles that won't rip with HandBrake. It starts, then stops after a second or two and says done.

JT
 
mobiletaylor said:
VLC 2.0.5
HandBrake 0.9.8
Mountain Lion
RipIt 1.6.6


I'm in the process of converting my DVD collection to iTunes. Ripped my movie to Mac. Can watch it with DVD Player. Ripping movies with Handbrake using the AppleTV2 settings (looks like AppleTV3 is overkill because all my movies are SD). Almost everything has worked flawlessly. Just a few titles that won't rip with HandBrake. It starts, then stops after a second or two and says done.

JT
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HandBrake is a transcoding tool, it does not really rip if you already ripped the DVDs. Have you tried the troublesome DVDs directly with HB yet, meaning putting the DVD in and opening HB and let it do its job from there (you can test by only selecting a chapter or two of the main title)?

If that does not work, tell us what exact movies/series you have problems with.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
HandBrake is a transcoding tool, it does not really rip if you already ripped the DVDs. Have you tried the troublesome DVDs directly with HB yet, meaning putting the DVD in and opening HB and let it do its job from there (you can test by only selecting a chapter or two of the main title)?

If that does not work, tell us what exact movies/series you have problems with.
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OK, I'll have to dig those up and give it a try. I ripped them to my Mac and packed them away a year or two ago. I've been watching them on my Mac but wanted to start using AirPlay with the AppleTV. The DVD's are Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 3 (Oddly Toy Story 2 worked fine), The Goonies. There is another one, but I can't remember at the moment. Just seems odd that I've been using the same process for everything and only these titles are having problems. I assume the rip is fine because I can view it on my Mac? I'll dig those DVD's up and give it another try.

Also, not sure if it makes any difference, but on the Goonies DVD Handbrake will rip the shorter titles, just not the main one.

Thanks for your help!
 
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I keep a copy of WinXDVD Ripper that I got cheap on offer. It tends to be my fall back for when other methods fail. Think it costs around $36 currently.
 
mobiletaylor said:
OK, I'll have to dig those up and give it a try. I ripped them to my Mac and packed them away a year or two ago. I've been watching them on my Mac but wanted to start using AirPlay with the AppleTV. The DVD's are Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 3 (Oddly Toy Story 2 worked fine), The Goonies. There is another one, but I can't remember at the moment. Just seems odd that I've been using the same process for everything and only these titles are having problems. I assume the rip is fine because I can view it on my Mac? I'll dig those DVD's up and give it another try.

Also, not sure if it makes any difference, but on the Goonies DVD Handbrake will rip the shorter titles, just not the main one.

Thanks for your help!
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Anyone have any other ideas on this? I've ripped about 200 movies over the last few months using Handbrake/VLC and am having the same issue (reads disc fine, then "completes" in about 10-15 seconds without doing more than just creating the destination file) with the following movies:

The Legend of Zorro
Definitely, Maybe
Hancock
Bewitched
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Employee of the Month
Shoot 'em Up
The Eye
Good Luck Chuck
American Wedding
Wild Hogs
GoodFellas
New Jack City
Babel
RV
The Game Plan
School for Scoundrels
Batman
 
One possibility is that there are too many audio and subtitles tracks in the ripped DVD. Before performing the rip uncheck all the unnecessary audio and subtitle tracks and then rip. Handbrake should work now. Also make sure that you have enabled large files in Handbrake.
 
Cinephi1e said:
One possibility is that there are too many audio and subtitles tracks in the ripped DVD. Before performing the rip uncheck all the unnecessary audio and subtitle tracks and then rip. Handbrake should work now. Also make sure that you have enabled large files in Handbrake.
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I had tried that and still no good. However, i went ahead and downloaded the trial version of RipIt - so far it is working its way through 4 of these today without any issues. So I'll get about 10 rips then I'll have to decide if I want to shell out the $35 for a license to keep this as a backup to Handbrake......
 
Benjamin99 said:
Anyone have any other ideas on this? I've ripped about 200 movies over the last few months using Handbrake/VLC and am having the same issue (reads disc fine, then "completes" in about 10-15 seconds without doing more than just creating the destination file) with the following movies:

The Legend of Zorro
Definitely, Maybe
Hancock
Bewitched
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Employee of the Month
Shoot 'em Up
The Eye
Good Luck Chuck
American Wedding
Wild Hogs
GoodFellas
New Jack City
Babel
RV
The Game Plan
School for Scoundrels
Batman
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I have about half of these ripped via HB from my DVDs. Never had any issues. Worse case is use Open Source Title Specific. But most of these are old enough you shouldn't need it.
 
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