samtheman410saidthis

Great app. Amazing they don't charge for it.

The latest version seems to create grainy, blocked, and choppy DVD rips in both .mp4 and .avi format (and maybe other formats as well, I haven't tried). I've tried it on multiple Macs, with multiple presets and custom settings, and with multiple DVDs. The results are the same - disappointing.

What's more disappointing is the response that I got from the moderators of the HandBrake forum. The response that I received from moderator "nightstrm" and project administrator "jbrjake" was immature and petty. Looking at their responses to other new users asking genuine questions makes it obvious that my treatment was anything but out of the ordinary. They consistently badger and demean friendly people who are there to ask genuine questions. Pathetic.

I think HandBrake was a quality application, but the issues that I and other users are having with it are very bothersome. To top it all off, I have a hard time supporting a project (as a user and bug reporter which I do for many apps) when the people working on the project and supporting the user's forums are such... douchebags.

There are better options that HandBrake out there. I'd suggest you use them.

I'm not very satisfied with Handbrake. Compared to AutoGK on Windows, it lacks a lot of important features like external subtitles instead of hardcoded subtitles.

Plus it's very unstable, when I try to convert a DVD to something other than FFMPEG avi, it crashes, takes hours, or the resulting file is messed up and not usable.