Linux Misfits

HandBrake at work.

HandBrake is a very useful, and powerful application for ripping DVDs to your hard drive. It has a very easy to use interface that virtually anyone can use, it is the ultimate in being user-friendly. HandBrake is written in C and is cross-platform capable. It is intended to backup DVDs that you have for your own security.

The user interface of HandBrake to say the least is simple, it’s not all drawn out to be configurable, though you can tweak don’t get me wrong. It is just very simple to insert a DVD cue it up and let it do its own job. Though I do have one tip for using HandBrake, when you have your DVD inserted and cued, change the output file name to the movie and .avi. I.E.- movie.avi

To conclude my review i would like to say that I have really, and truly become a fan of this program. It is just easy to use and very useful, in many ways. So do yourselves a favor and install HandBrake on your machine and get to backing up your DVDs now.