When the progress bar indicates Done, exit HandBrake. Encoding time depends on the speed of your Mac, the length of the movie, and whether you selected 2-pass encoding. Higher rate = higher audio quality = larger file size.Ĥ. In Bitrate (kbps), you can keep the default of 128, or select a rate up to 160. Higher sample rate = higher quality audio = larger file size. Higher bitrate = higher quality video = larger file size. This can be as high as 768, but unless you squint you probably won't see much difference. In Video–Quality, tick Average bitrate and enter 400. This takes twice as long to encode, but it improves the video quality and doesn't make the file any larger.

Leave the default settings or choose the settings you prefer. If you're ripping a TV show or something with multiple episodes on one disc, then select the episode you want.ģ. If you're ripping a movie, just select the longest title in the list. HandBrake will detect all the titles on the DVD. Click Open and wait as HandBrake detects the titles on your DVD. If your Mac's DVD Player application opens, quit the DVD Player application.Ģ. Insert the DVD you wish to convert into your Mac's DVD drive. Follow these steps to use HandBrake to convert your DVDs into MP4 format for storage and playback on your hard drive, or for playback on your video-supported iPod, iPhone and Apple TV.ġ. HandBrake is a free DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and later.

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