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UsingHandbraketoReformatDVDClipsABatesDigital Media Guide
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UsingHandbraketoReformatDVDClipsWhilecopyingorrippingDVDshasnegativeconnotations,academicsengagedinthecritiqueofmediaoften“reformat”portionsofDVDvideotoaneasilyeditableformat–theythenusethisfootagetohighlightandsupporttheirarguments.Aslongasyoufollowtheguidelinesofreformatting(thatis,changingtheformatsothatyoucaneditthemediaforacademiccritique)youareoperatinglegally.Theminuteyouriporcopyavideofiletosharewithothersoutsidethepurposeofacademiccritique,youarepossiblybreakingthelaw.Keepthisinmindasyouproceed.AtBates,weusesoftwarecalledHandbraketoreformatDVDvideoforeditinginFinalCutX.ThisHelpSheetGuideaddressestheuseofHandbraketoreformatclips.
Let’sGetStarted.InserttheDVDyouneedtoreformat.
OpenHandbrakefromApplications>Handbrake
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ThefirsttimeyouopenHandbrake,itwillaskyouforyour“Source”.
Ifitdoesn’taskyouwhenyouopentheapplication–orifyouwanttoripfromaDVDyoujustloaded-selectyoursourcebyclickingthe“Source”buttononthemaininterfacetopleftcorner.
SelecttheDVDyouwishtoreformat.DONOTselectanyfoldersinsidethedisc.
Handbrakewillbeginscanningthedisc.Thisprocesscantakeafewminutes.
ThisDVDhasbeenselected.
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JustunderSourceyou’llnoticeamenulabeled“Title”.DVDsarebrokenupintotitles(e.g.Boththemain“feature”andeachDVDextraareconsidered“Titles”),soyou’llwanttoselecttheTitleyouwanttoreformat.
HINT:Handbrakegivesyouthetotallengthofeachtitleinhours,minutesandseconds(00h00m00s).Thelongesttitleisusuallythemainfeature.
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Toensureyou’vechosenthecorrecttitle,clickthe“PreviewWindow”buttononthetopright.
Onceyou’recertainyou’veselectedthecorrecttitle,youneedtoselectthechaptersyouneedtoreformat.àHowDoIKnowWhichChapterstoSelect?Seepage7ofthisdocument.
Forexample,ifIwantedtoreformatTitle1,Chapter8,IwouldselectTitle1andChapters8through8.
Inthisexample,ourDVDcontains12titles.Thistitle,at1h49m07sisbyfarthelongest,soit’sagoodbetit’sthemaintitle,orfeature,onthisDVD.YoucandoublecheckthisinDVDplayer.Seetheendofthishelpsheetfordetails.
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We’realmostdone!Next,selecttheDestinationforyourreformattedmedia.You’llwantthisdestinationtobesomewhereyoucaneasilyfind.
Ifyou’rereformattingmultiplechaptersfromthesamedisc,thisisalsoagoodtimetorenameyourfilesomethingthatwilleasilydifferentiateitfromtheotherchaptersyouplantoreformat.
NowdoublecheckthatyourFormatissettoMP4andthatyour“VideoCodec”issettoH264.Thisisthedefaultsetting,soyoushouldbeallset!Ifnot,simplyselectthecorrectsettings.Yourdefaultpresetmayvaryfromdisctodisc,butsolongasformatandvideoencoderarecorrect,you’llbefine.
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Nowclickstarttobeginthereformatting/encodingprocess.
Whenyou’refinished…
YoucanloadyourfinishedfiledirectlyintoFinalCutXforediting.
Beforeyouhitthestartbutton:
BesuretoquitoutoftheDVDplayerapplication.
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AppendixA:HowDoIKnowWhichChapterstoSelect(usingtheAppleDVDPlayer)?OpenuptheDVDPlayerapp(itmayopenbydefaultwhenyoufirstinserttheDVD).
UsingtheDVDPlayer,navigatetothebeginningofthesceneyouneedtoreformat.
Clickinganddraggingthislittlegraydiamondisahelpfulwayofnavigatingwhenyou’renotexactlysurewhereaparticularsceneoccurs.
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PausetheDVDplayer.
Inthetopmenubar,gotoGo>Chapter.
TheChapternumberthathasacheckmarknexttoitistheChapteryouarecurrentlyviewing.Next,gototheENDofthesceneyouneedtoreformat.Pauseplayback.Again,gotoGo>Chapter.Asbefore,thechapternumberthathasacheckmarknexttoitistheChapteryouarecurrentlyviewing.
è Itisnotuncommontofindthatyourscenebothbeginsandendsinthesamechapter.However,itisalwaysgoodpracticetochecktheChapternumbersatboththebeginningandendofthesceneasafailsafe.
è Noticethatyoucanalsoconfirm“Title”usingthesesamesteps.
PAUSEbutton.
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AppendixB:HowDoIKnowWhichChapterstoSelect(usingVLC)?
IncertainMaclabsatBates,thedefaultDVDPlayerisanappcalled“VLC”.Sometimes*oftentimes*youmaynotknowwhichchapterortitleyouneedtoselect.Noworries–thistutorialwillguideyouthroughusingVLCtogettherelevantinfo.OpenuptheVLCPlayerapp(itmayopenbydefaultwhenyoufirstinserttheDVD).
IfVLChasn’topenedyourDVDbydefault,clickthe“Openmedia…”button.
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Selectthe“Disc”tabandclick“Open”.
YourDVDwillappearinthe“Playlist”oftenwithaweirdtitlelike“rdisk12”.
PressthePlaybuttontobeginplayingyourDVD.
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UsingtheVLCPlayer,navigatetothebeginningofthesceneyouneedtoreformat.
Ifindclickinganddraggingthislittlegraydiamond
tobeahelpfulwayofnavigatingwhenI’mnotexactlysurewhereaparticularsceneoccurs.
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PausetheVLCplayer.
Inthetopmenubar,gotoPlayback>Chapter.
TheChapternumberthathasacheckmarknexttoitistheChapteryouarecurrentlyviewing.Next,gototheENDofthesceneyouneedtoreformat.Pauseplayback.Again,gotoPlayback>Chapter.Asbefore,thechapternumberthathasacheckmarknexttoitistheChapteryouarecurrentlyviewing.
è Itisnotuncommontofindthatyourscenebothbeginsandendsinthesamechapter.However,itisalwaysgoodpracticetochecktheChapternumbersatboththebeginningandendofthesceneasafailsafe.
è Noticethatyoucanalsoconfirm“Title”usingthesesamesteps.
è Also:VLCisnotquiteassmartastheMacDVDPlayer,soitcanbefooledintolookingat“ghosttitles”–allthewhileplayingbackyourDVDasthoughallis
PAUSEbutton.
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normal.Alwaysmakesureyourselected“title”isthecorrectlengthpriortoselectingyourchapters.
“GhostTitles”
Correcttitle(2hr8min21sec)