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UsingHandbraketoReformatDVDClipsABatesDigital Media Guide

UsingHandbraketoReformatDVDClipsVersion11-20-17

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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)

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