Ubuntu Tips: Install Handbrake
Tutorial explaining how to install the Handbrake video convert on Ubuntu.
Why does my Ubuntu computer need a Handbrake? Well, Handbrake is not what you think it is. Handbrake is actually an open-source program designed to convert DVDs into other formats so they can be viewed on portable devices such as iPods and iPhones.
HandBrake will convert MPEG video which includes DVD-Video into an MPEG-4 video file as either in MPEG-4 (.mp4) or Matroska (.mkv) containers. You can download Handbrake for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. When running Handbrake on Mac OS X you will require VLC to decrypt DVDs.
However, these are the step required to install Handbrake on your Ubuntu computer.
Step 1 - Prerequisites
Before you can install Handbrake on your computer we do need to install these required packages. It is nothing too complicated but it will require you to enter these four commands into the terminal. First start by including the restricted extras package for Ubuntu to playback audio and video such as MP3 and DVD.
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Next install the DVD Content Scrabbling System for decoding commercial DVDs.
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Now you can execute this command to add the Handbrake repository.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots
Next prime your system to install Handbrake by updating Apt with the latest index of installable applications from the repositories your system can access.
sudo apt-get update
Step 2 - Installing Handbrake
Now that you have run the above commands it is now possible to successfully install Handbrake. Below you will notice that the file package we are to install is handbrake-gdk. GDK, GIMP Drawing Kit simple referres to the libraries which generate the Graphical User Interface. If you are want the Handbrake with the Command Line Interface, install the package, handbrake-cli.
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gdk
Once the package has been installed you are now ready to backup your DVDs or create mobile versions to play on your portable devices.
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