DVD Rip Using DVDfab and Handbrake
Complete Process Guide
Subtitles: forced only, burned in, default
Whether you choose "burned in" or not depends on the container. With MP4, you have no choice (the subs will be burned in), with MKV, it's up to you to decide whether you want soft subs (not burned in) or if you prefer the subs burned in the video.
When encoding, go into the subtitles section, select English from the list and then tick all three boxes next to it "Forced Only", "Burned Inn" and "Default". This will burn subtitles for foreign audio into your movie.
- Track: Foreign Audio Search (Bitmap)
- Checkboxes: Forced Only, Burned In, Default
Forced Subtitles can be captured and burned into the source video. HandBrake can scan the source for subtitles that appear only 10% (or less) of the time in addition to scanning for the presence of any forced subtitles. To enable this functionality within the HandBrake user interface, from the “Subtitles” tab select the “Foreign Audio Search (Bitmap)” option from the “Track” dropdown menu and click the “Forced” Checkbox.
If you do not get a foreign section only subtitle track in your output file, then you may have to manually find and select the correct subtitle track from the “Track” dropdown menu.
Audio Settings
Normalize makes the audio peak 1.0dB and adjusts the volume across the board to slide it "up" or "down" to reach that peak. Relative volume between scenes will still vary widely - soft will still be soft, loud will still be loud, but the overall volume will be louder.
Dynamic range compression makes loud sounds softer and soft sounds louder, "flattening" the volume somewhat across the entire rip.
Use HandBrake's DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to flatten the highs and lows. Increasing DRC (dynamic range compression) reduces the difference between quiet sounds and loud sounds.
On the Audio tab:
- Source: Automatic
- Audio Codec: AAC (faac)
- Mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II
- Samplerate (kHz): 44.1
- Bitrate: 128
- DRC: 2
