That said, it scales nicely, and is noticeably faster on a 16-core Threadripper than it is on a dual-core i7 low-power laptop chip. With no GPU-acceleration it’s limited by the speed of your CPU. (Image credit: Handbrake) Handbrake review: Speed It’s not exactly a poor experience, as long as you know what you’re doing - and pop-up hints try to explain things as you hover the mouse pointer over them - but in comparison to programs such as Win X DVD Ripper Platinum (opens in new tab) and Wondershare Uniconverter (opens in new tab), it seems a bit out of date. If you want, you can work your way through every option on the seven tabs that cross the middle of the app window, tweaking parameters such as video resolution, framerate, compression, audio, and subtitles.

Prefer Windows Phone 8? That’s there too, along with Vimeo and YouTube for those who like to share their home movies online. The same goes for Apple TVs, Roku, Xbox, and most other consoles and TV boxes/sticks. If your output device is a Chromecast Ultra, you’ll find a 4K, h265, surround sound preset waiting for you. From there, you’re on your own, able to tinker with almost every aspect of the conversion. The program then analyses the file, before dropping its info into the relevant video or audio boxes. Having been around in the occasionally-clunky world of open-source software for a long time, the app has made improvements in the last few years, now opening with a screen that asks you to select your input file - a DVD or single video file, or a folder of files for batch processing. It’s a shame we decided to put Ease of Use at the top of our DVD ripping software reviews, because in Handbrake’s case it’s the program’s weakest area.

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