This Is Faux

So, recently I’ve gotten very attached to a certain TV show. So attached in fact, that I decided I wanted to keep it on my external harddrive. That way, when my roommate and I part ways for the summer, which is merely 2 finals away (I should be studying), I can still watch Ryan and Marissa play their love games over and over again…I mean, watch episodes of Man Vs. Wild over and over again…

As I sat down to start ripping, I realized that I had never ripped anything other than a full length movie before. How exactly am I supposed to rip the DVD into individual files of the episodes instead of one file with them all? So, I played around with HandBrake for a while and figured I would write a very simple tutorial up for anyone else that was interested.

First, of course, you want to click Source and select the VIDEO_TS folder of the DVD. Once that’s open, you’ll find that the DVD is split up into the various titles. The longest one is the title you choose when you select “Play All.” In the case of a TV series, that’s not the one you want.

As you can see in the screenshot, we want the four titles that are 43 minutes long. Looks like I mislabeled the series though, that’s supposed to say The Sopranos. Once you’ve selected the title you want, give it a name. I go with the SHOW_SXEY file names, with X being the season number and Y being the episode number. Once you have the name selected, click “Add to Queue” and continue on to the next title. Do this for all the episodes on the cd.

When you get done, your Queue should look very similar to mine. Set your video settings to your personal preferences, click “Start Queue,” and enjoy!