HandBrake 0.7.1 CLI "howto"

Onos

Well... there are a handful of howto's spread around the net for building HandBrake in Ubuntu Linux... but as I have a rather nasty habit of tinkering and (attempting to) tweaking my Linux installs until something breaks horrendously enough for me to need to re-install the OS...

I am hoping to put togther an Ubuntu HOWTO for HandBrake to include some of the "unexpected" cases. Much of it is derived from Mayank Sharma's tutorial at http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/2139238 entitled "CLI Magic: Porting DVDs with HandBrake", but as I ran into a few rough bumps with it...

Here is what I did (again, this is pieced together from a few different HOWTOs) to get it running on my aging machine running Dapper:

-1. Download the source tarball:

Code:

wget -c http://download.m0k.org/handbrake/HandBrake-0.7.1.tar.gz

-2. Install these packages to make the HandBrake happy in its new (Ubuntu/Debian) home:

Code:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install jam build-essential nasm libdvdcss2

-3. Unzipped/un-tarred it in your home directory:

Code:

tar xvf HandBrake-0.7.1.tar.gz

-4. Rename the HandBrake-0.7.1 directory to HandBrake (trivial, but who really wants to type out all that version info in the path! )

Code:

mv HandBrake-0.7.1 HandBrake

-5. Switch to the HandBrake directory

Code:

cd HandBrake

-6. Configure the source

Code:

./configure

-7. Edit the Jamfile to make Ubuntu/Debian happy: (use your favorite text editor)

Code:

sudo nano ~./HandBrake/libhb/Jamfile

-8. Find the following line: (it should be near the bottom of the file)

Code:

ObjectCcFlags $(LIBHB_SRC) : -I$(TOP)/contrib/include ;

--8a. Make it look like this:

Code:

ObjectCcFlags $(LIBHB_SRC) : -I$(TOP)/contrib/include -I$(TOP)/contrib/mpeg4ip/lib/mp4v2 ;

--8b. Save/Write-out of the file...

-9. Jam it all together (requires installation of Jam, see #2 above)

Code:

jam

-10. Finishing up:

Code:

cp HBTest /usr/local/bin/handbrake

This allows you to pass commands to handbrake anywhere in a terminal.

For the record, this rips movies/DVDs to a suitable *.avi or *.mpg slightly faster on my old Compaq Presario running Dapper than the full-on GUI version does in Mac OSX on my fresh-from-the-Apple Store MacBook.

Credits go to Peter James Bui, jbird123 from the Ubuntu forums, and Mayank Sharma as mentioned above.

And of course, the coders who put HandBrake together.

macron1

hi
thanks for the howto. just one question, i ran jam before modifying the jamfile w nano etc. what are some of the possible repercussions? do i need to re-install? thanks

road_rage

Just thought I would mention for n00bs like me....
The line that states "sudo nano ~./HandBrake/libhb/Jamfile" did not allow me to edit the file from the current path and instead created a new file. The command "sudo nano ./libhb/Jamfile" worked for me as I was already in my /home/xxxx/HandBrake folder.

Thank You for this writeup, definitely moved me along to handbraking!

September 11th, 2006	#1
Onos 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Jan 2006 Beans: 43	HandBrake 0.7.1 CLI "howto" Well... there are a handful of howto's spread around the net for building HandBrake in Ubuntu Linux... but as I have a rather nasty habit of tinkering and (attempting to) tweaking my Linux installs until something breaks horrendously enough for me to need to re-install the OS... I am hoping to put togther an Ubuntu HOWTO for HandBrake to include some of the "unexpected" cases. Much of it is derived from Mayank Sharma's tutorial at http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/2139238 entitled "CLI Magic: Porting DVDs with HandBrake", but as I ran into a few rough bumps with it... Here is what I did (again, this is pieced together from a few different HOWTOs) to get it running on my aging machine running Dapper: -1. Download the source tarball: Code: wget -c http://download.m0k.org/handbrake/HandBrake-0.7.1.tar.gz -2. Install these packages to make the HandBrake happy in its new (Ubuntu/Debian) home: Code: sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install jam build-essential nasm libdvdcss2 -3. Unzipped/un-tarred it in your home directory: Code: tar xvf HandBrake-0.7.1.tar.gz -4. Rename the HandBrake-0.7.1 directory to HandBrake (trivial, but who really wants to type out all that version info in the path! ) Code: mv HandBrake-0.7.1 HandBrake -5. Switch to the HandBrake directory Code: cd HandBrake -6. Configure the source Code: ./configure -7. Edit the Jamfile to make Ubuntu/Debian happy: (use your favorite text editor) Code: sudo nano ~./HandBrake/libhb/Jamfile -8. Find the following line: (it should be near the bottom of the file) Code: ObjectCcFlags $(LIBHB_SRC) : -I$(TOP)/contrib/include ; --8a. Make it look like this: Code: ObjectCcFlags $(LIBHB_SRC) : -I$(TOP)/contrib/include -I$(TOP)/contrib/mpeg4ip/lib/mp4v2 ; --8b. Save/Write-out of the file... -9. Jam it all together (requires installation of Jam, see #2 above) Code: jam -10. Finishing up: Code: cp HBTest /usr/local/bin/handbrake This allows you to pass commands to handbrake anywhere in a terminal. For the record, this rips movies/DVDs to a suitable .avi or .mpg slightly faster on my old Compaq Presario running Dapper than the full-on GUI version does in Mac OSX on my fresh-from-the-Apple Store MacBook. Credits go to Peter James Bui, jbird123 from the Ubuntu forums, and Mayank Sharma as mentioned above. And of course, the coders who put HandBrake together. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Onos "...a waste is a terrible thing to mind."

June 30th, 2007	#2
macron1 Spilled the Beans Join Date: Apr 2007 Beans: 13	Re: HandBrake 0.7.1 CLI "howto" hi thanks for the howto. just one question, i ran jam before modifying the jamfile w nano etc. what are some of the possible repercussions? do i need to re-install? thanks

October 28th, 2007	#3
road_rage 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2007 Beans: 22	Re: HandBrake 0.7.1 CLI "howto" Just thought I would mention for n00bs like me.... The line that states "sudo nano ~./HandBrake/libhb/Jamfile" did not allow me to edit the file from the current path and instead created a new file. The command "sudo nano ./libhb/Jamfile" worked for me as I was already in my /home/xxxx/HandBrake folder. Thank You for this writeup, definitely moved me along to handbraking!

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