HandBrake

Description of problem or question: Having learnt my lesson and now using makemkv in the first instance if I want to convert a DVD into a movie file I can play on my TV from a hard disk, I continue to find that almost everything I transcode using HB starts to fail when viewed on my TV from around t...

True, there's no shortage of information out there about using Handbrake to rip DVDs, typically advising the additional installation of libdvdcss. Had my first few attempts been unsuccessful, I would have come to the same conclusion (that it is not a ripper), however what bothers me is that it DOES ...

Doesn't that just convolute the process? It creates a transcode of a transcode...
Are you suggesting that HB is not up to a (seemingly) simple task, despite all the literature that says it is??

Description of problem or question: Trying to convert DVDs to movie files suitable for playing on HDTV from a HDD, the first few attempts worked fine, but now about 1 out of 4 tries (of the same source!!) end prematurely, at seemingly random points. I.e. Despite a successful notification, I can put...