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InserttheDVDintoyourdrive,andwaitforHandBraketofinishscanning.Now,youhaveto
play a guessing game with the Title pop-up menu to figure out which files are episodes. For
example,
Figure 44
shows a DVD with 7 episodes of a 30-minute sitcom with a whopping
20 tracks!
Figure 44:
For DVDs full of TV episodes, use common sense to sort out
the episodes from any bonus content.
Fortunately, with the application of common sense, we can figure out what's what. The first
titleisover3hourslong—clearlyit'snotanindividualepisode—DVDsofTVshowsoftencon-
tain all the episodes in a single title like this. Titles 3-9 (what happened to 2?) are 23-48
minutes long. That 48-minute title 8 is suspicious, but the remaining tracks after Title 9 are
under 12 minutes, so 8 must be a Very Special Episode. Given that most TV shows are 30 or
60 minutes on broadcast television (including commercial breaks), tracks that are between
23 and 48 minutes are the likeliest contenders for being episodes.
Ifyouneedfurtherhelpdeducingwhat'swhat,selectatitlethatyouthinkisanepisode,then
click Preview Window in the toolbar. HandBrake shows a still frame from the episode. If the
oneimageisn'tenough,moveyourpointerdowntogetasliderwhereyoucanscrollthrough
random stills of the episode. To be absolutely sure, click Live Preview to see a video snippet,
but it takes a while to compile a preview and stills are usually good enough (
Figure 45
).
