Install Handbrake on Fedora 11

By Randell on September 1, 2009

What is Handbrake?

It is…

… an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded, video transcoder, available for Max OS X, Linux, and Windows.

Simply put, Handbrake is useful for ripping your favorite DVDs into .AVIs MP4s.

You need to install the following package groups:

In your terminal, as root, just key in:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"

And you also need the following packages:

In your terminal, as root, just key in:

yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel dbus-glib-devel hal-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel

Checkout Handbrake from the repository:

svn checkout svn://svn.handbrake.fr/HandBrake/trunk hb-trunk

Configure the build system:

cd hb-trunk
./configure --launch

Perform the installation:

cd build
make install

After this, you should now see Handbrake in Applications > Sound & Video. Click Handbrake and you should see a window similar to this:

Handbrake

Leon October 7, 2009 at 22:48 | Permalink

Thanks for the help – worked like a charm.
Patrick November 24, 2009 at 04:09 | Permalink

I currently have FC11 installed on my desktop.I followed every step listed so far and every command worked apart from “sudo make install”.Since i was already working as root i just typed “make” while in build directory…this seemed to work but later when i typed “install” i did not get any response.I later found it(Handbrake) installed and appearing under..>Applications>Sound & Video..seems to work just fine..thanks a lot
Randell November 24, 2009 at 19:48 | Permalink

@Patrick, I meant that “make install” be done in one execution. But good thing it’s working now. =D

Thanks for pointing out the sudo’s. Removed them already.
Steve January 30, 2010 at 04:57 | Permalink

Thanks for posting this. It worked perfectly. I’m happily ripping away.
Janiek February 12, 2010 at 06:27 | Permalink

Thanks alot for this little guide. It helped me encoding
some iso’s that k9copy would not open.

Cheers.
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