Software: General
Handbrake
This is the main encoding software used by the group. Download the latest version.
Mediainfo
Used to produce technical reports on your encodes. You will need this for posting for approval in the HANDJOB thread and for creating an upload description for PTP.
MKVToolNix
At HANDJOB, we use Matroska (.mkv) container files. This is the file which contains all of the various video, audio and subtitle streams, chapter info and other metadata. MKVToolNix is used for the creation and editing of these container files (a process called 'muxing'), allowing you to add or remove streams as well as edit information about them and how they are played.
VLC
VLC is an application used for playing your media files. Make sure you use the latest version since some previous versions cannot take screenshots at the proper resolution. Again, you will need these screenshots both for the approval process in the HANDJOB thread and for PTP's upload description.
AnyDVD
AnyDVD HD is optical disc-ripping software which can create perfect copies of both DVDs and Blu-Rays on your local drive. It can also break encryption and protection on the discs enabling you to work with the source with greater ease.
MakeMKV
An alternative/companion to AnyDVD, MakeMKV enables you to create .mkv remuxes from DVDs and Blu-Rays either straight from the disc, or from a local copy of it. This can be useful in circumstances such as the creation of comparison screenshots.
SubtitleEdit
One option for the creation of text-based .srt files. SE works with many different sources and contains advanced features for post-processing to fix any mistakes that may arise during the OCR-ing (Optical Character Recognition) process.
HANDJOB Member Toolkit
TIP
This script requires the Tampermonkey browser extension to be installed on your browser
A script which runs in your browser, giving you access to a wealth of handy tools for HANDJOB encoding. See the HANDJOB Member Toolkit thread for more details