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by joenot443 298 days ago
Handbrake fits the bill, I think!

It's a great tool. Little long in the tooth these days, but gets the job done.

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Seconded, HandBrake[0] is great for routine tasks / workflows. The UI could be simplified just a tad for super duper simple stuff (ex. ripping a multi-episode tv show disc but don't care about disc extras? you kind of have to hunt and poke based on stream length to decide which parts are the actual episodes. The app itself could probably reliably guess and present you with a 1-click 'queue these up' flow for instance) but otherwise really a wonderful tool!

Past that, I'm on the command line haha

[0] https://handbrake.fr

Handbrake receives pretty regular updates.
Handbrake can’t even reencode a video keeping the audio intact.