Handbrake 0.9.3 for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

I want to rip my DVDs to Xvid but the newer version of Handbrake doesn’t support it. Marc Deslauriers has been so kind as to make available on his Launchpad PPA the Handbrake 0.9.3 package he created for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. This way I can still rip DVDs to Xvid avi files like I like. One day I’ll try using the newer codecs, but for now, I’m staying cool because my DVD players all support xvid and not Matroska.

I have saved the deb files here but I recommend simply adding his PPA as a source (click “Technical details about this PPA” on that page to learn how)

and then

sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

That way your system will stay updated if newer versions are released.

Alternatively, you could install the Ubuntu 9.10 packages I saved here:

If you have Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala or Linux Mint 8 do the following:*

Install the common-files package first:

DO Install handbrake-common_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_all

AND Then install this package for the handbrake program:

handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_i386

OR If you are sure that you are ready to use the 64-bit version, then install the common-files above and then choose this package instead:

handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_amd64

*If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 or if you’re using Windows, see my other post about Handbrake 0.9.3 for ripping to Xvid avi files