convert dvd for smartphone.

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

Em quinta-feira 12 abril 2012, Paul Stear escreveu:
> On Wednesday 11 Apr 2012 17:06:28 Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> > Em quarta-feira 11 abril 2012, Paul Stear escreveu:
> > > Hi,
> > > How do you convert a copy protected DVD so that iy can be watched
> > > on a smartphone?
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > Paul
> > 
> > Handbrake is great for that. It comes with some preset profiles for
> > several devices and you can create new profiles from scratch,
> > specifying all parameters by yourself, or copying one of those
> > that come with it and modifying them as needed.
> > It allows you to create mp4 files with several audio tracks and
> > subtitles (although not always will be easy so find softwares for
> > mobile devices that allow you to choose audio tracks or subtitles)
> > or you can just burn the subtitles in the video, if you need them.
> > Very easy to use.
> 
> I have added sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
> and then did ---
> sudo apt-get install handbrake
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package handbrake is not available, but is referred to by another
> package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been
> obsoleted, or is only available from another source
> 
> E: Package 'handbrake' has no installation candidate
> 
> Any ideas?
> Paul

I think that the package name is handbrake-gtk. Try using:
dpkg-query -l handbrake*
to confirm this.

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Marcelo