My biggest (and oddest) complaint about Windows 11 so far: If its connection to the Internet is poor, the entire OS is very slow. Even opening a local offline program like Handbrake takes over a minute. Task Manager does not show any extra load on CPU or RAM in the meantime. I’ve seen it on 3 different installs with various hardware components. I can’t explain why it happens.

So… Been a while since I’ve done this… But on macOS the best way to rip DVD(s) now is to 1) Use MakeMKV to backup the DVD disk and decrypt i …
So… Been a while since I’ve done this… But on macOS the best way to rip DVD(s) now is to 1) Use MakeMKV to backup the DVD disk and decrypt it 2) Use Handbrake to re-encode the backed up DVD disk into something more reasonable 3) Put it on a NAS or Media Server. ⌘ Read more

Note to self, don’t park on a hill in neutral with handbrake off

Calibre & Handbrake have big new releases
Open source, DRM-Free media management continues to improve ⌘ Read more

Of course the first thing you do after buying media on DVD is to fire up #Handbrake to make a local copy - those discs are just too fragile!