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![[Handbrake title selection menu]](http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/tutorials/handbrake/titles.jpg)
Handbrake will now scan your DVD. This make take up to a minute or two depending on the contents of the DVD and the speed of your optical drive.
Title: By default, Handbrake will select the longest title in the list. However, this may not be the content you want.
The shorter titles on the DVD, that are only a few seconds long, are usually the video backgrounds used in the DVD menu screens. Unless you are a graphic artist, you probably don't want these tracks.
- Movies: If you are ripping a movie, the longest title is usually the main feature.
- TV Shows: If you are ripping a DVD containing TV shows, you should see a list of several titles all about the same length.
If you only want to rip one title but aren't sure which one, you can click on the Picture Settings button (bottom right of the Handbrake interface) and manually step through several frames of the title to see what it looks like.
NERD NOTE: Sometimes Handbrake is unable to see every track on a DVD. We've noticed issues with very old DVD's from the mid-1990s (before the days of fancy menus and Bonus features) and some newer DVD's like Stealth. There are different techniques and methods to authoring DVD's Sometimes the tracks get nested in weird ways that prevents Handbrake from seeing them. Other DVD ripping applications like Mac The Ripper and OSex might be able to see these tracks. Look for the longest track. That is probably the main feature.
