I wanted to be able to rip/encode my DVD collection for my Plex server running on FreeNAS 9.3.1 This was a little less than straightforward, so here’s a quick guide to what I needed to do to get it working:
- Create a
handbrakejail from the FreeNAS web GUI. For the following steps, bring up a shell inside the jail using the web GUI or find the jail number withjlsthen usejexec NUM /bin/tcsh. - Use the
pkgsystem to install HandBrake and related utilities:pkg upgradepkg install handbrake libass ffmpeg x265 libaacs libbdplus
- Use the Ports collection to install
lameandlibdvdcss:portsnap fetch extractcd /usr/ports/audio/lame && make install cleancd /usr/ports/multimedia/libdvdcss && make install clean
Now you should be able to run HandBrakeCLI without error. By default, my DVD drive was at /dev/cd0 and mapped within the jail.
I use the following for movies, and this script (requires bash) to loop through all titles on a TV DVD:
HandBrakeCLI --main-feature -i /dev/cd0 -o movie.mkv -e x265 -q 23 --encoder-preset slow -E av_aac --custom-anamorphic --keep-display-aspect -O -Neng -s1 --decomb
Footnotes:
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The same instructions should work for FreeNAS 9.10, but because I’d have to destroy/recreate all my jails to use the 9.10 jail templates, I haven’t tested this yet. ↩
