I’ve been trying out a heck of a lot of DVD converters and I think HandBrake‘s one most user-friendly converters. HandBrake’s an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter.

So as easy as a few clicks, your DVD is on its way to be converted to a MPEG-4 video that can be saved either as an MP4, AVI or OGM file. Yup, it’s great for converting DVDs to iPod video. I give it props for being one of the easiest video converters out there. I go by the less-clicks-the-better rule. Doesn’t leave you hanging with what-does-this-button-do questions too. So added points for those.

Plus here are a few plus features to it:

• Chapter selection
• Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)
• Integrated bitrate calculator
• Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
• Grayscale encoding

HandBrake works with MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Wee.

Download HandBrake here.