Help me with Handbrake, Please
I'm going on the road, and need a couple of episodes of Heroes to take with me on my iPod Touch.
I am using Handbrake to grab the episodes that I want, from my dvd (purchased legally).
When I get done with Handbrake, iTunes won't let me use it on my iPod. To get it to my iPod, I need to run it thru iSquint after ripping it with Handbrake. Why do I need to do that? Am I doing something wrong?
I am using Handbrake to grab the episodes that I want, from my dvd (purchased legally).
When I get done with Handbrake, iTunes won't let me use it on my iPod. To get it to my iPod, I need to run it thru iSquint after ripping it with Handbrake. Why do I need to do that? Am I doing something wrong?
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are you using the presets?
Yep - I'm using the one for the iPod.
I'm going on the road, and need a couple of episodes of Heroes to take with me on my iPod Touch.
I am using Handbrake to grab the episodes that I want, from my dvd (purchased legally).
When I get done with Handbrake, iTunes won't let me use it on my iPod. To get it to my iPod, I need to run it thru iSquint after ripping it with Handbrake. Why do I need to do that? Am I doing something wrong?
Handbrake can't rip some DVDs. I couldn't rip Ratatouille. I'll bet Heros is the same.
so it takes two steps?... time to try out "Automator" or AppleScript
OK, I just wasn't sure if it really took two steps. That's alright with me, but it seems a little silly.
But 99% of my collection was playable after running through Handbrake using the presets. Pretty good for a donation-based program done by people that probably have day-jobs.
It looks like a DVD I have is going to take about 2 + hours to convert. Is that seem right?
Should I be using "Normal" as the setting for converting to be able to watch in iTunes?
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Is Handbrake as slow as it seems to me?
It looks like a DVD I have is going to take about 2 + hours to convert. Is that seem right?
Should I be using "Normal" as the setting for converting to be able to watch in iTunes?
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I do two passes, so it takes about 2.5hrs to encode a 2 hr DVD for me. (2.16 C2D MBP)
Is Handbrake as slow as it seems to me?
It looks like a DVD I have is going to take about 2 + hours to convert. Is that seem right?
Should I be using "Normal" as the setting for converting to be able to watch in iTunes?
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The speed depends a lot on the CPU. My 2.16 C2D iMac will rip a DVD in just a little less than the playing time ... (using the AppleTV preset - .h264 and 2500 bitrate.)
.h264 is a pretty complex algorithm... you can speed it up by going with straight mp4 rather than h264 ... and of course by lowering the bitrate (at a loss of quality).
The speed depends a lot on the CPU. My 2.16 C2D iMac will rip a DVD in just a little less than the playing time ... (using the AppleTV preset - .h264 and 2500 bitrate.)
.h264 is a pretty complex algorithm... you can speed it up by going with straight mp4 rather than h264 ... and of course by lowering the bitrate (at a loss of quality).
Are you doing a single pass? If so is the quality ok?
I use the same bitrate but my encoding takes longer. Although I have a MBP it should take about the same time as I have the same cpu as you have in your iMac.
1500 bitrate gave a LOT of artifacting on dark areas... big blocky chunks of different shades of black.
That was single pass... 2500 bitrate looks as good as DVD on a 46".
1500 bitrate gave a LOT of artifacting on dark areas... big blocky chunks of different shades of black.
Cool I've been doing two passes and I'm happy with the quality. But it takes a while.