New Version of Handbrake

[tjm337]

Hey All,

There is a new version of handbrake out...

http://handbrake.m0k.org/

Cheers

TJ

[AliensAreFuzzy]

Hooray. I love handbrake. Now there just needs to be an update to Lostify

[Winterfell]

Very nice.

I can't decide whether I like Handbrake or Mac the Ripper better. I've kind of been using them both. :p

[AliensAreFuzzy]

A warning to everybody, the server is overloaded. If I can get it downloaded I might be able to put up a mirror.

Very nice.

I can't decide whether I like Handbrake or Mac the Ripper better. I've kind of been using them both. :p

Well, they're such different programs. I use handbrake because I use it for TV shows. That way I can have all of my TV shows around in a portable format and sorted by episode rather than a disc of episodes.

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.

[j26]

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.

Don't apologise. the link is much appreciated.

[furious]

thank you AAF. Nice name BTW. ;)

[xUKHCx]

Thanks for the share, the UI is a whole lot snappier than the Handbrake of old. Gone with the Mediafork view. Looks good. Glad to see new releases of this program, had feared that it might have ebbed out of existence.

[Zman5225]

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.


Really appreciate the rehost! Thanks

[piltupso]

Thanks for the link

[camomac]

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.

thanks for the mirror!!

[Lancetx]

Thanks for the share, the UI is a whole lot snappier than the Handbrake of old. Gone with the Mediafork view. Looks good. Glad to see new releases of this program, had feared that it might have ebbed out of existence.

Agreed. I love the new presets drawer they've added as well. This definitely is looking good.

[Artful Dodger]

Thanks for the link as the main one is still very slow from people getting it :D

[RGunner]

Would like to try the GUI windows version, anyone have a mirror?

Thanks!! Run OSX version on a Dual G5 now.

And thank you so very much for the OS X link.

[Diatribe]

Thanks a lot for the effort. Very much appreciated. :)

[pdpfilms]

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.

Much appreciated, the Handbrake server ain't workin' none.

[ezekielrage_99]

I hope they've address that anoying issue where sometimes it ripps the DVD with half of the sound. Besides that handbrake is awsome.

[Debtoine]

So, are MediaFork and Handbrake two different products, or is it one and the same... this is just really confusing.

T

[justflie]

a big Yippee for surround sound!

[AliensAreFuzzy]

Wow, I'm going through this and there are a lot of cool new features.
I especially like the 5.1 surround and chaptermarkers. Then to be able to makes presets make life so much easier.

[xUKHCx]

So, are MediaFork and Handbrake two different products, or is it one and the same... this is just really confusing.

T

Handbrake was release a long time ago but development ground to a halt. Then another set of developers used the open source code and built upon it calling their application Mediafork. However now Handbrake developers + Mediafork's developers have joined together and the application is now called Handbrake again.

Wow, I'm going through this and there are a lot of cool new features.
I especially like the 5.1 surround and chaptermarkers. Then to be able to makes presets make life so much easier.

I saw the chapter makers too, hoped that they would enable the video to have chapters automatically put in for quicktime use. Not sure what this feature actually does.

Autonaming- finally where have you been all my life, the amount of times i set up a massive queue only to forget about changing the file names and just getting a single video file out at the end.

For me it is only using at most 40% cpu where old handbrake would use 190%

[AliensAreFuzzy]

So, are MediaFork and Handbrake two different products, or is it one and the same... this is just really confusing.

T

They had forked, but are now merged again.

I saw the chapter makers too, hoped that they would enable the video to have chapters automatically put in for quicktime use. Not sure what this feature actually does.

From what I've been looking at in descriptions, it looks like the same type of markers as in iTunes Movies

[xUKHCx]

From what I've been looking at in descriptions, it looks like the same type of markers as in iTunes Movies

It looks like the quicktime chapters but done inside iTunes but doesn't work as quicktime chapters even though iTunes uses quicktime to play. Odd.

Does Handbrake use all of your CPU/cores?

[AliensAreFuzzy]

It looks like the quicktime chapters but done inside iTunes but doesn't work as quicktime chapters even though iTunes uses quicktime to play. Odd.

Does Handbrake use all of your CPU/cores?

Not quite. It uses about 155% so I still have about 5-10% left overall.

EDIT: That's on a 2.0GHz Core Duo MBP

[Steven Jackson]

This is still beta... is it safe to use? Or should I stick with MediaFork for the time being?

I've just done a clean install on my iMac and I really don't want anything to mess it up...

Steve.

[xUKHCx]

This is still beta... is it safe to use? Or should I stick with MediaFork for the time being?

I've just done a clean install on my iMac and I really don't want anything to mess it up...

Steve.

Mediafork was also a beta. It is working almost perfectly on my computer, apart from not seeing the second core.

[gnasher729]

Very nice.

I can't decide whether I like Handbrake or Mac the Ripper better. I've kind of been using them both. :p

I always, always use them both together.

First, Mac The Ripper is better at reading the contents of DVDs. There are quite a few DVDs out there with nasty copy protection that Handbrake cannot read.

But more important to me, using Mac The Ripper puts much less strain on the DVD drive. If you rip a movie to H.264, in best quality with 2-pass encoding, it takes about 2 1/2 hours on a MacBook for every hour of movie. And your DVD drive is running all the time. With Mac The Ripper, the time reading the DVD is much much shorter.

The other thing is, using Mac The Ripper I can let Handbrake rip several DVDs overnight. I use Mac The Ripper to copy three or four DVDs onto the harddisk, then start Handbrake and it rips overnight (and usually the next day while I'm at work). Can't do that without Mac The Ripper because you would have to swap DVDs.

[gnasher729]

Not quite. It uses about 155% so I still have about 5-10% left overall.

EDIT: That's on a 2.0GHz Core Duo MBP

It depends. If you rip directly from DVD, and you don't use the most expensive encoding (H.264), then you may be limited by the rate at which the data can be read from the DVD, and you don't need more than 155%. I always encode from harddisk, and usually Handbrake is at 190%, with other programs taking the rest.

All the time my MacBook is absolutely usable; I don't think you even notice the difference except for the noise from the fan. Other operations are not slowed down a bit. H.264 encoding gives higher priorities to other tasks, so I can manage to play three H.264 quicktime movies at the same time as encoding with Handbrake, and all play smooth - Handbrake just reduces its CPU usage.

[AliensAreFuzzy]

It depends. If you rip directly from DVD, and you don't use the most expensive encoding (H.264), then you may be limited by the rate at which the data can be read from the DVD, and you don't need more than 155%. I always encode from harddisk, and usually Handbrake is at 190%, with other programs taking the rest.

Yeah, I was using other programs at the same time. But since I use the h.264 encoding, the DVD drive is by no mean the limiting factor.


Does anybody use the anamorphic option to encode their videos? If so, what are the advantages you get from that over square pixels?

[gnasher729]

Yeah, I was using other programs at the same time. But since I use the h.264 encoding, the DVD drive is by no mean the limiting factor.


Does anybody use the anamorphic option to encode their videos? If so, what are the advantages you get from that over square pixels?

Just finished encoding "Lord of the Rings". Picture quality is excellent.

The advantage is a bit hard to explain, but I'll try: You buy a DVD, and the movie is for example in 2.35 : 1 format. At least that's what it looks like. In reality, all DVDs are either in 1.5 : 1 format (NTSC) at 720 x 480 pixels or in 1.33 : 1 format (PAL) at 720 x 576 pixels. That movie in 2.35 : 1 format has been squashed together to 1.5 : 1 format (if you are in the USA) and written to the DVD. Your DVD player reads the movie in 1.5 : 1 format, and then stretches it back to its right shape.

Without the anamorphic option, Handbrake creates a movie in 2.35 : 1 format, that would be 720 x 306 pixels. Your DVD contained 720 x 480 pixels, that means 36 percent of the pixels are just thrown away! With the anamorphic option, Handbrake can create a movie in exactly the same format as on the DVD. No pixels are thrown away. When the movie is played, Quicktime detects that it doesn't have the right shape and stretches it automatically. So if you play that movie in fullscreen, it isn't scaled from 720 x 306 pixels to full screen, but from 720 x 480 pixels to full screen, with much better picture quality.

Disadvantage: iPods can't play these movies, they come out squashed. So this is for people who want to play movies on their computer.

[Blazer5913]

Are there any quick guides/ instructions to perform this anamorphic procedure? It really sounds like something that would help me out because I want to be playing these videos at full/max resolution on either my computer or ATV... Thanks, any help would be great!

[imacdaddy]

Are there any quick guides/ instructions to perform this anamorphic procedure? It really sounds like something that would help me out because I want to be playing these videos at full/max resolution on either my computer or ATV... Thanks, any help would be great!

Actually its in "Picture Settings" at the bottom right. Click on it to bring up the screen. Check "Anamorphic".

[imacdaddy]

Without the anamorphic option, Handbrake creates a movie in 2.35 : 1 format, that would be 720 x 306 pixels. Your DVD contained 720 x 480 pixels, that means 36 percent of the pixels are just thrown away! With the anamorphic option, Handbrake can create a movie in exactly the same format as on the DVD. No pixels are thrown away. When the movie is played, Quicktime detects that it doesn't have the right shape and stretches it automatically. So if you play that movie in fullscreen, it isn't scaled from 720 x 306 pixels to full screen, but from 720 x 480 pixels to full screen, with much better picture quality.

In other words, you should aways select anamorphic option if you're watching it on the :apple: tv, yes? I don't really care about watching movies on my iMac or iPod anymore. :apple: Tv serves its purpose.

[BornAgainMac]

This is the only kind of application that I use that I need more speed using my Powermac G5. All my games and applications are fast enough. When it can use all the cores provided on the high-end Macs, I'll upgrade my hardware.

[piltupso]

I am new to handbrake but wanted to give it a try. I didn't know what to do with the setting so I just left them default. I let it run for 2 hours and it was still only 30% done with an avg fps of 11 is this to be expected on a Mac Pro 2.66? I was watching activity monitor off and on and it wasn't maxing my resources. Any thing I should check or tweak?




ok so my own post got me thinking, I went Handbrake to encode a movie I had already ripped to my HD with Mac the Ripper with the same settings I used before and it was flying with a avg fps of about 63 and a much higher utilization of my multiple cores. So is it the speed optical drive killing me?

[killr_b]

YES! The new version keeps chapter markers! :D

I may go back and re-encode a lot. :p

[gnasher729]

I am new to handbrake but wanted to give it a try. I didn't know what to do with the setting so I just left them default. I let it run for 2 hours and it was still only 30% done with an avg fps of 11 is this to be expected on a Mac Pro 2.66? I was watching activity monitor off and on and it wasn't maxing my resources. Any thing I should check or tweak?




ok so my own post got me thinking, I went Handbrake to encode a movie I had already ripped to my HD with Mac the Ripper with the same settings I used before and it was flying with a avg fps of about 63 and a much higher utilization of my multiple cores. So is it the speed optical drive killing me?

Something is wrong there. Yes, if you have a very powerful machine, speed will be limited by the DVD speed. However, 11 fps cannot be right because your DVD drive _must_ be capable to read at 25 frames per second, otherwise you could never watch a movie.

There are two possibilities: 1. The DVD that you tried had some horrible copy protection scheme and Mac The Ripper handles it better. After all, that is all that Mac The Ripper does: Copying DVDs with or without copy protection to your computer. 2. You were running two programs reading the DVD at the same time, and the DVD doesn't like that at all. For example, if both Mac The Ripper and Handbrake or both DVD player and Handbrake try to read the same DVD at the same time, both will slow down to a crawl.

[joshysquashy]

Just finished encoding "Lord of the Rings". Picture quality is excellent.

The advantage is a bit hard to explain, but I'll try: You buy a DVD, and the movie is for example in 2.35 : 1 format. At least that's what it looks like. In reality, all DVDs are either in 1.5 : 1 format (NTSC) at 720 x 480 pixels or in 1.33 : 1 format (PAL) at 720 x 576 pixels. That movie in 2.35 : 1 format has been squashed together to 1.5 : 1 format (if you are in the USA) and written to the DVD. Your DVD player reads the movie in 1.5 : 1 format, and then stretches it back to its right shape.

Without the anamorphic option, Handbrake creates a movie in 2.35 : 1 format, that would be 720 x 306 pixels. Your DVD contained 720 x 480 pixels, that means 36 percent of the pixels are just thrown away! With the anamorphic option, Handbrake can create a movie in exactly the same format as on the DVD. No pixels are thrown away. When the movie is played, Quicktime detects that it doesn't have the right shape and stretches it automatically. So if you play that movie in fullscreen, it isn't scaled from 720 x 306 pixels to full screen, but from 720 x 480 pixels to full screen, with much better picture quality.

Disadvantage: iPods can't play these movies, they come out squashed. So this is for people who want to play movies on their computer.

What about if you encoded to a size of 1128 x 480 pixels? this would be essentially doing the same as quicktime does in stretching it out. the disadvantage would be larger file sizes, the advantage would be compatibility.

i don't see why dvd's are encoded like this, surely it is worse quality by being squished and then stretched?

[eddyg]

In other words, you should aways select anamorphic option if you're watching it on the :apple: tv, yes? I don't really care about watching movies on my iMac or iPod anymore. :apple: Tv serves its purpose.

Hi,

Use the Apple TV preset in the presets sidebar on the left. It will turn on
Anamorphic (which really does improve quality a lot). And it will shift the
bit rates up to what Apple TV can handle.

I've been using this version of Handbrake for a while (I compile it myself from the source). And I can say that it is very good and very stable. The chapter markers do work in Apple TV and in iTunes. In iTunes you should be getting an extra menu appear called Chapters with all the chapters in it so you can jump to them.

In AppleTV just click the forward and backward to jump to the next chapter.

There were still a couple of issues with sound dropping for a few ms during chapter transitions, there is a fix, I'm not sure if it was committed before the newest binary release or not.

As to workflow, always use MTR for ripping the DVD, it does null cell handling. And then use Handbrake to compress to a single usable H.264 file. I setup a queue with a number of tasks to run overnight.

Cheers, Ed.

What about if you encoded to a size of 1128 x 480 pixels? this would be essentially doing the same as quicktime does in stretching it out. the disadvantage would be larger file sizes, the advantage would be compatibility.

i don't see why dvd's are encoded like this, surely it is worse quality by being squished and then stretched?

DVDs do stretch. They start off at 720 x 480 and end up at 1024x432 (depending an the aspect ratio of the film).

There is no disadvantage to anamorphic for playing on your computer or AppleTV, you only get better quality due to more vertical resolution.

No matter how you do this you are always stretching the horizontal picture. That's how it is encoded on the DVD for anamorphic presentations.

Cheers, Ed.

[Krevnik]

I saw the chapter makers too, hoped that they would enable the video to have chapters automatically put in for quicktime use. Not sure what this feature actually does.

Does exactly what you expect it to do... there is another addition going in real soon to SVN which will improve it. Seems the chapter markers are about a half-second off from where they should be, and you can't name them (but you will in the next release).

[ezekielrage_99]

Still can't download it off the Handbrake or Versiontracker sties.....


Try http://mihd.net/5mnzb9

[illegalprelude]

with Handbrake. What setting are you guys using to have a god quality?

[eddyg]

with Handbrake. What setting are you guys using to have a god quality?

Use the AppleTV preset, it looks great on AppleTV.

Basically:

H.264 Main
Video bitrate 2500
Audio bitrate 128 Dobly ProLogic II
Anamorphic with Chapter Markers

I don't use 2-pass encoding, takes long enough to encode as-is.

Cheers, Ed.

[chibianh]

I'm on a Mac Pro 2.66 and it's running all 4 cores, averaging about 300% processor usage.

[eddyg]

This is the only kind of application that I use that I need more speed using my Powermac G5. All my games and applications are fast enough. When it can use all the cores provided on the high-end Macs, I'll upgrade my hardware.

It has been able to for ages. I'm not sure where you've been hiding :)

I can see an 8 core Mac Pro in your future :)

[Blazer5913]

Just a quick questions about this new Handbrake... Will checking 2-pass on the Apple TV preset box make the quality better / bigger file sizes? I just want my encoded DVD's looking as good as possible when playing them... Also, does this option enable the 5.1 surround sound option? Thanks

[eddyg]

Just a quick questions about this new Handbrake... Will checking 2-pass on the Apple TV preset box make the quality better / bigger file sizes? I just want my encoded DVD's looking as good as possible when playing them... Also, does this option enable the 5.1 surround sound option? Thanks

Same file size, slightly better quality as 2-pass gets to peek ahead using the first pass to decide how to compress.

Cheers, Ed.

[Blazer5913]

Yeah, I'm just so hesitant to start this whole ripping thing as I have over 200 DVD's that I will need to rip and want to rip them all at the absolute highest quality possible so I can have beautiful copies of them for the future. I will be getting an Apple TV and using this primarily, so would you guys recommend using the Apple TV settings? I guess that setting already takes care of all the ANAMORPHIC stuff right? And it also has chapter, 5.1 surround sound, and great quality. I will do the 2-pass option as well, just to ensure the absolute highest quality, but are there any other things I should be noting before I start this task? Thanks alot

[imacdaddy]

but are there any other things I should be noting before I start this task? Thanks alot

I'm in the same boat as you. I've noticed that some of my older DVD's need "deinterlace" option checked. I would choose and encode a short chapter of the movie just to see if I need to deinterlace or not. Now I'm thinking to always check this option while encoding. Anyone suggest otherwise?

[macenforcer]

I downloaded the new handbrake. I use the standard settings but change the bitrate to 1600 instead of 1000 and the movie comes out great. 1.3gb for a 1hr48 minute movie.

[gnasher729]

I'm in the same boat as you. I've noticed that some of my older DVD's need "deinterlace" option checked. I would choose and encode a short chapter of the movie just to see if I need to deinterlace or not. Now I'm thinking to always check this option while encoding. Anyone suggest otherwise?

That's a bad move. Deinterlacing is good and important when you have interlaced video material. But on progressive material (newer DVDs) it reduces the quality quite a bit. That happens especially with thin horizontal lines and edges. A good deal of information is just thrown away. It might not make much differences if you encode for an iPod with low resolution, because that information has to be thrown anyway, but if you want to watch a film on your computer, it is bad.

Instead of rendering a whole chapter, just check more than one of the pictures in the picture dialog. On a picture with lots of movement you can see clearly whether you need deinterlacing or not.

[dwishbone]

does anyone know a good setting that meets these criteria?
1. will play on the iPod
2. will play on the PSP
3. will look good on AppleTV

i would like to rip the file to one format and have it work on all 3.
the PSP was recently updated to support higher quality H.264 settings, but it doesnt seem to work very well and supports the opposite mode of encoding that apple uses (mainline instead of baseline)
i use my iPod the majority of the time, but for longer trips i prefer the PSP for video due to it's longer battery life on video playback.

oh...and one quick question. on the chapter markings in the new handbrake...does it just mark them where the normal DVD chapters are or do you manually have to set them?

[AliensAreFuzzy]

oh...and one quick question. on the chapter markings in the new handbrake...does it just mark them where the normal DVD chapters are or do you manually have to set them?

It just takes the ones from the DVD chapters.

[dwishbone]

It just takes the ones from the DVD chapters.
sweetness
dammit now i gotta rerip everything. been meaning to do that anyway for higher quality. oh well...now i have another reason.

[AliensAreFuzzy]

sweetness
dammit now i gotta rerip everything. been meaning to do that anyway for higher quality. oh well...now i have another reason.

I know what you mean. I have so much that I've ripped either at lower quality or without these settings that I really would love to rerip. Now, just need to find an 8-core Mac Pro lying around... :shifty eyes:

[NATO]

Now, just need to find an 8-core Mac Pro lying around... :shifty eyes:

I wouldn't hold your breath... it only uses around 280% of my 4-Core Mac Pro :p

That said, I absolutely love Handbrake, quite possibly the most useful little app on the Mac

[AliensAreFuzzy]

I wouldn't hold your breath... it only uses around 280% of my 4-Core Mac Pro :p

That said, I absolutely love Handbrake, quite possibly the most useful little app on the Mac

That's when you run multiple instances off of ripped disk images;)

[Cult Follower]

Hndbrake is one of my favorite apps, and it just got better.

[NATO]

That's when you run multiple instances off of ripped disk images;)

Whoa, whoa whoa! How do you do that? I'm using the GUI version at the moment, I assume that might require the use of the CLI version?

[ebony]

A warning to everybody, the server is overloaded. If I can get it downloaded I might be able to put up a mirror.



Well, they're such different programs. I use handbrake because I use it for TV shows. That way I can have all of my TV shows around in a portable format and sorted by episode rather than a disc of episodes.

Sorry for the large number of posts. But I got handbrake downloaded and have it here (http://drusch.4ttwo.com/handbrake/HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB.dmg) if the server is still slow to respond.

thanks, much appreciated.

[sonictonic]

Sounds pretty demanding and like wishful thinking to me... but I'm very curious if anyone out there has an answer... :p

does anyone know a good setting that meets these criteria?
1. will play on the iPod
2. will play on the PSP
3. will look good on AppleTV

i would like to rip the file to one format and have it work on all 3.
the PSP was recently updated to support higher quality H.264 settings, but it doesnt seem to work very well and supports the opposite mode of encoding that apple uses (mainline instead of baseline)
i use my iPod the majority of the time, but for longer trips i prefer the PSP for video due to it's longer battery life on video playback.

oh...and one quick question. on the chapter markings in the new handbrake...does it just mark them where the normal DVD chapters are or do you manually have to set them?

[dukebound85]

how cool would it be if you could use xgrid to help encode. i know i have a couple of "slower" macs lying around lol

[downset]

Whoa, whoa whoa! How do you do that? I'm using the GUI version at the moment, I assume that might require the use of the CLI version?

just duplicate the app and call it handbrake2, now you can start both apps at the smae time

it had a lot of problems when i had dvd in my optical drives, with both apps trying to acces the same drive, but when used with mactheripper output it really works great and gets everything out of the macpro

btw if you have two optical drives (or 3) you can also run multiple macthe rippers the same way, just eject the dvd the first mtr is ripping before starting the second mtr

[maxrobertson]

This is really weird. Every time I try to download Handbrake, the BOMArchiveHelper application can't open it, and when I use another application to open the file, the disk image can't be mounted. I've had trouble mounting other disk images in the past. Is there any fix for that?

[blueflame]

they do have one. it is called visual hub
Ahow cool would it be if you could use xgrid to help encode. i know i have a couple of "slower" macs lying around lol

[dukebound85]

they do have one. it is called visual hub
A

yea i know but not exactly free like handbrake though lol

how does visual hub compare to handbrake though?

[MacBoobsPro]

I find the new version produces VERY dark rips. And I have no way whatsoever of brightening them up. I have QTpro but the changes I make with the A/V controls wont save so really its a pointless feature. I am very pissed off.

Any one know how I can brighten up a movie?

[Forced Perfect]

yea i know but not exactly free like handbrake though lol

how does visual hub compare to handbrake though?

VisualHub is awesome at converting anything to anything. Handbrake is pretty much only for ripping DVD sources.

I can tell you from personal use that Xgrid on VH kicks ass. Just don't bother if you're using 2-pass as it doesn't support Xgrid encoding at this time.

[j26]

Any one know how I can brighten up a movie?

A happy ending?

[MacBoobsPro]

A happy ending?

Hehe. I have downloaded the older version of handbrake and I get MUCH better rips in both quality and speed. They also seem brighter. I guess thats why the 'new' version is still beta?

[blueflame]

I cannot seem to get 2 pass encoding to work whatsoever. it always produces an unusable file. any suggestions?
A
VisualHub is awesome at converting anything to anything. Handbrake is pretty much only for ripping DVD sources.

I can tell you from personal use that Xgrid on VH kicks ass. Just don't bother if you're using 2-pass as it doesn't support Xgrid encoding at this time.

[j26]

Hehe. I have downloaded the older version of handbrake and I get MUCH better rips in both quality and speed. They also seem brighter. I guess thats why the 'new' version is still beta?

Yes, the new version seems a bit darker, but it does have chapters which is great for an iPod, so I guess I'll just have to wait until the final version comes out to rerip my dvd's.

[Forced Perfect]

I cannot seem to get 2 pass encoding to work whatsoever. it always produces an unusable file. any suggestions?
A

Hmm. That's a strange one. I know it doesn't work at all for Xgrid (as stated in the read me). But outside that I don't know. I never use it.

[Jovian9]

This was mentioned above (I believe) or in another thread about Handbrake:

If you are having trouble with encoding speeds on a multi-processor/core Mac then you need to delete Handbrake. I was only getting it to use 70% of my Core Duo processor on my MBP. I went through and deleted every trace of Handbrake that I could fine via Spotlight. I then re-downloaded Handbrake 0.8.5b1 and put in in my applications folder again. I started it up and began encoding the same movie. It's now using 180% of my processor.

Now I just need to figure out why I'm not getting any sound. I'm using the HB-AppleTV preset and have tried adjusting the sound, but to no avail. Everytime I have encoded it has come up with no sound whatsoever. (I'm converting Underworld Evolution from a Video_TS folder that I used MacTheRipper to create).

Any suggestions on how I can get sound?

Thanks!

[Jovian9]

I now have sound. Maybe I just needed a clean/fresh install of Handbrake to resolve that issue.

However, the HB-AppleTV settings do NOT work for streaming via Connect360 to an Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 notices the file in the movies folder, but states that it is not compatible and to see their website for support.

This did work with :apple: TV (or at least the software version I have my MBP pro booted with via a FWHD).

I'd like to be able to find a common setting that looks great with both from my DVD collection so that I can begin ripping them. I have a projection HDTV in my basement and an LCD HDTV in my living room. My 360 is in the basement and the :apple: TV that I'm going to buy (once I get all this figured out and rip a lot of my DVD's) will go in my living room. My goal is to be able to stream to both TV's (one via :apple: TV and one via Xbox 360).

[iBunny]

I love handbrake but sometimes audio tracks wont work? Sometimes they do?

It really sucks because I never know until I am done encoding.

On a DVD with "Episodes" Some episodes will be good to go, some the audio falls off about a minute through. WTF? lol I know it is still in beta, but come on. This happens on my iBook G4, and my IntelliMac...