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1080p Handbrake settings for new Apple TV?
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I simply used the Apple TV 2 preset and only upped the video width to 1920. I am happy to report back that this worked cross platform with the Xbox 360, iPhone 4S, the New iPad and Apple TV 3.
I simply used the Apple TV 2 preset and only upped the video width to 1920. I am happy to report back that this worked cross platform with the Xbox 360, iPhone 4S, the New iPad and Apple TV 3.
2011 Mac mini server
2.0GHz Quad-Core Intel i7
8GB 1866MHz Kingston Hyper X
Source and Destination on LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk modified with dual 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 running RAID 0
Handbrake 0.96
Starting Preset Apple TV 2
Video Width to 1920
Web Optimized Check
Advanced String vbv-bufsize=31250:vbv-maxrate=25000
11fps average
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It's not. You should never change the framerate -- always do same as source but with detelecine turned on. Handbrake will actually go ahead and detelecine interlaced sources to get you the correct framerate on the output file, but will leave alone progressive sources.
FYI, this was posted to the Handbrake forums this morning.
https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23648
https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23648
Glad I found this thread. My new AppleTV will be here on Tuesday, and I have the new iPad already. I've been trying all weekend to get a decent sized (~10-15GB) file from Blu-ray rip that will work. I've got a base 2011 mini, and a Windows7 machine that I run Vidcoder on. I made my own custom preset with target size of 15GB. The first few I tried just bumping down the bit rate, but would end up with 40GB conversions. If I don't do Strict anamorphic conversion, I get oddball HxW settings. I'd like to keep 1920x1080.
I wonder if Handbrake gets a new preset, will it flow to Vidcoder pretty quickly?
On my mini, I also have Aunsoft video converter. I tweaked an existing preset in there, and am going to try to convert a STREAM folder in a bit.
I wonder if Handbrake gets a new preset, will it flow to Vidcoder pretty quickly?
On my mini, I also have Aunsoft video converter. I tweaked an existing preset in there, and am going to try to convert a STREAM folder in a bit.
Interesting, thanks for posting that. I've been using iFlicks and their iTunes 1080p preset and it takes about 4 hours to encode with my Mac Mini server.
if you have the time the high preset is awesome. I did Dark Knight with it yesterday. it took awhile like 6+ hours but the quality is perfect and the file size is under 7gb. i did a few other shorter movies with filesizes ranging up to 12gb and the quality is not even close.
Do you mean the High profile under x264 settings? And if so, are you picking the 7GB file size?
That was for Avatar with forced subs burned in.
Inception is going much faster up to 20fps and will complete in 4 hours.
I'm also comparing the file size using high preset by redoing Suckerpunch.
If the quality is the same but file size is smaller, I'd take the extra time.
Can you tell me which RF you use? I'd also like to have small files with good quality. 7 gb would be excellent.
Ah, OK. I'm encoding now, and it looks like the end result will be about 7GB. Is there anyway to get about twice that size, for improved quality? Right now, I'm averaging 12.7FPS.
After screwing with iFLicks and iVI (still working with the iVI dev since it does PGS subs easily, but the PQ isn't as good as Handbrake), I am back to using Handbrake with the High Profile preset with the following changes:
For forced subs I am using MKVtoolnix to extract the forced sub (with the included shell program mkvextract), BDsup2sub to convert it to VOB, MKVmerge GUI (part of mkvtoolnix) to remix the VOB sub with the MKV and then Handbrake to burn in the VOB forced sub.
I am using Subler beta 0.15 for metadata and to correctly set the iTunes attribute for "HD(1080p)"
Messy, but the PQ from HB is pretty noticeably better than iFlicks or the latest iVI beta that does High profile, but I'm still sending logs to the dev there to see if I can get a single shot PGS sub solution.
With a 2010 MacPro 3.33 6 core, I get about 14-15 fps with Handbrake (about 3-3.5 hours for most movies). FIle sizes range from 7-10 GB, about a 3:1 size reduction or so.
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What's kinda surprising is that there is color & contrast differences between the various files produced by HB, iFlicks & iVI, not just sharpness and motion artifacts.
With the ATV3 this gives you PQ not equal to blu-ray (a straight BD rip to MKV played on the ATV doesn't look quite as good as my BD players either), but far better than anything you are likely to get on cable or satellite. Also looks better than 720 iTunes purchased content - haven't tried any of the 1080 stuff yet.
- Web Optimized on
- RF = 18
For forced subs I am using MKVtoolnix to extract the forced sub (with the included shell program mkvextract), BDsup2sub to convert it to VOB, MKVmerge GUI (part of mkvtoolnix) to remix the VOB sub with the MKV and then Handbrake to burn in the VOB forced sub.
I am using Subler beta 0.15 for metadata and to correctly set the iTunes attribute for "HD(1080p)"
Messy, but the PQ from HB is pretty noticeably better than iFlicks or the latest iVI beta that does High profile, but I'm still sending logs to the dev there to see if I can get a single shot PGS sub solution.
With a 2010 MacPro 3.33 6 core, I get about 14-15 fps with Handbrake (about 3-3.5 hours for most movies). FIle sizes range from 7-10 GB, about a 3:1 size reduction or so.
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What's kinda surprising is that there is color & contrast differences between the various files produced by HB, iFlicks & iVI, not just sharpness and motion artifacts.
With the ATV3 this gives you PQ not equal to blu-ray (a straight BD rip to MKV played on the ATV doesn't look quite as good as my BD players either), but far better than anything you are likely to get on cable or satellite. Also looks better than 720 iTunes purchased content - haven't tried any of the 1080 stuff yet.
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reduce the RF. The preset defaults to 20, if I recall. I run it at 18, but you could try 16 and see what you think. Given that you are never going to exactly duplicate the PQ of the blu-ray with an ATV and a transcoded source, I feel 18 or so is the point of diminishing returns.
I'm just trying to get something for "casual" viewing that is better than cable HD quality. I play the BD in my Oppo if I am critically viewing or having "movie night". I use the ATV as a substitute for channel surfing the cable if I'm reading, surfing the web on the couch, or whatever.
I wonder what kind of system/s Apple uses to encode for the iTunes store or if the movie studios submit already encoded files.
Thanks. Yes, we're after the same thing. I also have an OPPO, and I'll definitely use the disc for serious viewing. This transcode is for casual viewing on the smaller TVs in the house. I ordered a new AppleTV for one of those rooms, and will probably get a second for the bedroom.
I can assure you Apple doesn't get advanced copies of the Bluray that they re-compress with Handbrake for the iTunes store.
Like music sold in the store, I imagine the studio is responsible for compressing and tagging the video following Apple's strict quality guidelines.
Just to reiterate, since folks keep being obsessed over creating files that are "iTunes Store" Quality. Ain't gonna happen. iTunes (or the studios) are compressing from the original studio masters, which are much higher quality than even Blu-Ray disc (very high quality, but still a lossy format) which allows them to produce a file at a given size and bitrate you will never match.
In other words, use what works for you. Every one has a different set of eyes. But quit trying to reach some elusive plateau because you'll never get there.
In other words, use what works for you. Every one has a different set of eyes. But quit trying to reach some elusive plateau because you'll never get there.