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jkeep

macrumors member
Original poster
Hi,

Ive been using handbrake for several years now to convert my dvd's & downloads to MV4 to watch on my Apple TV 1 without a problem.
For some unknown reason, anything new I convert now will not play on my ATV even though it shows up in iTunes.

I have messed about and tried several things & the only thing that seems to work is...........
1/ convert film & place into iTunes (it will play in iTunes but not on ATV)
2/ Reset ATV to factory settings
3/ Spend an hour updating then it will show up.

This has happened with the last 10-12 films & I,m not doing anything different.
Can anybody help.

Regards,

Jeff
 
Run Mediainfo on one of the files that wont play and post the results.

Is this what you mean?

Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 165 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 255 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 115 MiB (9%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:14

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 313 MiB (25%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:14
 
Is this what you mean?

Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 165 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 255 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 115 MiB (9%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:14

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 313 MiB (25%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:14

These are only the 2 audio tracks. Do you have the info for the video track?
 
I was using the free download but could not get the video info from that
so I bought the programme from the app store..... That seamed to work.

Cheers, Jeff

General
Complete name : /Users/jeffkeep/Desktop/Rush Hour.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 1.22 GiB
Duration : 1h 37mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 788 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:15
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.5 2011010300

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 169 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 22.433 fps
Maximum frame rate : 348.837 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.223
Stream size : 818 MiB (65%)
Writing library : x264 core 112
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=0 / open_gop=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=9500 / vbv_bufsize=9500 / crf_max=0.0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=none
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:05:17
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-27 09:55:15
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
 
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