puckhead193 said:how is this different the using handbreak. Does this rip the cds as well or do i need mac the ripper
Chundles said:Well, it's a totally different program for one. Handbrake rips DVDs to video files (it currently doesn't support Baseline LC for 640x480 H.264 encoding for the iPod but soon will) whereas iSquint converts video files to iPod formats. It does so much, much faster than Quicktime Pro's "export to iPod" function.
You don't need MacTheRipper with Handbrake anyway, just rip right from the DVD.
stuartluff said:Does HB get rid of encryption?
so which way is faster? Using Handbreak or iSquint to rip a DVD?Chundles said:Well, it's a totally different program for one. Handbrake rips DVDs to video files (it currently doesn't support Baseline LC for 640x480 H.264 encoding for the iPod but soon will) whereas iSquint converts video files to iPod formats. It does so much, much faster than Quicktime Pro's "export to iPod" function.
You don't need MacTheRipper with Handbrake anyway, just rip right from the DVD.
puckhead193 said:so which way is faster? Using Handbreak or iSquint to rip a DVD?
puckhead193 said:so which way is faster? Using Handbreak or iSquint to rip a DVD?
Chundles said:I think so, it rips the video from the DVD to a video file (avi, mp4 etc). You need MacTheRipper if you want to do a direct copy of a DVD but HB will convert the video to different formats.
stuartluff said:I used to use MTR and make DVDs copies. Now with iTV on the horizon i think HB will be the weapon of choice and a fat-ass HD the battle field.
Chundles said:Well, it's a totally different program for one. Handbrake rips DVDs to video files (it currently doesn't support Baseline LC for 640x480 H.264 encoding for the iPod but soon will) whereas iSquint converts video files to iPod formats. It does so much, much faster than Quicktime Pro's "export to iPod" function.
You don't need MacTheRipper with Handbrake anyway, just rip right from the DVD.
Chundles said:Handbrake doesn't make copies of DVDs - it encodes the DVD video to different formats.
Chundles said:I think so, it rips the video from the DVD to a video file (avi, mp4 etc). You need MacTheRipper if you want to do a direct copy of a DVD but HB will convert the video to different formats.
MacinJosh said:This is off topic I know, but I actually have a copy of Handbrake that will encode 640x480 H.264. It's PPC at this point but works on intel Macs albeit sloooowwwllly.
Joshua.
You're encoding MPEG-2 > MPEG-4 > MPEG-4 (iPod). Doesn't that cause a lot of quality loss?Chundles said:Currently I use HB to do a 100% quality rip of a DVD to mp4 using MPEG-4 encoding. Then I use QTPro to export to iPod... iSquint enables faster encoding of the initial mp4 video file to iPod format.
spicyapple said:You're encoding MPEG-2 > MPEG-4 > MPEG-4 (iPod). Doesn't that cause a lot of quality loss?
7on said:hardly. IMO, the loss of quality is hardly visible.
Eidorian said:I already bought Visual Hub. (best purchase ever!) I still iSquint around for kicks.
7on said:hardly. IMO, the loss of quality is hardly visible.
mkubal said:Not to mention the iPod screen is 320X240, which makes discussing a negligible loss in quality a bit pointless anyway. Not that your point isn't somewhat valid, spicyapple.