Batch encoding movies.

[stefmesman]

Hello dear MacRumors members!

i have a question, was searching the forum for a while, but didn't find a definitive answer, so heres my struggle.

I have an hard drive with various kinds of movies (around 1,5Tb) most of it is ripped dvd's/blurays or self created content.

Im on the verge of buying an Apple TV3, but i know that the apple tv won't play 90% of all my files, most is Proress422, AVCHD or MKV. Is there a way(program?) to batch convert my entire movie HDD to an apple tv friendly format?

thanks!

 

[Wiggum]

I use Handbrake. Lots of others do as well.

 

[669532]

if you run windows anywhere xilisoft is a good bet. very fast

 

[Cinematographer]

Handbrake is a brilliant program indeed.

 

[stefmesman]

for information, I'm on a mac. wouldn't handbrake take ages considering i have 1.4TB of data? 80% of my files is probably already H264. so it only would need a m4v mp4 or mov wrapper.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

for information, I'm on a mac. wouldn't handbrake take ages considering i have 1.4TB of data?

Yes, and so would others, or do you want to lose quality and have a faster encoding process?

80% of my files is probably already H264. so it only would need a m4v mp4 or mov wrapper.

For .mts files, you could try the first few steps outlined here:
Transcoding .MTS files (AVCHD footage) to an editable format (.MOV)

For .mkv files there will probably another solution, maybe the search function can help, unless someone chimes in.

 

[stikle]

Use Handbrake along with the Handbrake Batch Encoder front end GUI to easily convert whole directories of media at once.

It's worked for me anyway.

 

[hafr]

for information, I'm on a mac. wouldn't handbrake take ages considering i have 1.4TB of data? 80% of my files is probably already H264. so it only would need a m4v mp4 or mov wrapper.

Have you tried iFlicks or iVI? Might be exactly what you're looking for. iFlicks offer a two week trial as well...

 

[Mike Valmike]

for information, I'm on a mac. wouldn't handbrake take ages considering i have 1.4TB of data? 80% of my files is probably already H264. so it only would need a m4v mp4 or mov wrapper.

If it's already in 264, use Subler to repackage the video, audio, and chapter tracks into an .mp4 file. No encoding necessary, very fast. But I don't know that Subler has any batch option. I use Subler all the time to rescue H.264 streams from other containers for ATV viewing and it works great.

For any files you actually have to re-encode... and this might not apply, based on what you are describing, but in case it does... use Handbrake with its queueing function.