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iPod Converting Movies for use on iPod Video

puckhead193 said:
how big of a file at the end of the conversion
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OK... Blade Runner (2 hr movie) came out to about 780 MB when it was done... but I went with MAXIMUM video bit rate (768... not 786 as I previously typed -- sorry!) and audio bit rate (160) values, as specified in the conversion page listed above.

Still don't know how it looks on the iPod, obviously, but I plan on dragging this MP4 file onto my PSP later today to see how it looks and sounds.
 
Why does the guide suggest increasing the sample rate to 48000? It doesn't seem like this would make a big difference over the standard 44100.
 
So what is the solution if you want to convert on Windows? I have a Pentium 4 3Ghz Dell sitting in the closet that doesn't have anything better to do. A lot better than tieing up my PowerBook for the next week. ;)
 
clayj said:
OK... Blade Runner (2 hr movie) came out to about 780 MB when it was done... but I went with MAXIMUM video bit rate (786) and audio bit rate (160) values, as specified in the conversion page listed above.

Still don't know how it looks on the iPod, obviously, but I plan on dragging this MP4 file onto my PSP later today to see how it looks and sounds.
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786 or 768? Max bit rate for video is 768.

Hmmm... Might give a movie a go, haven't done one yet.

Will report back when it's done, see you all tomorrow.
 
telecomm said:
Why does the guide suggest increasing the sample rate to 48000? It doesn't seem like this would make a big difference over the standard 44100.
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Because 48000 is exactly half the standard DVD 96000 for 2 channel sound, 48000 the standard for 5.1 channel DVD sound. It makes the conversion easier I guess.
 
clayj said:
Motulist, I'm in the process of converting Blade Runner right now... the steps you posted the link to are VERY easy to follow. Thanks so much for posting them!

(Hoping to have Blade Runner, Alien, Aliens, Black Hawk Down, all three Matrix movies, and all the Star Wars flicks ready for my iPod when it arrives...)
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how long is this taking? and how fast is your processor?

EDIT if i don't have the full disk space to rip the dvd, will my mac tell me so or crash?
 
asherman13 said:
how long is this taking? and how fast is your processor?

EDIT if i don't have the full disk space to rip the dvd, will my mac tell me so or crash?
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On a 1.42 GHz Mac mini, ripping the DVD into an MP4 file took about 3.5 hours total (Mac the Ripper + Handbrake)... 20 minutes for the MtR part, 3 hours for the Handbrake part.

As to running out of disk space... I have no idea. My recommendation would be to make sure you have plenty of space available before you start.
 
clayj said:
On a 1.42 GHz Mac mini, ripping the DVD into an MP4 file took about 3.5 hours total (Mac the Ripper + Handbrake)... 20 minutes for the MtR part, 3 hours for the Handbrake part.

As to running out of disk space... I have no idea. My recommendation would be to make sure you have plenty of space available before you start.
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wow that's cool, i guess i should expect mine to take more than twice as long with my slow processor :eek: although, it def. is a big sway towards getting a vid. ipod over a nano...i got 6.46GB of space; should be enough....
 
robbieduncan said:
In an attempt to stop thousands of threads being started on how to do this I thought I'd start this one with links to the answers!

Currently there are 2 tutorials I know of on-line:

1) Using ffmpegx (free)

2) Using QuickTime Pro (not free).

Moderators: If you think this is going to be helpfull please sticky it!
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I'm a little confused, do I need both these, or just one?
 
I'm ripping Napoleon Dynamite on my eMac (see sig) and it took 2 hours, at 768kbps video, 128kbps audio, and the file is 688MB. I could have gone down in the bit rate... I think the difference between 768kbps and 400kbps is hardly noticable on such a small res.
 
johnbro23 said:
I'm ripping Napoleon Dynamite on my eMac (see sig) and it took 2 hours, at 768kbps video, 128kbps audio, and the file is 688MB. I could have gone down in the bit rate... I think the difference between 768kbps and 400kbps is hardly noticable on such a small res.
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what would you guys recommend as decent bit rates, so as to give me good quality on a video ipod yet not take up too much space?
 
asherman13 said:
what would you guys recommend as decent bit rates, so as to give me good quality on a video ipod yet not take up too much space?
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And I would imagine that smaller file sizes also means longer battery life as it wont have to access the hard drive as much and decoding the video file will be less processor intensive.
 
I just ripped an episode of Family Guy straight into HB, skipping the MtR part..it work ok in iTunes...whats the reason for the MtR part?
 
motulist said:
And I would imagine that smaller file sizes also means longer battery life as it wont have to access the hard drive as much and decoding the video file will be less processor intensive.
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indeed. :)

Sky Blue said:
I just ripped an episode of Family Guy straight into HB, skipping the MtR part..it work ok in iTunes...whats the reason for the MtR part?
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just wondering, how?
 
Sky Blue said:
I just ripped an episode of Family Guy straight into HB, skipping the MtR part..it work ok in iTunes...whats the reason for the MtR part?
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There really is no reason. The author of the guide said it was because somebody complained that Handbrake had problems with some particular dvd's but I've never found any. So Just use Handbrake and remember that if you ever have a problem use MTR. But other than that, just forget about MTR.
 
motulist said:
There really is no reason. The author of the guide said it was because somebody complained that Handbrake had problems with some particular dvd's but I've never found any. So Just use Handbrake and remember that if you ever have a problem use MTR. But other than that, just forget about MTR.
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so handbrake can rip directly from a dvd into either .mp4 or h.264?
 
Jovian9 said:
If you have some $ you can also use this combo:
MacTheRipper to Cinematize to QT Pro
After using MacTheRipper (free) to put the videoTS file on your Mac you can then use Cinematize (not free) to pull out the whole movie or chapters and put these into QT format - you then use QT Pro (not free) to convert it into a format for the new iPod/iTunes.
This would be useful for such movies as Adult Swim DVD's where you only want certain episodes or music video dvd's where you do not want all the videos, etc.
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HandBrake can do separate chapters.
 
puckhead193 said:
how big of a file at the end of the conversion
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I'm surprised...

90 minute 640x480 .mp4 = 700mb (For Computer)
90 minute 320x240 .m2v = 450mb (For iPod)

Shouldn't a video file that's a quarter the physical size and encoded with H.264 be much smaller than 64% of the originial file size?
 
pjfung said:
what about converting divx files? QT pro the only way?
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that is exactly what I want to know.. it's easier to find a divx film then renting or buying a DVD.. Is there another option to convert divx or xvid files?
 
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