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revelated

macrumors 6502a
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Jun 30, 2010
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OK.

I've been tasked with a minor project - taking movie rips, in this case, Blu-ray rips that have been super compressed - and getting them to play properly on the iPad. They play fine on the MacBook Pro, but nothing I do seems to make this work the way I need it to. I've tried MPEG Streamclip, QuickTime/Perian, Handbrake, and even iTunes. Nothing I do seems to matter. I'm guessing these weren't converted properly. What happens is:

  • File gets created, but is HORRIBLE quality. Even with the filtering options of Handbrake.
  • If I increase the quality setting, then I end up with the movie playing audio behind a white screen; no video.
  • Tried using MPEG Streamclip's default AppleTV settings, and it yells about framerate, which is blank. Putting that to 29.97 (or any other value) throws an invalid movie error.
  • Created a simple MP4 file stripped down from the original thinking I would just play in OPlayer HD. It does play, but extremely slow, and with no audio.
  • Imported the full movie into iTunes and tried to do a conversion that way to the iPad preset. Ended up with a white screen and no video.
  • Opened in QuickTime and tried to save a MOV file that I could convert. Video played fine with choppy audio.
  • Found a good setting for video in Handbrake, but the audio is screwed.


Anything else to try?
 
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