You'll make your life a lot easier if you do!
I would also recommend setting video to anamorphic strict and check the Optimize for Web and make all that a custom preset.
Of course, there are exceptions to the above, but using above will give you the best quality/encoding speed combination.
I just use the AppleTV 3 preset, set x264 tune to film or animation depending on what I'm encoding, set x264 to very slow and leave everything else alone.
High quality with reasonable sizes.
~300 mb for 25 min Anime
~1.5 gb for 2 hour DVD film
~4.5 gb for 2 hour Bluray film
I also use the High Profile setting for every one of my ~2500 encodes. Have not had an instance where a file would not play on a ATV (2 and 3 gen), Win7 computer, my 4S iPhone, iPad (3 and 4 gen), a xbox360 or Mac mini (2012).
Hello, do you still use Handbrake for your movie encodes? You just use the "High Profile" vs. Apple TV 3, do you set it to STRICT as other have mentioned? I have been using Video-Converter in the App Store, been ripping my personal BluRay's ... that has worked great but the last few movies it's been lagging (hard to explain), so I'm going to give Hand Brake a shot... I want the best quality, not concerned with space as I have 8TB in a Raid 1 for movies and only have about 100 personal movies to finish ripping. Thanks for any advice.
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I'm trying to get more into what I have and know for the Apple TV I'm trying out.
Handbrake has an Apple TV 3 preset...is that best to just go with that for encoding video for use?
It by default seems to go with 2 audio tracks, though they're seperate encondings of the same track...is that best?