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HandBrake ripping compatibility tests

depends on what the source frame rate is. obviously to keep 720p you would pick 25 or less. 25 is typical PAL frame rate. If the source is 24 fps then just use same as source.

If the framerate is higher than 25 personally I would scale down to 540p and keep the source framerate. Forcing a lower frame rate causes to many jitters imo. The atv scales up pretty well.
 
Look in the Activity Log at what framerate the source is, and manually select a framerate that is divisible by that and less than 25. That way HB only has to discard every other frame.

E.g. I change 720p50 material into 720p25 and it works fine.

I guess with detelecine it gets more complicated, since you may want to detelecine first and then pick a new framerate - I'm not adept in that area though.

Cheers, Ed.
 
Not sure if this is the right place for this question but here goes.

I've been trying to rip my 30 Rock DVD's with Handbrake to play in iTunes, my iPod and maybe in future an :apple:TV. It says on the box that it is copy protected, when I try to rip it I end up with sound but a scrambled up image. Is this because of the copy protection? Is there any way around it? Or am I just using the wrong settings?
 
Any idea if the new 3GS can support higher bit rate files? The website indicates it supports the same rate as the 3G, but given that the hardware and ram are increased I'm surprised the video rate that it supports isn't higher as well.
 
talkingfuture said:
I've been trying to rip my 30 Rock DVD's with Handbrake to play in iTunes, my iPod and maybe in future an :apple:TV. It says on the box that it is copy protected, when I try to rip it I end up with sound but a scrambled up image. Is this because of the copy protection? Is there any way around it? Or am I just using the wrong settings?
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I'd try ripping with a different application first and only using Handbrake to encode.

I've only used the trial so far but it seems to work just fine:
http://ripitapp.com/

It doesn't have the options to only rip specific parts of a DVD like Mac The Ripper but that has gotten a little crazy to get the newest version so I haven't bothered.
 
Flash SWT said:
I'd try ripping with a different application first and only using Handbrake to encode.

I've only used the trial so far but it seems to work just fine:
http://ripitapp.com/

It doesn't have the options to only rip specific parts of a DVD like Mac The Ripper but that has gotten a little crazy to get the newest version so I haven't bothered.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try later.

EDIT: Tried it, worked brilliantly thanks.
 
The new HB Snapshot

Anybody tried the latest snapshot of Handbrake. The releasenotes states it supports "softsubs and cc", but I can only get softsubs implemented if there is a CC subtitle track, all other subs are still being hardcoded into the video.

/Niklas
 
I've poked through a lot of this thread but have not found a current and specific answer to my question... :(

What is the best possible setting I can use to sync with my Apple TV and the iPhone 3GS? Has anyone figured it out yet, and if the new 3GS will support more than the old iPhones? I used to use the "iPod High Res" option but I know the iPhone and Apple TV can handle better, but I have no clue what to adjust because so many of these threads get so detailed and complicated. :p

Can someone help me out please? iPhone 3GS + Apple TV, that's all I need. :D
 
NiklasK said:
Anybody tried the latest snapshot of Handbrake. The releasenotes states it supports "softsubs and cc", but I can only get softsubs implemented if there is a CC subtitle track, all other subs are still being hardcoded into the video.

/Niklas
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MP4 only supports text based soft subs, DVDs have Closed Captions as Text and the subtitles as pictures.

If using MKV you can have both text and pictures as soft subs.

Or you can wait for the next snapshot that includes SRT reading support so that you can download your SRTs and mux them into your MP4 as soft subs.

Cheers, Ed.
 
Since I´m not sure if I dare to post this at the HB forum, I thought I´d ask you guys :)

Anybody tried the new snapshot. A few major "upgrades" and some minor. Have you changed any settings from the 0.9.3 release or are you using the same presets and tweaks?

/Niklas
 
eddyg said:
MP4 only supports text based soft subs, DVDs have Closed Captions as Text and the subtitles as pictures.

If using MKV you can have both text and pictures as soft subs.

Or you can wait for the next snapshot that includes SRT reading support so that you can download your SRTs and mux them into your MP4 as soft subs.

Cheers, Ed.
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Actually Im adding subs to every single dvd that I rip... I get the subs from the web, prep them with Jubler and attach them with Subler. ATV reads this subs brilliantly and let you choose wich type or language you want.

it takes 2 min to do for every single file.
 
GRuizMD said:
Actually Im adding subs to every single dvd that I rip... I get the subs from the web, prep them with Jubler and attach them with Subler. ATV reads this subs brilliantly and let you choose wich type or language you want.

it takes 2 min to do for every single file.
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The new HandBrake will also do what Subler does.

Cheers, Ed.
 
A few questions if I may - I have a few foreign films in avi format with a subtitle file seperate - is there a way I can convert it to m4v with the subtitle track included? Is this what people have been saying the handbrake will do? (Until then, anyway to do it?)
Also wondering what the advantage of soft subs are? And can they be used on Front Row?

Cheers
 
courtnej said:
A few questions if I may - I have a few foreign films in avi format with a subtitle file seperate - is there a way I can convert it to m4v with the subtitle track included? Is this what people have been saying the handbrake will do? (Until then, anyway to do it?)
Also wondering what the advantage of soft subs are? And can they be used on Front Row?

Cheers
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There's an "Audio & Subtitles" tab in the middle of the Handbrake screen.
 
courtnej said:
Yeh but as far as I can see this is just for when ripping a dvd not when converting a video file with a seperate subtitles file..?
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Using the latest snapshot of hb (yesterday) you select your avi as input and then from the subtitle tab import your SRT subtitle track. It should all work as expected.

Cheers Ed
 
Okay Ive been using the new handbrake and successfully merged an avi files with a subs file to create one video file which seemed to work great in iTunes and iPhone but is just blank in FrontRow :(
Anyone got a solution to this?
 
sonictonic said:
I've poked through a lot of this thread but have not found a current and specific answer to my question... :(

What is the best possible setting I can use to sync with my Apple TV and the iPhone 3GS? Has anyone figured it out yet, and if the new 3GS will support more than the old iPhones? I used to use the "iPod High Res" option but I know the iPhone and Apple TV can handle better, but I have no clue what to adjust because so many of these threads get so detailed and complicated. :p

Can someone help me out please? iPhone 3GS + Apple TV, that's all I need. :D
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A bit late... I'm sure you've figured out your preferred settings by now.

For me, I do different things for movies and TV Shows.

For movies, the iPhone, iPod Classic (2007 version) and my Apple TV all support 720x480. I convert my movies via Handbrake with the Apple Universal setting, and only tweak the audio. This gives me DVD-resolution video that plays on everything and looks great on everything, including my HDTV via the Apple TV.

For TV Shows, I will do the same if the show is movie-esque, such as 24, Prison Break, The Sopranos, Lost, etc.

If it's a sitcom or show where I'm less concerned about audio, I still use the Unviversal preset but take the resolution down to 640x480 and usually do away with the AC-3 track and just go for a single AAC audio track. The video still looks very decent on everything, but TV Shows sometimes have large file sizes. Most half-hour shows I've encoded come to an average of 250mb (which is fine for me), but I sometimes have an odd episode that comes out at around 400mb (because of the VBR encoding) and I will usually go back to that episode and re-encode it with a lower bitrate to lower the file-size. Its rare that I have to do this (I've encoded probably over 400 episodes of TV) and have only had to do it about three times.

But to sum things up in simplest terms and if you don't care about multiple audio tracks (i.e. commentary, 5.1 audio), then just do the Universal pre-set and you'll end up with a file that plays on everything (except the 5G iPod video) and looks good on everything.
 
i just tried ripping my first mkv, the picture quality was great, but the sound was very messed up. I just selected apple tv mode.

Also it took like 20 hours on my new 13"mbp, is that right? file was 6gb's
 
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