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HandBrake ripping compatibility tests

Someone please help!!! I can NOT get my DVDs to rip in the proper 2.35:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratios! :(

I have tried everything I know. I have researched all of the different settings and so on...
http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/AnamorphicGuide

I am a film-maker so it is not like I am a stranger to this, yet I can't get Handbrake to maintain the aspect ratio of my DVDs!

With everything I have tried so far, 2.35:1 ends up more like 1.85:1 on my Apple TV, and 1.85:1 ends up like 16:9 (1.78:1) on my Apple TV.
 
MacFly123 said:
With everything I have tried so far, 2.35:1 ends up more like 1.85:1 on my Apple TV, and 1.85:1 ends up like 16:9 (1.78:1) on my Apple TV.
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check the exact width and height in vlc or quicktime. you should find it works out to the correct display ratio. more detail beside "more like" would be needed to troubleshoot.
 
dynaflash said:
check the exact width and height in vlc or quicktime. you should find it works out to the correct display ratio. more detail beside "more like" would be needed to troubleshoot.
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It has to do with square pixels and anamorphic stretched pixels. It may end up as the "correct" pixel ratio, but it does not maintain the same aspect ratio from when I play the actual DVD on my 42" plasma, and when I play that same DVD ripped from Handbrake on my 42" plasma with my Apple TV. It does not matter what settings I use, strict, loose, none.

The only way I can get it to force the same aspect ratio on screen as the actual DVD is to select none, and uncheck maintain aspect ratio, then manually squish the height. When I do that, 720x288 ends up as the right aspect ratio on screen as a 1.85:1 DVD, and 720x224 ends up as the right aspect ratio on screen as a 2.35:1 DVD.
 
I have Toast Titanium 9, purchased for other reasons, but it also rips DVDs to iTunes format. I know Handbrake is free, but since I already have Toast - which should I use?

One area of interest (see different thread) is ripping fan-made DVDs that contain PAL content originally from European TV broadcasts. My TV doesn't like PAL so I can't play the DVDs themselves on the TV system (could play it on my old TV and on my laptop). So I'd like to get the DVD to the Apple TV in a non-PAL format with the maximum quality.
 
content

I recently purchased a box set cd/dvd package of 60's band Procul Harum . I wish to rip dvd to play on appletv . when handbrake scans the disc I only get a 33 minute segment which says is chapters 1 to 7 . yet this is only a portion of the content of the DVD .There are 3 other concerts on the menu page that handbrake doesn't recognise . How do I extract all the other goodies on the dvd ? Gregoryt
 
Dropping Frames?

I have been trying to encode some of my DVD's and when I stream them to my xbox the encodes have a very slight jitter or stutter to them. And when I mean slight it is barely noticeable but something is not right. It's usually only when the camera is panning across or there is fast movement. I am encoding h.264 in .mp4 at 2500kbs and using same as source for the FPS.

I am streaming wireless to my router from my Imac and then am hardwired to my xbox. My router does support gigabit ethernet and wireless N.
 
Sherlock BD

Has anyone been able to successfully backup Sherlock Holmes Bluray?

I have tried for a couple of days using Makemkv (latest build) exporting both versions (one stream appears to be the regular movie and the other is the blu live enabled one with an intro from Guy Ritchie so they are three minutes different in length). Both of these .mkv files seem to crash Handbrake around half way through.

Any thoughts?
 
Subtitles in HB

Hey,
Hoping someone can help - i'm only just starting to rip my dvd's to store them on my NAS. Im using Handbrake using the Apple TV preset - the only change I am making is removing any secondary audio stream and setting the audio to AC3 Passthrough so I can get the full 5.1 sound.

Anyway the 2 dvd's Ive tried - worked but Im getting Subtitles displayed - but not the subtitles of the movie - Im getting a display of the chapter Number down the bottom of the screen. This doesnt exist when playing using VLC on the Mac , but shows up on my other devices like the Tvix 6640 and the apple tv.

Turning subtitles off doesnt change anything on the devices.

Any suggestions ?
Thanks
Mat
 
dvdflashbacks said:
Has anyone been able to successfully backup Sherlock Holmes Bluray?

I have tried for a couple of days using Makemkv (latest build) exporting both versions (one stream appears to be the regular movie and the other is the blu live enabled one with an intro from Guy Ritchie so they are three minutes different in length). Both of these .mkv files seem to crash Handbrake around half way through.

Any thoughts?
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I had the same problem with a couple of Blu-Rays, I found out it was the audio track I was choosing. Choose a different audio track if you can and omit any extra audio tracks.
 
GermanSuplex said:
I had the same problem with a couple of Blu-Rays, I found out it was the audio track I was choosing. Choose a different audio track if you can and omit any extra audio tracks.
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I am 100% this is the correct audio track. I have tested several chapters and most rip fine in Handbrake. But if I try to rip the entire movie it always crashes at the same spot.

Is there any good alternative to Handbrake to make an mp4 for use on aTV?
 
All I can suggest is seeing if you have another 5.1 AC-3 track to choose from, or a stereo AC-3 track on the Blu-Ray to remake your MKV and reconvert. That was the only way I was able to convert The Wrestler, I think. It didn't like the first audio track I chose and kept crashing about a third of the way through the encode. I remade the mkv with another track and it accepted it.
 
Toast and AppleTV ripping DVD

Hi out there

I play all my video DVD's through AppleTV. It's quite a burden because you have to rip them, convert them and then they're on your Macbook AND (after syncing) on ATV. So I bought ATVflash to be able to put my video's on ATV without having them on my computer too; and Toast to be able to convert my DVD's to mp4. And now that won't work. Toast tells me it's illegal. In what way is this illegal? The're my own DVD's; I don't want to have to put back a DVD player with an extra remote in the living. At Roxio they remove this question from their forum. What is the best thing to do?

Thanx Maarten D (maduc)
 
maduc said:
Hi out there

I play all my video DVD's through AppleTV. It's quite a burden because you have to rip them, convert them and then they're on your Macbook AND (after syncing) on ATV. So I bought ATVflash to be able to put my video's on ATV without having them on my computer too; and Toast to be able to convert my DVD's to mp4. And now that won't work. Toast tells me it's illegal. In what way is this illegal? The're my own DVD's; I don't want to have to put back a DVD player with an extra remote in the living. At Roxio they remove this question from their forum. What is the best thing to do?

Thanx Maarten D (maduc)
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Under the DMCA it is illegal to circumvent any copy protection. So yes it is illegal to rip your own DVDs because you are circumventing the copy protection on the disc.

There's a fair use defense here, but from the recent decisions of the courts regarding the DMCA and anti-circumvention laws, the future of any fair use defenses looks dim.

In other words, go ahead and rip your DVDs, I'm doing the same. But don't claim that it's legal.
 
Subtitles

Ok question,

say i have a move like... 2012. There are parts of it where the non-english speaking people talk, it has subtitles. But when i handbreak it, they arent there. How I get it so they are there? But i dont want full subtitles for the whole movie.
 
apple tv poor picture quality

hi use hand brake to rip my dvds and store them in itunes, but when i play it on my apple tv the picture quality is very poor. it seems to have trouble seperating black and white. but plays fine on my computer and my ipad. any suggestions
 
Hello,

All I want to do is rip DVD's and tv series on to my iMac on an external. Then stream them to a apple tv2. I dont want to watch them on the iMac. What is the best setting to have it on? The apple tv setting? Also, I have the 64 bit version of handbrake. Is that okay?

Thanks
 
My brother got 'Up' for Christmas on DVD, he's asked me to rip it so it can be played via our Apple TV's around the house.
Using advice from here I solved my storage issue by storing my movies on my Timecapsule to save HD space on my iMac/MacBook so I thought I'd post on here to get more excellent advice.

I've ripped about 6 DVD's using Handbrake and it's worked perfectly, the video/audio quality is perfect, but I've encountered a problem with 'Up'. I've tried to rip it twice, but each time I do, the finished video is not in order as it plays, it's only 97mins long and 2mins into the video it jumps to about 1/2 way through the film, and the credits roll before the end, playing more of the film after.
What am I doing wrong? Is it a faulty disc or a security feature to stop you ripping the disc?

Cheers

Tom
 
Cibbersicks said:
My brother got 'Up' for Christmas on DVD, he's asked me to rip it so it can be played via our Apple TV's around the house.
Using advice from here I solved my storage issue by storing my movies on my Timecapsule to save HD space on my iMac/MacBook so I thought I'd post on here to get more excellent advice.

I've ripped about 6 DVD's using Handbrake and it's worked perfectly, the video/audio quality is perfect, but I've encountered a problem with 'Up'. I've tried to rip it twice, but each time I do, the finished video is not in order as it plays, it's only 97mins long and 2mins into the video it jumps to about 1/2 way through the film, and the credits roll before the end, playing more of the film after.
What am I doing wrong? Is it a faulty disc or a security feature to stop you ripping the disc?

Cheers

Tom
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Security feature. Pop the disc in your computer, open the Apple Dvd player and wait till the movie starts playing. Go to the "GO" menu at the top, click down to title, and see what track its playing. Some movies, mostly Disney, have like 99 tracks, all about the same length, to throw off Handbrake from ripping the movie. But now that you know what track is the "real" track, thanks to the Apple DVD player, you just go back to handbrake and set it to rip that track, say "14" or whatever it is, instead of the one handbrake automatically picked, which was in the wrong order. You will rarely have to do this, I have found it only happening with Disney movies.
 
adammull said:
Security feature. Pop the disc in your computer, open the Apple Dvd player and wait till the movie starts playing. Go to the "GO" menu at the top, click down to title, and see what track its playing. Some movies, mostly Disney, have like 99 tracks, all about the same length, to throw off Handbrake from ripping the movie. But now that you know what track is the "real" track, thanks to the Apple DVD player, you just go back to handbrake and set it to rip that track, say "14" or whatever it is, instead of the one handbrake automatically picked, which was in the wrong order. You will rarely have to do this, I have found it only happening with Disney movies.
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Many thanks for your response, I'll give that a go!

Tom
 
No Audio

Hey guys,

I'm sure there is someone here who can tell me what I am doing wrong. I have both an ATV1 and ATV2 in my house. I have been ripping my old DVD's so my kids can watch some of their movies in a room that only has an ATV2 and no DVD/BD player.

I have ripped about 70 of their movies and we have slowly realized that more than half have no audio. All were ripped using the same Apple TV preset in the most recent release of Handbrake. Can anyone make out why the audio doesn;t work on either ATV?

Oh, I just checked and there is no audio when played directly on my Mac Mini within iTunes either.

Thanks in advance!
 
Ug. I cannot solve this black level detail issue I am having.

I have tried high profile and ATV2 presets. I have tried bumping down the RF value on both of those with no luck.

Lets fine in VLC on the PC and Quicktime/VLC on the mac side.

Looks like **** on the ATV2 and PS3. Gr.
 
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