ayzee
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Identify is great because you can just enter the movies imdb code and it automatically finds the data.
I use subler to add subtitles to all the movie and tv shows
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Identify is great because you can just enter the movies imdb code and it automatically finds the data.
I use subler to add subtitles to all the movie and tv shows
I use a program on the mac called ivi (not sure if it's mentioned in the thread, 52 pages is alot). It converts video and audio to m4v format without having to recode the video if not necessary. Updates the metadata as well all in one shot. Very fast and easy to use.
anyone know if its possible to group tv shows together? as in, right now i have friends season 3 and 4, can i combine it so its just friends, and then when i click on friends see all the seasons within that part of itunes. it will get crowded when i add in all the season and more shows.
Yes and no.
The way iTunes handles TV shows is it treats each season as its own separate entry. But there is a workaround. If you right-click each season and choose Get Info (or press Command+I), choose the Video tab on the window that pops up and delete the season and episode numbers.
Go back to the info tab and you'll see the album title is Friends, Season ##. Make it so it's just Friends and then treat the Track Number field as episode number and the Disc Number field as season number. So disc 2, track 1 would actually be season 2, episode 1.
You'll have to go through and input this manually for each episode, so it can be a bit time consuming depending on how many episodes and TV shows you have.
The way iTunes handles TV shows is it treats each season as its own separate entry. But there is a workaround. If you right-click each season and choose Get Info (or press Command+I), choose the Video tab on the window that pops up and delete the season and episode numbers.
Go back to the info tab and you'll see the album title is Friends, Season ##. Make it so it's just Friends and then treat the Track Number field as episode number and the Disc Number field as season number. So disc 2, track 1 would actually be season 2, episode 1.
You'll have to go through and input this manually for each episode, so it can be a bit time consuming depending on how many episodes and TV shows you have.
OK I'm a noob and I have a few questions as I've been wanting to start ripping my library.
1) What is muxing?
2) What external blu-ray drive have you guys had good luck with? Is it usb or firewire?
3) Are you ripping the blu-rays on a mac or pc?
4) About how long does it take you to rip and encode a movie?
With my MBP 2.4 Core 2 Duo it takes like 2 hours or so just to do one movie. I can't imagine how long a blu-ray rip would take. I've been contemplating building a quad core pc to do the heavy processing since I can do that pretty inexpensively well compared to a mac
1) What is muxing?
2) What external blu-ray drive have you guys had good luck with? Is it usb or firewire?
3) Are you ripping the blu-rays on a mac or pc?
4) About how long does it take you to rip and encode a movie?
With my MBP 2.4 Core 2 Duo it takes like 2 hours or so just to do one movie. I can't imagine how long a blu-ray rip would take. I've been contemplating building a quad core pc to do the heavy processing since I can do that pretty inexpensively well compared to a mac
ayzee
macrumors 6502a
If its season one just number the episodes 101,102,103 etc. season two 201,203,204. And now delete the season numbers, and all your episodes will be in order of season altogether
im surprised how many aren't as fussed as i am about high quality art work for their media. 😛
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Posters in .mkv
Does anyone know if there is a way to add Poster artwork to .mkv files, so when I am scrolling through my movies in Finder, I can see the posters for each movie.
Does anyone know if there is a way to add Poster artwork to .mkv files, so when I am scrolling through my movies in Finder, I can see the posters for each movie.
MetaX doesn't let you use .mkv files, and Subler converts them, doesn't let you use/keep .mkv
Thanks for the help though
1. What are "doug's scripts"?
2. I use MetaX frequently and have never had that problem. Perhaps re-download the latest version?
Here is how you do that step-by-step.
Step 1: Starting off with an .mkv on my desktop for the example.
Step 2: Go to Google image search, or wherever you get your poster artwork from, and right click on the image you want and select "Copy".
Step 3: On your .mkv file, do a "Get Info" command and highlight the icon by clicking on the area shown.
Step 4: Do a Command-V to paste the copied poster into the icon and voila, your .mkv file should now show the poster you want.
Just a large icon view of the .mkv file in a Finder window showing the artwork.
That's just a general way to associate pictures with files in Finder, right? If you ever move these movies somewhere else (not using Finder) then these artworks will never show up, I guess.
Matroska supports embedding of artworks, however, there is basically no program that reads this metadata from the mkv.
Apple's m4v seems to be the only format that allows convenient artwork and subtitle embedding, with support to view it and play it (in OS X at least).
Other common formats as mp4, still has no such widespread support, even if the container itself supports it. The recommended way is still to keep a subtitle as external file, and artwork in as external file, in the same folder as the mp4 is in. I thought there would be an accepted standard by now for movies with cross-wise OS support, but no... it's still a mess.
I didn't too much testing. But since he stated he browses through the Finder, that process fits the bill. I agree though, still not as good as embedded artwork or an image in the folder if your hardware/software supports that method.
I'm about to start ripping my movie collection, but I had a question about hard-coded subtitles.
Let's say I'm watching a normal movie without subtitles, like the Godfather. And then a scene comes up where they speak italian, so the subtitles show translating to the dialog.
How can I make sure I'm not losing these subs?
Sorry guys, total dvd ripping newb here.
Let's say I'm watching a normal movie without subtitles, like the Godfather. And then a scene comes up where they speak italian, so the subtitles show translating to the dialog.
How can I make sure I'm not losing these subs?
Sorry guys, total dvd ripping newb here.
There's an option in Handbrake for Foreign Language Search, this scans for those subtitles. But it doesn't always work. My advice is be mindful of the movies you know have these subtitles and play the DVD through your Mac's DVD player and test out the different subtitle options to see which one is right. That's the best way to be sure.
DarkHeraldMage
macrumors 6502a
Video content in playlists shows incorrectly
Can anyone help give advise on how to uses playlists properly for non-music media in the newest iTunes? I've had a heck of a time trying to get things organized the way I want, and the new views are just awful.
As seen attached I have clipped a section of movies that I have in a playlist; these are files bought in iTunes and not modified in any way. They show up just fine in the dedicated Movies section, but if I place them in a playlist to help keep them organized (in this case I created one to segregate movies purchased in iTunes vs others that I import), it all goes up in smoke.
It sorts by artist, which iTunes populates with director, then uses the album field instead of title to display more information. There's no way to sort by title accurately because even if you choose to sort by title, it does it by album title not movie title. This is ridiculous and seriously cumbersome. Does anyone have any tricks they've found to alleviate this nonsense? 😕
Can anyone help give advise on how to uses playlists properly for non-music media in the newest iTunes? I've had a heck of a time trying to get things organized the way I want, and the new views are just awful.
As seen attached I have clipped a section of movies that I have in a playlist; these are files bought in iTunes and not modified in any way. They show up just fine in the dedicated Movies section, but if I place them in a playlist to help keep them organized (in this case I created one to segregate movies purchased in iTunes vs others that I import), it all goes up in smoke.
It sorts by artist, which iTunes populates with director, then uses the album field instead of title to display more information. There's no way to sort by title accurately because even if you choose to sort by title, it does it by album title not movie title. This is ridiculous and seriously cumbersome. Does anyone have any tricks they've found to alleviate this nonsense? 😕
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What I do for movies that are in a series in the playlist is I'll give them each a track number and then sort by that. Unfortunately, this will only work if you use list view. Can't seem to get it to work in grid view.