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iFlicks 2?
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It's definitely worth checking it if you indeed stream your MP4 / M4V / MOV files to your ATV. For local (non-ATV) playback, there's virtually no difference.
I've written several articles on optimizing these kinds of video streams with extensive benchmark data - see https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1496052/ for two of them, in this very forum.
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Or Subler. It also has auto metadata lookup - and is free.
I'm skimming through your post (interesting info) but I'm not sure if I missed something. Optimizing, does it reduce quality or does just allow ATV to buffer more?
No quality reduction at all as it "just" reorders the container's blocks. It, however, vastly reduces buffering.
I've had this annoying problem for a while. Anything i throw att flicks 2 is considered a TV-series. I have to change everything manually to get the right DVD-cover and info. How do I fix this?
My only issue with iFlicks is that sometimes when just adding metadata to a movie, for some reason it deletes the movie, and adds 2 entries into iTunes. And when this happens, I get a green checkmark instead of an orange checkmark in the iFlicks screen. It doesn't happen all the time, but enough times to be a little annoying. Still haven't figured out what causes it...
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
quick iFlicks 1 question. I just installed the app on a new mac. I swear on the previous mac once the conversion was done it would send the converted files to iTunes and the originals to the trash.
However that is not the case currently on my new mac. Any ideas as to what causes this?
Thanks.
However that is not the case currently on my new mac. Any ideas as to what causes this?
Thanks.
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
Have a look at my settings. I think I may have fixed it under the Quicktime tab, Move original file to trash was not check.
EDIT Seems to work however it also trashes the my video folder which is part of my script. Any ideas to prevent that from happening?
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petvas
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Me too, never had an issue with it. It works really well and I love how fast I get my mkv files in iTunes.
silvetti
macrumors 6502a
I've used iFlicks 2 for a while now but recently I am downloading some files on .mp4 and running them on iFlicks to get subtitles added and metadata with the iTunes Compatible setting. The thing is after they are added to iTunes they only have like 6 or 10 minutes of video. Then the video ends. lol
I tried the HD1080 setting and same thing, these h264 .mp4 movies just get zapped to a few minutes but with full file size (2.6gb).
Anyone have the same ?
I tried the HD1080 setting and same thing, these h264 .mp4 movies just get zapped to a few minutes but with full file size (2.6gb).
Anyone have the same ?
one thing i did notice when using apple tv 2 preset to convert my mac slows down, surfing the internet is choppy
it uses a lot of resources , i have 16GB of ram and an ssd
the first iflicks doesn't have this problem
anybody else ?
it uses a lot of resources , i have 16GB of ram and an ssd
the first iflicks doesn't have this problem
anybody else ?
Try watching a YouTube video...it becomes awful choppy. I do my conversions at night so that is not necessarily a bad thing, but I could see how I could be annoying otherwise.
This is with a 2.66Ghz i5.
S.B.G
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I do too, or get it started when I'm leaving for a while when I don't need the iMac for anything.
I quite like the square tv show cover art. Matches the iTunes files in my library. It does also seem to encode quicker, though that could just be a placebo.
Great minds and all that 😉
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
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your using the itunes compatible preset not the apple tv , which is the one we are talking about, converting not muxed