HandBrake

s55 wrote:GIven the current state of OpenCL, I suspect it'll be atleast a year before anyone knows if it'll be worth the development time.

Ahh, that's disappointing to here

Thanks for the heads up!

What about OpenCL? If I understand it correctly, it taps into the video card to help out with processor intensive tasks.

Anyone can feel free to step in if they disagree with any of this, but here's my take: there's no one-size-fits-all answer, but the AppleTV preset is a good starting point. If you don't need compatibility with any devices, pyramidal B-frames will make a more dense (i.e., smaller filesize for same q...

What is the best way to get a transparent rip while keeping the file size sane? I hear that Bedlam was good for this (although took a long time), but it is no longer available as a preset. I also heard that setting AppleTV with a 62% quality setting was more or less the way to go (sometimes with rec...

What settings are required for this (anamorphic, quality percentage/bit rate, etc.)?

I am using v0.9.3 on OS X 10.5.7

I am using the aforementioned method using the GUI client on a MacBook Pro (Late 2008) and I was able to rip the file; however, the video and audio are all garbled when trying to watch it with VLC, Quicktime, and Quick Look. I ripped using Handbrake 0.9.3 and VLC 0.9.8. I used the Apple TV preset. D...