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That worked. Thanks.

I have some WMV movies I'm trying to convert to MP4 using the Universal preset in HB 0.9.3 and HB keeps crashing. Here's the encode log for one of them: HandBrake Activity Log for /Volumes/Movies/HeliFreak/Atom 500/electronics.m4v: 2008-11-27 07:53:13 -0600 Handbrake Version: 0.9.3 (2008112300) [07:...

OK, thanks. I'll try re-encoding when 0.9.3 comes out.

Was a potential solution for this issue ever found? I haven't even seen it acknowledged by any of the moderators.

Last part: [08:55:25] Sync: Audio PTS (4364602) < Video PTS (4389386) by greater than 100ms, trashing audio to reconverge [08:55:25] Sync: Audio back in Sync at PTS 4111162 [08:55:25] Sync: Audio PTS (4370362) < Video PTS (4389386) by greater than 100ms, trashing audio to reconverge [08:55:25] Sync:...

Part 2: [08:54:50] Sync: Audio PTS (11496960) < Video PTS (11507461) by greater than 100ms, trashing audio to reconverge [08:54:50] Sync: Audio back in Sync at PTS 11499840 [08:54:50] Sync: Audio PTS (11502720) < Video PTS (11532541) by greater than 100ms, trashing audio to reconverge [08:54:50] Syn...

Same here. I'm using the Apple TV preset and the only change I'm making is to enable 2-pass encoding. I went back and just encoded chapter 3. You'll see many similarities to roundy's post. Here's the first part of the activity log for that one chapter: [08:49:50] hb_init: checking cpu count [08:49:5...

Let me add my accolades. I just got my new Apple TV hooked up last night and, after re-associating the optical audio port on my AV receiver with an input that supports Dolby Digital, I played the first part of "Star Wars: A New Hope", which I had re-ripped with HB 0.9.2. One word: WOW!! I ...

What deinterlace settings are you using? If you're using the fastest option, it's known not to do a very good job and can make the video look like it's skipping frames. Try a slower option.

Unfortunately, if you limit the number of threads to 1, you'll only be using one of the cores, which means that the encode may take as much as twice as long.

I know the PowerPC version of HB handled my copy of Attack of the Clones just fine without first ripping the DVD to disk. Are you running on a PowerPC or Intel Mac? It seems that the Intel version of HB has more issues than the PowerPC version.

Unless the Limewire movies are coming across as DVD VIDEO_TS folders, you cannot use HandBrake to encode them.

It makes no sense to rip at 720p when you start with 480p source material; you can't add picture information that isn't there in the first place. Use the Apple TV preset and let the TV do the upscaling.

As for 720p source material, HandBrake is not designed to rip it.

if you're getting a .exe, it sounds like you're downloading the Windows version.

I'll bet you'll also find that the audio dropped out at the point where the rip speed dropped:

http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=849

Try changing the file extension from "mp4" to "m4v". That should give you a chapter menu in QT.

I believe that the new beta of HandBrake requires 10.4 or later.

Maybe this will help:
http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=266

If you didn't do a search before posting, please do so in the future before posting about anything.

Yes.

Not automatically. However, you can enable the queue (check box at the bottom), add them manually, and then click Start. The titles will then encode in the order you added them to the queue.

Hi there i am running a brand new intel core 2 duo superdrive macbook pro im tryng to burn my dvds all i do is ramp up the quality to 100% and it saves to my desktop, nothing else im not changing any other settings other than changing from 50% to 100% and i get "this movie could not be opened&...

2.04GB sounds about in the right ballpark. I encode mine at 2500 kbps and a 2-hour movie is typically around 2.2GB.

I would suggest using the built-in presets, although if you want to decrease the bitrate to 2000 you probably won't see too much of a degradation.

How big was the resultant file? There's an issue with HB where it fails the multiplexing process if the movie is over 4 GB in size.

I've had problems with one of the two DVDs mounted on my PowerMac G4 not showing up. A more user-friendly alternative to using the CLI is to select "DVD Folder / Image" and then select the disc's VIDEO_TS folder.

Your receiver will not decode AAC 5.1 and I don't think you'll find any receivers that will. Unless you want to hack your Apple TV, go with DPL2.