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by Tiesto
Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:50 am
Forum: Tiki Bar
Topic: Order of Video & Audio tracks
Replies: 1
Views: 882

Order of Video & Audio tracks

I recently came across Subler and have been using it to add/remove audio tracks from my videos. When I open a movie that I have encoded with Handbrake, it shows the audio/video tracks in the following order: Video Track, Stereo, Surround. I opened a movie that I purchased from the iTunes store and i...
by Tiesto
Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:17 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Poor audio mix-down
Replies: 6
Views: 1754

Poor audio mix-down

I've been using Handbrake for quite a while now and absolutely love how it works and the quality of the picture. The only thing I'm having a hard time with is the audio mix-down from the AC3 5.1 to AAC stereo (specifically, the softness of movie dialogue). I've read numerous threads on using DRC and...
by Tiesto
Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:08 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Are you using CQ or ABR?
Replies: 6
Views: 1545

Are you using CQ or ABR?

Now that all the built-in presets have gone to using constant quality, i'm wondering if some of you are still using average bitrate for your encodes. If you are using ABR, why? And how are you calculating the bitrate to use?
by Tiesto
Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:42 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Apple's encoding method
Replies: 2
Views: 1629

Apple's encoding method

Does anyone know what software Apple uses to encode the video in iTunes? Also, are the standard definition videos all encoded at a 1500 kbps data rate? Or does it vary from video to video? I'm just kind of curious as to how Apple does their encoding.