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by leon
Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Queue All (or Auto-Queue with options)
Replies: 19
Views: 5918

[snip] 1. In preferences, turn on Auto Naming (automatically uses the dvd name and title number for the output name, this avoids having to rename each title so HB doesnt overwrite your previous encode as they come off the queue). If Auto Naming includes both title and chapter number in the output n...
by leon
Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:11 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: AUDIO VOLUME adjustment and CHAPTER individual file creation
Replies: 9
Views: 3586

Re: AUDIO VOLUME adjustment and CHAPTER individual file crea

[snip] 2. [snip] create CHAPTERS TO INDIVIDUAL FILES . This would be a HUGE HUGE time-saver. Yes, the queuing allows one to get the job done to separate files, but it takes 3 or 4 mouse clicks and a filename edit, by hand add the chapters to the queue, each with their own unique filename. It is VER...
by leon
Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:26 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: 3 audio tracks, DTS, PCM, and AC3
Replies: 4
Views: 1605

Re: 3 audio tracks, DTS, PCM, and AC3

Per below... I'm happy to loan the DVD to a developer so they can tell me what I (or HB) is doing wrong... Please advise. I just bought the DVD from Queen's "A Night At The Opera" ... The DVD features three audio tracks, DTS 5.1, PCM 24 bit stereo, and AC3 2-channel commentary (stereo). HB...
by leon
Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:57 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: 3 audio tracks, DTS, PCM, and AC3
Replies: 4
Views: 1605

3 audio tracks, DTS, PCM, and AC3

I just bought the DVD from Queen's "A Night At The Opera" ... The DVD features three audio tracks, DTS 5.1, PCM 24 bit stereo, and AC3 2-channel commentary (stereo). HB with the iPod preset shows the PCM and AC3 channels (I didn't expect to be able to do anything useful with the DTS 5.1 au...
by leon
Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:28 am
Forum: Development
Topic: 5.1 Surround Sound Branch
Replies: 22
Views: 30151

Any work being done for converting DTS encodings to AAC 5.1? Didn't see it in any of your use-cases, above, yet. Elsewhere someone asked where DTS is seen that AC3 is not also present. I just found a prime example: http://www.amazon.com/This-Binary-Universe-BT/dp/B000G8OZ16/sr=1-1/qid=1172719563/ref...
by leon
Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:51 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: READ ME / POST HERE if a specific DVD/Movie won't rip
Replies: 568
Views: 361118

Mercury,

I use DTOX (DVD2OneX), too, but it's important to point out that it costs 40 Euro for the version that can skip Zero Cells on content that is longer than 2 hrs. Important, I say, since everything else in my stack, so far, has been completely uncrippled shareware or freeware.
by leon
Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Apple TV support would be cool
Replies: 16
Views: 9199

Does anyone know for sure that the Apple TV will play anything the source Mac can play? I suspect it might actually need some of the optional quick-time plugins / codecs loaded locally and I don't believe that Apple is going to allow folks to install anything on it. We could be in for a bit of a hic...
by leon
Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:53 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: dts
Replies: 5
Views: 3784

This isn't about whether a DVD has 2-channel or not. It's about when a DVD has DTS, there should be an option to include it in the output container. I'd place this request along-side the work that's being done to preserve Surround Sound... The AC3 pass thru we already have and the AAC 5.1 that's nea...
by leon
Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:48 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Surround Sound (5.1, etc.)
Replies: 19
Views: 11100

Correct me if I'm wrong, leon, but last time I tried a52codec, it output stereo audio, which makes QT+Perian+a52codec sub-optimal for a home theater.) You are quite right that the a52codec does not pass the AC3 out through to TOSLink. But at least I know my .avi file is encoded properly so that whe...
by leon
Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:25 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Direct DVD MPEG-2 extraction into .mp4 container [With Poll]
Replies: 19
Views: 8555

Most of my "main title only" extracts are 3-5 gigabytes in size. Using Handbrake (and now MediaFork) with a very high bitrate or 70+ constant quality I end up with an .mp4 that's usually between 1 and 2 GB. No, there's no way it could be lossless, but I sure can't tell the difference from ...
by leon
Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Surround Sound (5.1, etc.)
Replies: 19
Views: 11100

JbrJake, That answers all my original questions and more! Awesome! So it sounds like it's 5.1 AAC that I will ultimately want and if that doesn't work with Apple TV then time to go beat up Apple. <smile> Separately, I'll press Apple to add AC3 to Front Row -- far less of an "obligation" fo...
by leon
Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:00 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Surround Sound (5.1, etc.)
Replies: 19
Views: 11100

Excellent help, JbrJake! I'll definitely be giving Perian a try! So is there no known or forseable way to pass the MF encoded/passed-through 5.1 audio out my Mac's built-in TOSLink into my my receiver's TOSLink and still have it be interpreted as 5.1? The Griffin HW product is only known/forseable w...
by leon
Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:39 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Surround Sound (5.1, etc.)
Replies: 19
Views: 11100

Surround Sound (5.1, etc.)

I see the MF 0.8.0b1 release notes and also the feature request summary both assert that "5.1 AAC audio" is a standard feature. I'm struggling with how to verify that I'm getting 5.1 AAC audio into any output that MF 0.8.0b1 creates. I have tried both of these: AVI | AVC/H.264 Video / AC-3...
by leon
Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:51 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Default output path
Replies: 3
Views: 3464

Okay, stands as a FEATURE REQUEST. It's very very annoying to have to change the path 60 times when setting up a queue for that many movies... My Desktop is NOT on the drive where there's ample space to output that much content. Adding the dynamic filename generation only solved half the battle, her...
by leon
Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:18 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Default output path
Replies: 3
Views: 3464

Default output path

MediaFork 0.8.0b1 keeps reverting to a default output directory on my Desktop. Perhaps a bug? Otherwise, I have a feature request: Please add a preference to specify the default output directory (path portion leading up to the auto-generated filename). When someone changes the output directory porti...