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by golias
Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake crashes on encode
Replies: 15
Views: 4960

Re: Handbrake crashes on encode

Right, I realize that. I guess it's semantics. What I mean by "ripper" is that it converts the video on a DVD to a movie file format. I do use MactheRIpper sometimes when I have a lot of files.. But how is that related to the VLC thing? If I don't have VLC on my computer, can I put in a D...
by golias
Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:19 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake crashes on encode
Replies: 15
Views: 4960

Re: Handbrake crashes on encode

You seem to be confused about just what a DVD ripper is. A ripper (alone) is not going to let you put DVD files on to your iPod or in iTunes. The result of a DVD "rip" is a VIDEO_TS folder full of VOB files. This folder behaves just like the DVD as far as most playback software is concerne...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:12 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake crashes on encode
Replies: 15
Views: 4960

Re: Handbrake crashes on encode

They do tell people, right there on the front page. Scroll down to where it says "No more DVD decryption." It confuses a lot of people though. It's not on the download page though, and it's not obvious on the front page. Handbrake is famous for the ability to rip DVDs. But now... it doesn...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:47 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake crashes on encode
Replies: 15
Views: 4960

Re: Handbrake crashes on encode

2. Do you have the current version of VLC installed in your apps folder? HB now relies on VLC to decrypt DVDs. It does?!?! That's pretty important information, shouldn't that be included with the download or something? Or at least, tell people on the download page. I've got VLC 0.9.8, and "che...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:34 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.
Replies: 2
Views: 856

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.

And now it's becoming clearer whey HB is struggling with these disks.

They all play fine with the Apple DVD player, but VLC can't make heads or tails of them.

I'm not optimistic about getting these ripped at all now.
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:28 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.
Replies: 2
Views: 856

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.

Ugh. What a nightmare. "Goofy" doesn't even begin to cover it with these disks. Thanks to Fairmount & the demo of DVDRemaster, I was able to take a closer look at the files. On disk one: Chapter 2 is the opening credits sequence. Four chapters in the middle are the body of each episode...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: How To: Rip, Encode and Combine Using Fairmount & DTOX
Replies: 112
Views: 753527

Re:

It's s ad that we have to resort to using 2 pieces of software, one of them not cheap, to replace what use to be one of the best open-source projects on the Mac. Ah-Well. Nice Write-up! Well, since the source for MtR never was (and likely never will be) open, and the current version is no longer re...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake crashes on encode
Replies: 15
Views: 4960

Re: Handbrake crashes on encode

1. Which version of OS X do you have installed? The current release of HB is for 10.5 only. The crash you are describing sounds exactly what happened to me when I tried to run 0.9.3 on a Mac running 10.4. If that's the problem, either upgrade your Mac or use HB version 9.1 2. Do you have the current...
by golias
Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.
Replies: 2
Views: 856

Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs - Incomplete scan.

Apologies for the too-general headline last time. With all versions of HB I've tried, including 0.9.1, 0.9.3, and SVN 2070, the disks from the anime series "Magic Knight Rayearth" only show one of the four or five episode tracks per disk. I tried both a ripped image from MtR, and the disk ...
by golias
Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:18 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Troublesome DVDs
Replies: 1
Views: 859

Troublesome DVDs

So, I'm trying to archive my DVDs of "Magic Knight Rayearth", a fun little anime series. I pop in disk 1 and find that HB only sees one of the episodes out of the five that are on the disk. I tried a couple more disks from the collection, and had the same problem. This is the case whether ...
by golias
Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:57 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Multiple DVD to single TS to get over the 9GB limit(SOLVED?)
Replies: 52
Views: 17316

Re: Multiple DVD to single TS to get over the 9GB limit(SOLVED?)

I guess I'm a little confused why you can't just rip each disk as a separate media file, then combine them afterwards using QT Pro (or whatever your favorite video editing tool is.)
by golias
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:55 am
Forum: Development
Topic: DTS Passthrough (sort of)
Replies: 25
Views: 11977

Re: DTS Passthrough (sort of)

This is EPIC. I'm not too familiar with the procedure for applying patches like this, so I guess I've got some Wiki readin' to do (unless it gets rolled into a beta build in the near future.)

Kudos!
by golias
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:51 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: DTS passthrough possible with any combination of apps on mac
Replies: 5
Views: 2019

Re: DTS not supported in all containers

Unfortunately that does seem to be a bit beyond me. I don't know how or what that (seemingly) source code is used. Sorry. You're just going to have to wait then. Plus, I don't think this is goin' into a release until full (all reasonable containers) are supported. That patch is mainly for dts-in-ma...
by golias
Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:26 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Ah, crap. I spoke too soon. The file I saved to the local drive DOES have a couple playback glitches. My eyes must have missed them when I was watching the first time. After EXHAUSTIVE testing, I've determined that the issues on that one file I copied to the local drive were unrelated. Then I found...
by golias
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:57 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Oh, and here's the log for the local-drive test I did, in case it helps: HandBrake Activity Log for /Users/dave/HB Test/03 Firefly - S01E03.mkv: 2009-01-10 08:56:21 -0600 Handbrake Version: svn2070 (2009010901) [08:56:21] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 0 [08:56:21] macgui: Rip: No pending jobs,...
by golias
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Ah, crap. I spoke too soon. The file I saved to the local drive DOES have a couple playback glitches. My eyes must have missed them when I was watching the first time. So now I'm back to square one, I guess. :( No matter which of my two computers I'm using, the mini or the MacBook, and no matter wha...
by golias
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:06 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Okay, I've got a real, REAL bad feeling that I know what the problem is. I'm posting it here because others might find it instructive. Right around the same time that HB went up to 0.9.3, I got rid of all my old little 300 GB drives and replaced them with a single 2TB MyBook, connected by FireWire t...
by golias
Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:18 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Dialogue too soft, everything else loud
Replies: 15
Views: 3610

Re: Dialogue too soft, everything else loud

It sounds like it's possible that some of you are playing surround-sound on a system with an inadequate and/or missing center-channel speaker. That, or you have left & right speakers which are a lot more efficient (in terms of electric load) than your center channel. With a 1-channel signal, it ...
by golias
Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Subtitles
Replies: 9
Views: 2454

Re: Subtitles

Play back the same DVD on the same screen with subtitles turned on, and I think you will find that HandBrake puts out subtitles that look every bit as good as what it gets from the DVD.

Sadly, good-looking subtitles are seldom a high priority with DVD producers.
by golias
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:55 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

I'm assuming it's the same issue we all discussed in an earlier thread shortly after 0.9.3 was released, when rhester suggested to you it might be an x264 problem. Are you encoding on an Intel or PPC Mac? I'm doing both my encoding and playback on a Core2 Duo 2.0 Mac mini. I just downloaded the lat...
by golias
Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:46 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

By current code I mean, literally, current code. The SVN head. Ah. So this is a known 0.9.3 flaw which has been addressed? Do you recommend that I download and compile the latest revision, or will there be a new public release in the immediate future? (I think I still have the SVN links somewhere, ...
by golias
Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Would you like my playback software versions, too? Here they all are. QuickTime™ Version 7.5.5 (990.7) QuickTime Player Version 7.5.5 (249.13) Perian 1.1.1 VLC Version 0.9.8 Grishenko (Intel) Plex Version 0.7.5 OS X Version 10.5.6 Build 9G55 So, everything is up-to-this-very-minute there. Is there s...
by golias
Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

jbrjake wrote:Again....this shouldn't be happening with current code. There have been a number of x264 changes since November.
And again... I'm using the most current public release, so clearly it is happening with current code.
by golias
Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:38 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Any ideas? Any other info you need? Anyone?
by golias
Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Intermittent video problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 2606

Re: Intermittent video problem.

Okay, I ripped episode 3 again. Exact same settings, this time storing a log. Playback was good up until about 7:32 when it hit another glitch moment like the one above. Here's the log. HandBrake Activity Log for /Volumes/よみこ/Video/TV Shows/Firefly/03 Firefly - S01E03.mkv: 2009-01-07 12:04:24 -0600 ...