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by nightstrm
Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:54 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***
Replies: 171
Views: 121342

Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Didn't see this addressed in this thread, but I loaded a BR rip ripped with MakeMKV into HB and noticed that while the source AR was 1920x1080, the Display Size listed below that showed 1920x812. Any way to fix this? Without seeing a log, I'd bet the difference is the cropping of the black bar area...
by nightstrm
Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:00 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Handbrake version 0.9.6 not running with MAC OSX 10.5.8
Replies: 1
Views: 1079

Re: Handbrake version 0.9.6 not running with MAC OSX 10.5.8

So I downloaded the newest version of handbrake, since I love this program. Come to find out that it doesn't work on OSX 10.5.8!!!! I am at my wits end!! Looking for either the older version to re-install but haven't been able to find it. I there works planned for the older OSXs. Thanks for any hel...
by nightstrm
Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:41 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Some Blu-Ray conversions look grainy?
Replies: 10
Views: 2503

Re: Some Blu-Ray conversions look grainy?

Moviecouple wrote:Thanks for the info. Curious as to why it would be recommended to use Decomb and Deinterlace on DVD's, but not for Blu-Ray's? Any insight you can tell me?
There are many more interlaced DVD sources than Bluray.
by nightstrm
Sun May 13, 2012 10:37 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: [Committed] PGS Subtitles
Replies: 88
Views: 38504

Re: PGS Subtitles

I have just re-ripped Avatar, using MakeMKV and extracted only the forced subtitle track, (english) and re-encoded it with handbrake, (with only burn-in selected in the Subtitle menu of HB, forced sub unchecked) the subtitles stay on screen for very long periods of time, till the next forced subtit...
by nightstrm
Thu May 10, 2012 1:23 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Would x264 presets/tunes and HandBrake apply to Blu-ray?
Replies: 3
Views: 1267

Re: Would x264 presets/tunes and HandBrake apply to Blu-ray?

I’ve read over the Tutorial: x264 presets/tunes and HandBrake and I am creating custom profiles based around this. However, would these still apply to Blu-ray (aside from obvious setting changes such as RF values). I typically use the settings from preset "slower" and tune "film"...
by nightstrm
Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: [Committed] PGS Subtitles
Replies: 88
Views: 38504

Re: PGS Subtitles

I can confirm that I was able to burn-in the forced English PGS subtitles from both my Iron Man and Taken Blurays using svn4613.
by nightstrm
Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:18 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audio Track Names on the AppleTV
Replies: 10
Views: 2723

Re: Audio Track Names on the AppleTV

This occurred when they switched to iOS as the base platform for AppleTV. Call it a bug or a feature, even Apple-purchased content shows up this way. Instead of displaying the track name, they now only show the language (I believe before it showed both). At this point, all we can really do is send f...
by nightstrm
Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:02 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: [Committed] PGS Subtitles
Replies: 88
Views: 38504

Re: PGS Subtitles

Great development, will begin re-ripping the BR discs from my collection with forced PGS subtitles so I'll have a number of sources ready for testing. =)
by nightstrm
Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:04 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: ATV2 is playing 1080p too ???
Replies: 3
Views: 1713

Re: ATV2 is playing 1080p too ???

It is scaling to 720p, but yes lots of us have had a similar experience since updating to the latest version of the AppleTV software.
by nightstrm
Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: How to make MKV blu-ray movies with lots of grain
Replies: 4
Views: 1857

Re: How to make MKV blu-ray movies with lots of grain

This does not belong in the Bugs forum... moving to General.
by nightstrm
Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: Low Voices, high effects.
Replies: 8
Views: 4061

Re: Low Voices, high effects.

My sweet spot for AC3 -> AAC audio is gain +3 dB and DRC 1.5. Any increase in gain should be matched (where available) with a corresponding increase in DRC to avoid clipping and distortion. It's always been my understanding that DRC (both hardware and software) limits peak audio so it will make lou...
by nightstrm
Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:43 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: New iPad and Apple TV presets
Replies: 24
Views: 15035

Re: New iPad and Apple TV presets

DarkVamp wrote:Still no new Preset in the nightly builds?
You must have missed this thread...

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23648

No need for two threads on the same topic, so I'm locking this one.
by nightstrm
Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***
Replies: 171
Views: 121342

Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

kjoe wrote:Is there a way to use Handbrake to process an full quality MKV file so that the video stream is not transcoded but the audio is processed appropriately for the ATV3 and the file ends up in a mv4 container so the ATV3 can play it.
Nope.
by nightstrm
Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:26 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: [movie] was not added to iPad b/c it cannot be played
Replies: 5
Views: 1721

Re: [movie] was not added to iPad b/c it cannot be played

I can't think of a single setting that would make an encode compatible with the AppleTV v1 but incompatible with an iPad 3. Can you post an encode log from one of the files?
by nightstrm
Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:10 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***
Replies: 171
Views: 121342

Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

ATV2 profile puts some limits on some advanced settings that don't matter so much on ATV3. HP uses a more well-rounded set of advanced options as it is meant for devices fully supporting the H.264 High Profile spec, which the ATV2 was not quite up to. Not really. High Profile uses a better, but slo...
by nightstrm
Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Apple TV 3 and Blu-Ray 1080p - Best Encode
Replies: 14
Views: 6322

Re: Apple TV 3 and Blu-Ray 1080p - Best Encode

Well I compared the final file to a bunch of things. 1. the original blu-ray, which i know isn't gonna be close obviously (50GB vs. 10GB). but it's further than I thought. 2. and most importantly to some of the new 1080p iTunes files. the same movie, as an iTunes encode is better. less banding, les...
by nightstrm
Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:22 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: New iPad and Apple TV presets
Replies: 24
Views: 15035

Re: New iPad and Apple TV presets

FYI, if you didn't know it you don't need to re-encode 720p and 1080p MKVs on "the new iPad". Just use the OS X application Subler http://code.google.com/p/subler/ and change the container to m4v. Plays perfectly in the video app. It looks amazing! Too bad it doesn't work in the old VLC a...
by nightstrm
Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:01 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Blu-ray to Appletv2 - Step by Step Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 2702

Re: Blu-ray to Appletv2 - Step by Step Guide

Try opening the folder above BDMV and let HandBrake parse the disc structure like it does for DVD. You may find MakeMKV easier to use (free while in beta). Well I knew it would be something simple, but not that simple :-) That seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the help! Gets more difficult if the ...
by nightstrm
Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:37 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Help on Quality Please
Replies: 11
Views: 3226

Re: Help on Quality Please

Ok thanks guys, I've not done much cq encodes so appreciate comments. On a slightly different note, as you can imagine I've gotta lot of 6-7gb 720p files, if I wanted to re-encode them with cq to reduce size would I be better going back to the original source or can I re-encode the 720p file (would...
by nightstrm
Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:30 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Add bit rate calculator?
Replies: 6
Views: 2268

Re: Add bit rate calculator?

Artiprinted wrote:I found VidCoder going to try it. It doesn't matter to me how accurate it is as long as the size is below 4gb. Maybe if you renamed it to some like maximum file size instead of target.
I've done over a thousand encodes with handbrake and could probably count the ones that went over 4GB on two hands.
by nightstrm
Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:19 am
Forum: Bugs
Topic: [0.9.6] Muxed subtitles are garbled
Replies: 14
Views: 3334

Re: [0.9.6] Muxed subtitles are garbled

Typically, forums posts that reference pirated content are locked, deleted, and the user is banned... At least that is how thing were handled. I've been away from the forum for some time now, so I didn't want to outright deleted this as it appeared there *might* be a legitimate issue. The post has b...
by nightstrm
Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:38 pm
Forum: Bugs
Topic: [0.9.6] Muxed subtitles are garbled
Replies: 14
Views: 3334

Re: [0.9.6] Muxed subtitles are garbled

Hmm.... a quick google search of "To.Kill.a.Mockingbird.1962.1080p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264-CJ" turns up some interesting links.
by nightstrm
Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:21 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: How to add chapters after ripping
Replies: 2
Views: 1263

Re: How to add chapters after ripping

You can add chapters post-encode with Subler. They have an example of the file format you need to use on the website.

http://code.google.com/p/subler/
by nightstrm
Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:25 am
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: ATV & iPAD2 settings
Replies: 8
Views: 3224

Re: ATV & iPAD2 settings

What does that string do for the encode, picture quality or file size or encoding speed? Also - I thought the iPad2 frame size was 1280x720 so why would I want to use a smaller maximum frame size? Thanks so much for your assistance! Sam The iPad is 1024x768 (4:3), not 1280x720. The advanced preset ...