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by exodar
Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:32 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively
Replies: 249
Views: 55413

Re: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately I have some software that still won't work in Leopard so I guess I have some decisions to make :(
by exodar
Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:28 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively
Replies: 249
Views: 55413

Re: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively

I haven't seen this question in the General or Mac forum so I am asking it here. Why is the new HandBrake only compatible with 10.5? Is there a way to compile it for 10.4.11? There are still quite a few of us that are not Leopard users that would like to start compiling AC3 passthru in our movies. T...
by exodar
Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:46 am
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively
Replies: 249
Views: 55413

Re: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively

The audio being out of sync makes total sense, but I do agree that it at least proves what they are *likely* doing with movies from iTunes that pass AC3. So that is a good thing. The difficult part (if I read some of the posts properly) is getting HandBrake to create .MOV files. I am sure it can be ...
by exodar
Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:05 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively
Replies: 249
Views: 55413

Re: AppleTV to support Dolby5.1 Natively

So how do you get an AC3 track from a DVD? Also...what settings do you use in Quicktime to export to MOV...there are several settings?
by exodar
Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:16 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: READ ME / POST HERE if a specific DVD/Movie won't rip
Replies: 568
Views: 361006

Bear Hunter wrote:Full disk rip with MTR (going to have to keep trying until it doesn't crash)...followed by HB will produce the results you are looking for.
I am on 6 full disk rips now with MTR 3.0 R14i and it has crashed EVERY time...you SURE this is supposed to work?
by exodar
Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:52 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: READ ME / POST HERE if a specific DVD/Movie won't rip
Replies: 568
Views: 361006

Ratatouille has a bogus Chapter 1 that causes Handbrake to quit after 30 seconds. The movie itself starts on Chapter 2. I was able to rip with no problems by starting on Chapter 2. Could you elaborate a little more on what you did? Did you do a movie-only rip with MTR (which version) starting at ch...
by exodar
Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:51 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: READ ME / POST HERE if a specific DVD/Movie won't rip
Replies: 568
Views: 361006

Ratatouille won't encode. To elaborate on Ratatouille, I can get a successful movie-only extraction with MTR 3.0 R14h and it has no Zero Cells. However, the extraction is 88 chapters and when you open that with HandBrake, it only sees 1-79. I am worried that this is some kind of cap in HandBrake an...
by exodar
Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:47 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: RATATOUILLE update
Replies: 6
Views: 5523

I can confirm the same results. I was finally able to get past the scan in MTR 3.0 R14h after trying several times, then I successfully did a movie-only extraction. However, as indicated above, it extracted 88 chapters and HandBrake only sees 79 of those. Is this some kind of HandBrake limitation?
by exodar
Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:50 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Blades of Glory?
Replies: 6
Views: 2775

hawkman wrote:r14f should fix it.
I thought r14d was the latest? I just checked ripdifferent.com and the latest I see in the MTR thread is r14d.

Where did you see r14f?
by exodar
Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:13 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Blades of Glory?
Replies: 6
Views: 2775

Blades of Glory?

I have searched the forums to no avail on this one. I am worried that my problem may be unique. When I run Blades of Glory through MacTheRipper 3.0 r14d, it crashes right towards the end. I still have a folder that is 6.98GB when I am finished, but when I try to open it with DTOX I just get the spin...
by exodar
Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:07 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

@Cav Thanks for the great reply. I know I should just be searching the forums myself for most of this information, but there is quite a bit out there and it gets confusing after a while :) So I really appreciate it. A few of us have been down that "jittery" path. If you are using ABR then ...
by exodar
Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:07 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

Cav - I just finished ripping Black Snake Moan with MacTheRipper 3.0 r14d using MOVIE ONLY and I have the same problem...no credits! This is totally weird that your MTR rip was fine and mine wasn't. You using the same version of MTR? I originally had CABAC on when I was doing ABR rips and it was not...
by exodar
Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:52 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

Cav - Well I went back and opened the original VIDEO_TS folder that MacTheRipper spit out and it has the credits cut off too! So the problem happened before HandBrake got a hold of it. I will go back and see if doing a MOVIE ONLY rip in MTR makes any difference. Might have to try an older version of...
by exodar
Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:27 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

I am using the GUI. I will check my settings when I get home tonight and post them, and I will also reverify that I do indeed have the credits of both movies in my rip.
by exodar
Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:33 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

Cav -

I didn't have that problem with either movie. I did a Full Disc rip in MacTheRipper 3.0 r14d before running them through the latest SVN of HandBrake.

I can post all of my settings if you like...
exodar
by exodar
Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:45 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: CRF 70% Bitrate varies widely
Replies: 28
Views: 5844

sdm - I have been delving into CRF testing quite heavily in the last week and I have moved completely away from 2-pass ABR just because I can't visually see the difference in a 3500 ABR rip and a CRF 64% rip on my HDTV (playing through my AppleTV). And like you mentioned, the filesize is generally l...
by exodar
Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:56 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Convert HandBrake High Quality Rips To iPod Rips?
Replies: 4
Views: 1583

I didn't even think about that! Great suggestion...I will have to try that and compare its speed/quality with ffmpegx.
by exodar
Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:06 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Convert HandBrake High Quality Rips To iPod Rips?
Replies: 4
Views: 1583

Convert HandBrake High Quality Rips To iPod Rips?

I am ripping all of my DVD's at a really high quality to take advantage of my HDTV and AppleTV. I typically do a Constant Quality (CRF) at or above 70%. This provides me with a near-dvd quality rip that looks great on my HDTV/AppleTV. However, these rips are not compatible with the iPod/iPhone. Has ...
by exodar
Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:53 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Can you tell which is the higher bitrate?
Replies: 35
Views: 5990

Thanks for all of the input guys. This discussion is helping me improve the quality of my rips!

What about anything over 80% for the Constant Quality when using CRF? I want to have something as close to the DVD as I can get while maintaining compatibility with my AppleTV.
by exodar
Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:35 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Can you tell which is the higher bitrate?
Replies: 35
Views: 5990

Okay...I finally have the CRF working and my brain on straight :) Just encoded Black Snake Moan at 70% CRF and came out with a smaller movie than I did with 70% no-CRF and when I look at it on my HDTV it looks better! I am MORE than impressed. Now can I get even BETTER quality by jacking up the perc...
by exodar
Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:07 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Can you tell which is the higher bitrate?
Replies: 35
Views: 5990

Forgot to even look at the preferences menu! There are so many options on the Advanced tab that I diverted my attention from the preferences menu...man I think I might be coming down with something or I need to increase some vitamins or something.
by exodar
Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:25 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Can you tell which is the higher bitrate?
Replies: 35
Views: 5990

HOLY CRAP dudes! I get the f-in n00b award of the century! I have been TOTALLY confusing CQ and CRF as the same thing this entire damn time! I have just been setting that Constant Quality radio button and sliding the slider over to around 70% and thinking that was the same thing as CRF for some dumb...
by exodar
Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:13 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Can you tell which is the higher bitrate?
Replies: 35
Views: 5990

Thanks for this thread! This has inspired me to do some of my own CRF testing to see what I like best. Size is really not an issue for me since drives are so dang cheap now, but quality and compatibility with my AppleTV are. I have been doing everything at 3500 because once I got my HDTV I noticed t...
by exodar
Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:21 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Jittery playback on ATV
Replies: 88
Views: 16194

I just remembered I can SSH and VNC to my Mac at home :) Just moused over the CABAC option and it says it is to increase quality for a given bitrate, but specifically says that the AppleTV will struggle and to leave it off for it! Interesting since the AppleTV preset has it checked. I really find al...
by exodar
Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:06 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Jittery playback on ATV
Replies: 88
Views: 16194

I am not at home where I can look at my interface and see, but what is the Cabac option intended to do?