HandBrake

You are also incorrect; it is possible to create an MP4 file (not sure about AVI), for example, that STORES the data using non-square pixels (not simply displays it). A pixel by itself doesn't have any shape, actually. It's just a dot with a color. What makes a pixel non-square is the pixel aspect ...

However, 720x480 to 640x480 is a special case, since it is only necessary to change the PAR - each pixel will be smaller, but will keep its original value. Therefore, the conversion is lossless. My original question was whether HandBrake realizes this is a special case or treats it just like the ot...

Changing the storage resolution = resizing. it's exactly the same. If you don't resize, then the storage resolution remains the same. Well, maybe you can call it "resizing"... but the question is whether it is lossless. I believe that it is (theoretically, once again). It isn't. Storage r...

You still have a storage dimension of 720 x 480 No, you have a storage resolution of 640x480 in the second case. Changing pixels to 1:1 affects storage resolution, not display resolution. No. Display resolution doesn't exist per se. It depends on storage resolution and pixel aspect ratio. Changing ...

RoverTX, please create a new topic for your issue. My problem is that if I don't have it set to 100% (0RF) it ends up looking very blocky every other time something movies. I wasn't having this problem before I updated. In this new topic you create, please provide an encode log for a non-100% encode...

640 x 480 with square pixels (PAR of 1/1) will indeed result in the same aspect ratio of 4:3 as 720 x 480 with a PAR of 8/9. But your are losing quality by changing the storage dimensions (whether you call that resizing or not). I don't understand why I am losing quality. This sort of change is (th...

640 x 480 with square pixels (PAR of 1/1) will indeed result in the same aspect ratio of 4:3 as 720 x 480 with a PAR of 8/9. But your are losing quality by changing the storage dimensions (whether you call that resizing or not). I don't understand why I am losing quality. This sort of change is (th...

720x480 is 4:3 after adjusting for non-square pixels. Only if the pixel aspect ratio is 8/9 (720 x 8/9 = 640, resulting in display dimensions of 640 x 480). But on some DVDs, the storage dimension is also 720 x 480 but the PAR is 32/27, resulting in a final aspect ratio of 16:9 (display dimensions ...

My question is in relation to DVD Video, which I believe only comes in a 4:3 variant. Not quite sure what you mean here. Commercial DVDs don't all come in "4:3 variant". Actually, many/most recent DVDs have a 16:9 aspect ratio. Also, once you remove letterboxing and/or pillarboxing (the b...

Interesting - although not necessarily surprising. Apple tends to be very conservative about what you can sync to your iPod. This kind of testing is better in a dedicated topic though - as you obviously realized. Actually, until the nano gets a web browser, whether the nano can actually cope with CA...

Does it work (i.e. not overlap) in VLC?

This could very well be an iTunes/QuickTime bug (wouldn't surprise me if it were Windows-only, too).

I do not know what high/low profile means or how to select them. I chose the preset that gave the best performance/file size ratio. I appreciate your clearing it up for me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Profiles With HandBrake, the H.264 profile is controlled by: http://mewiki.projec...

thisisedge wrote:OK--reading the forums is good. Forcing the Universal preset to 29.97 FPS made a file that plays on the Apple TV and on the iPhone!

I see you figured it out all by yourself. Indeed, both the AppleTV and iPod will refuse to play (or sync) videos if the frame rate exceeds 30 fps.

I think it's the resolution....animation gives me around 7xx X 480 resolution.....fine for the iPhone but apparantly not for the nano How about actually reading what others have posted in the thread? Let's put it more bluntly: The Animation preset outputs High Profile H.264, and therefore isn't com...

It may not be the Nano's specs. It most definitely is. There's no way any version of iTunes will let you transfer high profile H.264 (which is what the Animation preset produces) to any iPod nano. Even if it transferred, the Nano probably wouldn't be able to play it back. in my case, I was able to ...

[05:01:06] * audio track 0 [05:01:06] + decoder: English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (track 1, id 1) [05:01:06] + bitrate: 384 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz [05:01:06] + mixdown: 6-channel discrete [05:01:06] + dynamic range compression: 1.000000 [05:01:06] + encoder: faac [05:01:06] + bitrate: 112 kbps, samplerat...

Well, you are right, this is the place to keep this kind of discussion. Anyway, here's the answer I was going to post to the other thread before it got locked: Rodeo is the only regular user currently stepping up and helping out other people on the forum. HIs comment was neither helpful or friendly....

artsfish wrote:Honestly - some of us really aren't idiots

Then figure out how to use and script the CLI.

No worries Mark! I'm glad it works for you, but I do want to point out two differences between your encode, and my encode. You're using ffmpeg video encoder; I'm using x264 . No worries Mark! I'm glad it works for you, but I do want to point out two differences between your encode, and my encode. H...

Unicorn wrote: - Encoding at variable frames per seconds: 23.976, 24, 25 & 29.97.

How about "Same as source"?

0.9.3 is out with some kind of mkv -> mp4 remuxing. Remuxable formats: h.264, aac, ac-3, ssa/as s, srt. It may be slow for large files, but in my test it works quite well. Let's not forget a major new feature: an application icon! (which si really nice to have, as Subler now looks less silly in the...

Hi All, I can replicate this with all my EyeTV sources i have tested, and think I have traced it to van's 2831 change. The 10.6 + EyeTV package opening fix worked, this problem came later, I built a few HBs tracing back by libhb changes and this is the revision that seems to break things. Andrew OS...

Thanks! I'll try that next disc, Austin Powers should be ready in about an hour. However, I had to use the "DVDNAV" to get my disc 3 of Monty Python to encode. I guess it varies by disc. I'll report back, but do the developers want to post on this thread regarding "snapshot" bug...

Looks like a dvdnav issue - you could probably get the snapshot to work for those discs by disabling dvdnav in Preferences…

Thakorr wrote:I'm having a very similar problem. Would be great if someone could post a possible fix or let me know if the issue is resolved with the snapshot.

Why don't you try the snapshot for yourself?