HandBrake

As a DJ i play lots of MP3s and well, i can say 160kbps is sh*t, This is an idiotic comparison and as a DJ you should know better. CD->MP3 is going from a raw PCM source to MP3. So yes, more bitrate is needed. DVD->AAC is going from a heavily compressed AC3 track to AAC. And that AC3 track is going...

Why can't people comprehend that AAC > MP3, and just because its 160kbps, it isn't equivalent. I HATE when I hear "tech journalists" in podcasts make these assumptions, or tell people that MP3 is better and what everyone should use. It really grinds my gears... And, unless your dealing wit...

I'd place my bet on sometime in 2008.

In fairness, given the vast difference in processing horsepower, if Apple had instead settled for a lowest-common-denominator approach, people would be [Censored] that they couldn't exploit the obviously superior hardware capabilities of the Apple TV. I think they did the right thing by giving you ...

Or just do what I did and buy a 1.4TB array and rip for both at the same time.

Thank Apple for not creating a uniform video platform between their devices. One of their biggest mistakes in recent history, IMO.

I've run into the same problem several times now. I have a 2.33 MBP, and newer DVDs have been giving me this problem. However, not all of them. Anyone else have the same problem, or better yet, a solution? I'm happy to upload the activity monitor log, but don't know which portion would be useful. A...

I'll take a wild guess and say that even though you may have clicked on the iPod preset, you probably changed a setting somewhere. But without any information whatsoever, this is just a total shot in the dark.

There was a fix for this submitted shortly after .9.1 came out; this has also been reported in a number of threads. Your options are to build from SVN or wait for the next version... instructions for compiling are available on the site as well.

Also, a good Mac compiling guide here, but it does need updated for some of the Leopard changes (you need Xcode 3 now): http://handbrake.m0k.org/trac/wiki/CompileGuide In reference to your problem, I also had a couple discs that still had audio dropouts with .9.1. However, code was checked in shortl...

Um...Well....I really don't know what to say... Went to the Apple Store, imported video to iTunes, then Synced with demo iPhone... Video worked like a champ! When I told the Apple Tech the specs on the movie, he looked at me like I was crazy...really couldn't blame him. So, that said, I take back e...

Pretty easy, that's what HandBrake was made to do.

It takes about 3 or 4 clicks, atleast in the Mac version.

Great, from what I've read that is typically the main issue with HandBrake Windows install/startup.

Why is this in the Mac forum?

I've never seen/installed the Windows version, but I'll throw out an off the wall idea: do you have the required .net package installed?

Because they are incompatible with each other.

This also happens with The Score as well; Cavalicious mentioned that he had problems with this disc in the past, and I was able to verify it again last night.

Crap... how in the world have I been using HandBrake on Leopard if it isn't compatible???

Seems to me that it is working pretty well, maybe you could be a little more specific as to what isn't working for you.

I can also confirm this. I just encoded this disc last night, and there are a couple seconds missing from the end of the first disc. It cuts off right before Pippin says his last line, as said before. I am using a SVN build from earlier this week (1076).

I typically never bother with DTS UNLESS it is at the full bitrate (~1.5kbps if I recall correctly). At half bitrate, I typically find it hard to tell a difference between the two unless they have "cooked" the DTS track.

For what you want to do, just use the iPod-Hires or the iPod Touch preset. It will create a file that will be compatible with your iPod Touch and you won't have to worry about the other settings. Once you get an encode or two done, then start playing around with the other settings if you still want ...

Note: looks like I better get humping on cftt's for the presets drawer, there may be alot of them for the next release

The best news I've heard all year!

You have to encode for the lowest common denominator, in this case the iPod. Use the iPod (Hi-Res) preset and you'll be all set. The AppleTV preset will generate files that are incompatible with the iPod.

You could just rename the .m4v to .mp4, it will work fine. You will lose the ability to use chapters in QT/iTunes though (unless something has recently changed).

I believe there is also an option in the Preferences, on the General tab.

While I'm not a dev, I think I can answer this one. The HandBrake dev team does not accept donations of hardware, software, or basically anything of monetary value. However, they will gladly accept donations of source code that adds functionality to HB and fits within the scope of the program and vi...

OK, here is a log of one of the encodes that I did with the latest SVN (patched w/ the Leopard-compatibility patch posted elsewhere). It is supposed to have 6 chapters, but it finishes with 9. Not sure if it means anything, but the first six chapters are labeled 'Chapter 1-6' and Chapters 7-9 'Chapt...

I'm noticing similar behavior; will post logs as soon as I can confirm. Just wanted to post a quick note confirming what the original poster was seeing with certain encodes.