HandBrake

Crunch = elgato = Quicktime encoding, not FFmpeg nor anything original. Anyone still interested in H.264 instead of x.264? Now, what would be smart, is if Roxio returned a favor to elgato and let them include an "export to EyeTV" choice --- it would create the .eyetv package file etc. and ...

Don't think VH yet handles .mkv files either.

Sorry, forgot to mention I didn't play back what I have on an AppleTV (I don't have one.) I realize that's potentially another variable. Not sure why 2-pass would cause the issue for you, particularly since you specified a workable bitrate (assuming you meant k bps.) You mentioned using HB's default...

I just now played back that scene with Quicktime, but on my monitor enlarged the window to 1553 x 652 pixels. Looks incredible. Don't know if this will help, but just last week I encoding this movie using the AppleTV preset + 2-pass. 2500kbps target bitrate. With anamorphic encoding this plays back ...

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Well I have not done anything different with VisualHub that i did with Handbrake. I think you have. You just haven't discovered what it is yet. The very fact that these two apps have very different interfaces almost guarantees that the settings will never be identical out of the box. Both apps have...

Here's what works for me.

1) Import video
2) Do a Get Info
3) Select default artwork and delete (leave Get Info window open)
4) Paste in new artwork; click OK

If you skip step 3, tell iTunes to trash the video and go back to step 1.

And when you choose anamorphic, take a look at the numbers for:

Source
Output
Anamorphic Output

Anamorphic Output will indicate what you get when you play back the file (i.e. when the player plays the file, sees the anamorphic flag and says, "oh, I need to stretch this beyond 720 ...)

4:3 content isn't anamorphically stored, so no --- you would NOT use HB's anamorphic option for that. The anamorphic process is similar to an "encode/decode" sort of process; you don't want one half of the equation to occur without the other. This is a good primer: http://www.thedigitalbit...

maximthemagnificent, you do not literally want the same aspect ratio the movie is encoded with, if it's an anamorphic DVD. Anamorphic DVDs squeeze a wide image into a more narrow 720x480 frame, creating a "funhouse" sort of effect; the player stretches it back later to present the proper a...

easterdonkey, from the looks of that thread you've linked to, you'll have to wait for geezerbuttz to release r15. But I'll say it again, these types of disks are exactly the kind that (IMO) should be returned. Deliberate bad mastering is evil incarnate. If they take a big enough hit to their profits...

Because I was already familiar with editing prefs files I chose Method #1, which is a very easy fix if you've already made a custom preset --- and yes it works. Thanks again to e71 for sleuthing this and to dynaflash for the upcoming fix. This is precisely how the process of improvement should work,...

I'll try this tomorrow. I thought I'd gone crazy these last 2 days. Thanks esb. I wouldn't have occurred to me that a preset would influence cropping. Here's the thread I almost started, but had decided to wait until I could play around some more: "Anamorphic output" size didn't equal actu...

I just don't understand why. For your current situation it probably doesn't matter much. The thing about video codecs and container formats, from what I've been able to glean, is that picking "the right one" seems to stand a better chance down the road of ensuring compatibility/performanc...

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Now, as to what the appeal is, that'll depend on what your goals or priorities are (or aren't.)

... I'm currently using 2 DVD ripping programs: Handbrake and Commercial "DVD Ripper for Mac". ... Handbrake isn't a ripping program. It has that function in limited form only as a carryover from yesteryear. But if it doesn't rip like you want, move on to modern solutions. Speaking of whi...

hawkman wrote: ... even though it's clear enough from the main window that I'm using custom settings.

I tend to disagree --- not that it's custom per se but what Custom really means, i.e. that you've canceled your preset, not added to it. I understand that may change with a future release.

When using HB 0.8.5b1 my encoding frame rate when using the HB-Ipod preset is only 10-11 FPS. ( Sounds low. I get an avg. of 13 or so on my 2.0 G5, 10.5 if surfing the Net or something else. And that's with a 2-pass AppleTV preset. I have 150-167% CPU usage. Make sure you aren't doing anything else...

Talk about timing. I cruised that thread just now after seeing it was a Sticky, saw your great explanation, which is to say I obviously understood it wrong. Doh! I think I might have some movies to re-encode lol. And then raced back over here and ... :roll: Thanks again dynaflash for that explanatio...

A proper test likely isn't an audio file, but rather a video file with a surround-sound audio track as part of it. The difference is the file container, and how it gets encoded (which is why we're all here, right) and further how AppleTV treats what its fed. So just find a relevant chapter on a DVD ...

The latest MTR 3.0 r14d is the best all-in-one solution for the Mac in many cases. Older versions and/or other tools exist that when used in combination could also work. Personally, if I had to regularly glue 2 or 3 apps together just to rip a VIDEO_TS folder I'd put together a cheap PC and get a Wi...

When you first load the movie into the GUI, does it report it as anamorphic, and if it does, is that because you have preferences set to turn on anamorphic encoding automatically? If so, deselect that preference, quit HB. Launch HB again and load the movie again. Does it now still say Output = 640x3...

If it's so easy to change I would like to see an option to choose what de-interlacing I want to apply to my DVD. Options could grow over time (VLC for example has a couple nice ones). And for the UI: One could just add an Drop-Down Menu behind the de-interlacing label. I think you're a bit ahead of...

Samurai, you're a pretty smart cookie. Not many would have caught the faux pas of the Presets menu being "in the wrong position." But I don't share your complaints, really, except for maybe one instance for #9. When using the HB-AppleTV preset, I additionally check 2-pass and preserve (i.e...

^^ Clarification, from this thread: http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7212#7212 To explain a bit, in case you've been using it, the "Same as Source" drop-down in the Mac GUI is misleading to the point it's a bug. It only deals with PAL versus NTSC, not with whether the DVD is ...