Transformers MPEG-4 file wont play

panchocheesecake · Post by **panchocheesecake** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:02 am

I took out Transformers in the highest quality possible, it is 21 GB, a mpeg4 file, and yet when I open it, it says this:

The movie could not be opened.
The file is not a movie file.

Now, can someone please tell why it is doing that? I leave it overnight and I don't touch it, so it must be one of the settings or the program itself.

version: 0.8.5b1
Comp: duo core, 2.3 ghz, 256 graphics, and 1 GB ram.

Answers?

cvk_b · Post by **cvk_b** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:05 am

Older versions are unsupported.

Bear Hunter · Post by **Bear Hunter** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:33 am

It probably didn't finish demuxing. You need to enable file sizes larger than 4GB. Get the new version and check the preferences.

baggss · Post by **baggss** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:36 am

Why in the world would you even WANT a 21Gb file for a movie that, at DVD quality, was only 7 or 8Gb?

dynaflash · Post by **dynaflash** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:13 pm

We need your settings, sounds to me like you tried to use Constant Quality at 100%, which is why your bloated your file needlessly. Use a maximum of 70%.

http://handbrake.m0k.org/trac/wiki/ConstantQuality

dynaflash · Post by **dynaflash** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:14 pm

Oh, and why not upgrade to 0.9.1 ? you are two revisions behind.

panchocheesecake · Post by **panchocheesecake** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:48 pm

Well, I got it working now. The quality settings is all I did.

Only thing I did to change it now is make it 600kbps.