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Blu-Ray to Apple TV

littfam said:
Not sure if I should post this here?, or start a new thread. Does anyone have any experience adding subtitles to mp4 HD files created from blu rays for the apple TV. Is there any particular apps that I should use, either on the Mac or more likely I presume on Windows? I have searched for this, but cannot seem to find an easy solution.
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I haven't tried adding them to HD files, only normal SD m4v's but I can't imagine it would be that much different. There is a program on the mac called Subler that works really well. The only downside, at least from what I can figure out, is that it only reads in .srt files. But it does let you add in 'soft' subtitles which I love.

Here is the Subler thread that is currently on the handbrake forums: http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9197

Here is the advanced blu ray thread that tackles adding subtitles:
http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9258
 
omni said:
So I encoded an episode of Lost Season 3 both at my standard 57% and at your suggested 62%.

The 57% file is 1.95gb in size and bitrate is around 6300. The 62% is at 3.5gb in size and the bitrate is 11k. The 62% doesn't even play on the appletv.

I bump my dvd encodes up to 62% because the default appletv preset at 59% looks really bad IMO.

I'm totally willing to try to make my HD encodes better but it seems using the default appletv preset and bumping it up to 62% for HD stuff doesn't work, at least for me.
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Interesting. My encodes are all running around 6000. Mind you, these are coming off 1080p HD DVD streams. I start with the Apple TV preset, set the width to 1280 and height is whatever it needs to be depending on the aspect ratio (all 2.35:1 so far) and then bump it up to 62%. This is with HandBrake 0.93 and every encode has played fine on my ATV. It may well be the aspect ratio that is making all the difference since there is less picture to encode.
 
GreatDrok said:
Interesting. My encodes are all running around 6000. Mind you, these are coming off 1080p HD DVD streams. I start with the Apple TV preset, set the width to 1280 and height is whatever it needs to be depending on the aspect ratio (all 2.35:1 so far) and then bump it up to 62%. This is with HandBrake 0.93 and every encode has played fine on my ATV. It may well be the aspect ratio that is making all the difference since there is less picture to encode.
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All of my encodes are blu ray's that I own and rip myself.

The only variable is that I'm not running Handbrake 0.93 - I'm running a svn build, I forget the exact # though (i'm at work).

Oh well - as long as everyone is happy with their encodes, I guess that is a win.
 
Thanks for all the info guys. I think having done it for a few days I am finding that I can't just have a blanket setting. Seems like each movie needs a little bit of tweaking. Especially when trying to balance the best possible quality while retaining the ability to stream it to the AppleTv.

Again thanks for the all the insights. It really helped me get started.

Grim
 
Hi all, new to this. I have a question? How can you add cover art to the HB encoding file.
 
Guys I need your expertise and assistance. I'm new to all of this and would like to rip and store in my ATV, my BD collection. I have read all your instructions but after encoding thru HB, it doesn't add the file into itunes.

Like I said I have, I have verified with tsMuxeR that the original file ripped are H.264 and AC3. So with HB I used the original files instead of the tsMuxeR. I chose under Stream file the larger file, choose the AppleTV preset and selected the anamorphic @ none so I could set the W/H @ 1280x720.

The I left the video codec at H.264 but change the framerate @ 23.976. Left the CQ @ 59% (but also tried the 62% with no luck neither). On the Audio subtab I choose the source as (AC3) (5.1 ch) for both tracks and the audio codec for the first AAC DPLII and the second AC3. The other options in the source are: Automatic, None, Unknown (AC3) (2.0 ch), Unknown (AC3) (5.1 ch), Unknown (AC3) (5.1 ch).

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm also attaching the print screens of the process for better visualization. I appreciate all your assistance.
 

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I'm having issues with converting some of my recent m2ts files to mp4 in HandBrake.

I'm doing virtually nothing to the file except changing it to mp4; even keeping the same filesize.

I'm doing everything exactly as I have in the past, but QuickTime ("not a movie file") and iTunes refuse to open them, when I have successfully done this in the past.

Running them through tsMuxerGUI does nothing ('course I don't know how to use that; I just remuxed), and HandBrake Windows has the same result (you'd be surprised what Windows can do when you do things exactly the same as you did on a Mac; thus, I tried it).

These are HD DVD rips, but that should be meaningless, I think.
 
OS X DTS to AC3 transcoder

There is apparently a DTS to AC3 converter for OS X. I have not used it yet, but am posting for those who may want to give it a try. With this app, it should be possible to demux DTS streams from Blu-ray discs using tsmuxer, then transcode to AC3, then repackage into an m2ts or ts container with AC3 audio. From there, the file could then be transcoded by Handbrake into an Apple TV compatible container.

http://www.2shared.com/file/6497967/84811b69/DTS_to_AC3_convertorapp.html

(There will be an annoying new window with audio ad, so mute your Mac when you go here.)
 
Downloaded it, dragged and dropped an MKV, DTS and AC3 file on it and it didn't work all 3 times, a load of crap if you ask me :)
 
how big should I expect the files to be?

First, just thank you to all that have made this process easier. Especially Cowboy. I have a a quadcore AMD phenom with windows 7, sitting next to my Imac. I just started doing the bluray conversions. I am no stranger to HB, I have over 950 regular DVD's converted. But, I have noticed, since the OS upgrade, I downloaded the latest build of handbrake, and I just want to make sure I am doing things right. Is the latest build of HB that much more efficient?
I did Wall-e last night, from bluray, and followed all the instructions, and I ended up with an ATV playable file that has the little HD logo, but it is only 1.7gb, with a bitrate of 2200. I had the video quality set to 59%.

I am going to set the bitrate to 6000 and see what I get.... Also, even regular dvd files, I am used to HB crushing them down to 1.7-2GB, and now on some movies, its down to 950mb-1.3gb

I encoded most of the 950 using HB 092... sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure I had all the info you might need to point me in the right direction..
 
BigAudio said:
I am going to set the bitrate to 6000 and see what I get.... Also, even regular dvd files, I am used to HB crushing them down to 1.7-2GB, and now on some movies, its down to 950mb-1.3gb. I encoded most of the 950 using HB 092..
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You should download the latest Handbrake snapshot from here. When you launch it, let it update your presets. This snapshot release has substantially improved Blu-ray support over the 0.9.3 version. I suggest you use the Apple TV Preset, then change the video to 1280 wide for the Apple TV and use the default Constant Quality (or 60-62%). Make sure the first audio track is AAC and the second is AC3 passthrough (unless the audio is DTS, in which case you should just disable second audio track for the Apple TV). If you're using a Mac with Plex for playback, you can change the file to an MKV and that will allow you to package DTS passthrough.
 
Cave Man said:
You should download the latest Handbrake snapshot from here. When you launch it, let it update your presets. This snapshot release has substantially improved Blu-ray support over the 0.9.3 version. I suggest you use the Apple TV Preset, then change the video to 1280 wide for the Apple TV and use the default Constant Quality (or 60-62%). Make sure the first audio track is AAC and the second is AC3 passthrough (unless the audio is DTS, in which case you should just disable second audio track for the Apple TV). If you're using a Mac with Plex for playback, you can change the file to an MKV and that will allow you to package DTS passthrough.
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Ok thanks... When I select 1280m it sets the height at 528, is that right?

anamorphic still set to loose? or none?
 
DoFoT9 said:
:eek: :eek:!!!! so your saying that this can "rip" a Blu-Ray disc into an mkv file (which is completely uncompresed), which can then be converted in handbrake to any size/quality that we choose?!?!?
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Others are reporting it works. Unfortunately, my Blu-ray drive is ROM only and OS X won't allow access to it. But yes, this will make Windows unnecessary if it proves to do as advertised. Right now, it cannot handle Blu-ray Plus discs.

Also, Blu-ray video is compressed, just not very much.
 
Cave Man said:
Others are reporting it works. Unfortunately, my Blu-ray drive is ROM only and OS X won't allow access to it. But yes, this will make Windows unnecessary if it proves to do as advertised. Right now, it cannot handle Blu-ray Plus discs.
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huh?? is there some sort or error in OSX or something? a ROM drive should still work fine.. because it will only be reading from it. or am i missing something?

Also, Blu-ray video is compressed, just not very much.
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compared to when it was captured from the filming cameras it has been compressed many many times :p

but yes it does look very promising, i might start saving for a recordable drive
 
is there a "term" for apple not allowing 'direct access' to the drives?? so that i can narrow down the google searches.. its quite hard searching for something that nobody knows about haha!
 
MLC4SGR said:
Takes about 15 minutes to RIP the disc, about 10 min to demux the files you want from the entire disc.. 5 more minutes to convert the audio file if needed.. IE DTS or DD Plus.. then 10-15 to remux all the video and audio.. then about 120 minutes to drop the file in VisualHub to convert for Apple TV...

at least for me...
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Question for you- What do you use to convert a DTS track over to AC3? After the converted, do you just drop the mkv file into visual hub? Will visual hub include the AC3 track??
 
Seg faults with dts to acc

Anyone else having segmentation faults when converting dts to aac with hb snapshot thru latest svn? Tried faac and ca_aac and both fail everytime. I keep having to go back to svn2512 (I think that's the svn#) which works perfectly.

Anyone encountered this? M2ts file was created with latest mac version of tsmuxer with down-to-dts enabled and again disabled.
 
Cave Man said:
C. Set frame rate to 24 fps if the file's native rate is more than 24 fps (some Blu-ray discs have higher or even variable frame rates and this can be determined in tsmuxer).
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I have a question how do you set it to 24 fps without it going out of sync with Audio?
 
After the release of MakeMKV I decided to give this a go, so I bought myself an LG GGW-H20L which is now fitted into my Mac Pro and conected to the ODD-SATA and works well ;)

I then used MakeMKV to rip the main title and Dolby Digital soundtrack from both The Italian JOB & Ghostbusters Blu-Ray discs. This produced output files of approx. 18.5GB for both movies. The only problem I noticed here was the first and last couple of minutes of The Italian Job are missing from the MKV :confused: Is it possible these are in another title?

I the fired up the latest svn of Handbrake and, using Cave Mans recommended settings for the apple tv, I processed both the MKV's. The Italian Job came out at approx. 3GB and the quality is excellent when viewed on the Mac or via the apple TV. However, Ghostbuster came out at almost 6GB and won't sync with the apple tv. If both the MKV's were approx. the same size, wouldn't you expect the output of Handbrake to be approx. the same size and not double? Also, anyone know why Ghostbuster won't sync with the apple tv???

Cheers,

Adrian
 
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