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Does depend on your settings - id do you have any picture filters on? Still seems slow. I had a 2.4 c2d and encoding avatar with appletv2 preset, rf 20, and 2 audio tracks, no filters, took 7 hours. On my newly built hackintosh, 4gb ram, 2.9ghz i7, same settings, took 2 hours and 2 mins. FWIW.
That is brilliant IMO, it isn't meant to finish encoding in like a couple of hours. It takes time.
Just FYI, you might want to use the nightly build of Handbrake to support faster/better/easier ripping from BR to ATV with surround sound support.
Right now, I use the nightly to allow me to convert DTS surround tracks to AC3 (which are supported by ATV/ATV2).
Also, with regard to the length of time it takes for each encode, it seems to be about 5-7 hours per Blu-Ray, or 30-45 minutes for a regular DVD, on my 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac (processor pegged at 100% the whole time).
Right now, I use the nightly to allow me to convert DTS surround tracks to AC3 (which are supported by ATV/ATV2).
Also, with regard to the length of time it takes for each encode, it seems to be about 5-7 hours per Blu-Ray, or 30-45 minutes for a regular DVD, on my 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac (processor pegged at 100% the whole time).
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In case you din't know. HB 0.9.5 was released the other day. Which has all the updates from the nightlies. So now you can use the stable release..But otherwise your advice is smack on.
I tried to convert a DT to AAC and A3 in the new handbrake and nothing. THe audio jumps and sounds like it skips. Tips?
What is TSmuxer?
What do I use it for?
Do i use TS Muxing? M2TS ? Bluyray? Demux?
Then what do I join the file with? Visual Hub?
What is TSmuxer?
What do I use it for?
Do i use TS Muxing? M2TS ? Bluyray? Demux?
Then what do I join the file with? Visual Hub?
One wrinkle you might be missing in HB is to make sure that the picture setting is set to a "Custom" of 1280 x 720. This gives you a greater horizontal resolution on movies that are less than 720 lines tall (which is the case with most BD movies), without exceeding the 720p limitation of the ATV2.
To do this, open the picture settings window (Ctrl-Shift-P); the width should be set to 1280 by default under the ATV2 preset. If the height is less than 720, click the Anamorphic dropdown box and select "Custom"; then increase the height to be 720 and code away!
If you do this, instead of your cinema-wide movie being 1280 x 544 (or whatever), it will be 14?? (or greater) x 720, depending on the width of the original movie. This gives you greater resolution on an ATV compatible file than under the untweaked ATV2 preset. I have only ATV1s, and I do this every time I rip a BD. Never had an issue with the movie resolution, so I can't imagine that the more powerful ATV2 will have any trouble whatsoever.
If I can find the thread where this was previously explained to me, I'll link it, because the poster gave a much more technical and thorough explanation of why this is a good thing.
herbcheck:
I'm going to give you the quick answer because I feel like you are over complicating things.
Pop the bluray into your drive, launch MakeMKV - convert it to MKV (I personally deselect all the extra audio and all of the subtitles).
Drop the MKV into handbrake 0.95 (or whatever is the latest version) and select whatever preset you need.
Handbrake converts DTS to AAC/AC3 these days.
These are the only steps I do these days for 90% of my movies and they all look great at 720p with 5.1 on appletv.
I'm going to give you the quick answer because I feel like you are over complicating things.
Pop the bluray into your drive, launch MakeMKV - convert it to MKV (I personally deselect all the extra audio and all of the subtitles).
Drop the MKV into handbrake 0.95 (or whatever is the latest version) and select whatever preset you need.
Handbrake converts DTS to AAC/AC3 these days.
These are the only steps I do these days for 90% of my movies and they all look great at 720p with 5.1 on appletv.
Here's the post that explains the theory behind the custom anamorphic setting in HB.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/10880399/
First post updated
I've just updated the first post of this thread to reflect the amazing progress that's been made in the last year, particularly with Handbrake. Hopefully this will make it easier for everyone who's coming to the forum and doesn't want to read all the posts.
I've just updated the first post of this thread to reflect the amazing progress that's been made in the last year, particularly with Handbrake. Hopefully this will make it easier for everyone who's coming to the forum and doesn't want to read all the posts.
very nice caveman, thanks very much for this update!
I second that. Your contributions are appreciated.
I want to have a file that is under 2 gb . I have download BBRIp before from kingdom release and they are about 1.9 gb and AMAZING quality. How it is possible to get a 22 gb file with still great quality under 2 gb? I know you have to convert but its ok. What is AAC and A3?