I think this is the problem I'm running into.
I TSMuxed 5th Element and the windows version of handbrake 0.93 is just hanging out forever. It's been about 30 minutes so I'll give it a bit longer and see what happens.
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I think this is the problem I'm running into.
I TSMuxed 5th Element and the windows version of handbrake 0.93 is just hanging out forever. It's been about 30 minutes so I'll give it a bit longer and see what happens.
Well this is strange. Maybe dyna can comment on this. After the HB transcode was done as with my others (720p, 59% constant quality, AC3 to AAC track 1, AC3 passthrough track 2), the bitrate on this movie is over 8 mbps and, thus, will not sync to my ATV. I wonder what might have caused this? I'll redo the transcode to see if I can get it down below 6 mbps for sync'ing.
That's what can happen when you use CQ/CRF... The encoder uses whatever bitrate necessary to maintain a given quality. IMO, 55-57% is better when using real HD sources.
Success! sorta...
Ripped 5th element with no problem but when I encoded it - I left the framerate same as source and for whatever reason ended up with a file that wanted to play at 45fps.
So I'm re-encoding it now at NTSC and we'll see what happens.
Are you guys putting everything at 1280x720? Or do you leave some at 960x544?
Also the windows version took like...hours to read the truehd to ac3 tsmuxed version. The mac version (both 0.93) took like 45 minutes. No offense to any one on here but the os x version of handbrake feels a lot better than the windows version.
Ripped 5th element with no problem but when I encoded it - I left the framerate same as source and for whatever reason ended up with a file that wanted to play at 45fps.
So I'm re-encoding it now at NTSC and we'll see what happens.
Are you guys putting everything at 1280x720? Or do you leave some at 960x544?
Also the windows version took like...hours to read the truehd to ac3 tsmuxed version. The mac version (both 0.93) took like 45 minutes. No offense to any one on here but the os x version of handbrake feels a lot better than the windows version.
Anyone know a way of converting Lissi und der Wilde Kaiser? it has VC1 and HandBrake just won't take it even after using TSMuxer to Mux it with a DTS track instead of DTS-HD (It would only give me DTS not AC3 so if it is DTS I am screwed I take it?)
Anyway anyone know a way to convert?
Anyway anyone know a way to convert?
Help with HB
Ok caveman if you would please help me.... now i have everything i need and have for a long time but i have all of my Blu ray rips in mkv format... now visualhub will convert these to apple tv 5.1 but once put on the apple tv no audio.... and also can HB start from a file instead of disk... i keep getting not a valid source also they are already in 720 p with ac3 audio just need a way to get the audio i have the video perfectly
Ok caveman if you would please help me.... now i have everything i need and have for a long time but i have all of my Blu ray rips in mkv format... now visualhub will convert these to apple tv 5.1 but once put on the apple tv no audio.... and also can HB start from a file instead of disk... i keep getting not a valid source also they are already in 720 p with ac3 audio just need a way to get the audio i have the video perfectly
I have no experience with mkv container input into HB, so someone else will have to comment. Sorry about that. Can you use VH to transcode to a HB-friendly format, while preserving the 5.1?
Mate go to source add the file > set the bitrates and res size etc etc > in audio you have AAC and AC3 (You need AAC as well for AC3 to work I think).
There should work
northy thanks i will try this.... i ahve apple tv hack so i can use ftp to transfer files to apple tv and i ahve tons of dvd rips on it through external HD but now i'm moving up to blu ray been working on it for months... apple tv's processor just won't handle the mkv files
northy handbrake when i try to add the file says scanning new source then no valid source even for mp4 or .mov files HB seems to on reconize sources from an actual dvd or disc i need to reconize the file if HB does this i would be set and could do this all free....just missing the last piece of the pie
you know what i am an idiot never updatedmy handbrake lol it used to only accept dvds.... wow i feel special lol but i will be back for more
northy handbrake when i try to add the file says scanning new source then no valid source even for mp4 or .mov files HB seems to on reconize sources from an actual dvd or disc i need to reconize the file if HB does this i would be set and could do this all free....just missing the last piece of the pie
you know what i am an idiot never updatedmy handbrake lol it used to only accept dvds.... wow i feel special lol but i will be back for more
the latest version of handbrake now recognises any file you give it, so have a go at that and you will be fine.
I was able to fix the issue where HandBrake wasn't auto-cropping the m2ts file on some rips. By default, "Add picture timing info" and "Continually insert SPS/PPS" were checked. The solution was to uncheck all options for the video stream in tsMuxeR.
This also resulted in HandBrake scanning those files a lot faster, 2-3 seconds (even with DTS).
This also resulted in HandBrake scanning those files a lot faster, 2-3 seconds (even with DTS).
Well, unless that is all the bigger your source is (HB will not upscale) then you should be able to go into Picture Settings and increase it up to the source resolution. HB's built in ATV preset downscales anything greater than 540 since that's all the atv can play at the max framerate of 29.976 fps and HB does not know that upon scan. So, long story short you should be able to override the built in preset's <= height of 540 in the Picture Settings window.
That will be down to, as Dynaflash mentions, the settings you are using in HandBrake. HandBrake certainly converts to 720p and in fact CaveMan started this whole thread with on how to do that.
Cheers
If you are cropping the black bars at top and bottom get cropped hence the size being 1280x528, it does 1280x720 if you have the right source
ah okay got the audio part... but now what should i use to retain thhe HD picture... seems to always make the quality horrible and wants to make the frame rate 10fps.... should mp4 or avi? i just want to keep the files the way it is and play it on apple tv why does it have to be so difficult? lol
Judging from your comments in this thread, you're trying to convert MKVs (likely sc3n3 releases)... this thread is about converting pure (and hopefully legitimate) Bluray images. Can we please try and keep these two (different) topics separate?
night storm these are legally copied if you want to say that.. from a blue ray disk. mkv just seemed to be the smallest form i could get it an keep the quality to play them on my mac.... no i want them on apple tv and what a pain... should have done this in the beginning.
northy i set fps same as source for this first conversion... next i will try 23.976.... i also set the target size to the size of the actual rip no reason for it to be compressed i don't really care about the size. maybe that will solve my problem and about 1280x528 instead of 1280 x 720 .... the actual ratio was 1280 x 528 sorry for the mix up
If that's truly the case and you're concerned about quality, you'd want to go back to the originals and re-encode directly to MP4.
I'd strongly recommend you DO NOT use target mode. Use CQ of 55-59% and be done with it. You will needlessly waste bits with the method you describe. Keeping 'Same as Source' for the frame rate should work as well... that said, you may have a one-off case that is causing a problem. 1280x528 could be a valid resolution once you account for cropping the black areas at the top and the bottom of the frame. Again, no need to waste bits encoding black area.
LOL.. so if these're "legally" copied, you still have original Blu-ray disks, right? I think you're wasting time trying to convert MKV to MP4, multiple transcoding is never a good idea.
In any case, as was pointed out earlier, this thread is about converting native BD to ATV/MP4, let's keep transcoding discussions separate from this thread.
Well, Legally copied blu disks arn't legally copied anyway... for that matter.... i'll try setting constant quality for some reason since i downloaded the new handbrake a it still has the old presets this could be my problem