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Easy way to handbreak large amounts

^^ CoolMacLover

^^ CoolMacLover

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So, after getting a ton of new shows from a friend... I need to format them all for itunes, they are mostly in AVI. So I was wondering if there was an easy way to do them in a quick large mass way instead of, finding them and adding them to the queue etc.

:) thanks
 
If you use a HandBrake Nightly put them all in one folder and point HandBrake at the folder. It will scan all of them and put them in the title drop down. From there its two clicks a piece to put them into the queue and let 'er rip. Note: this does not work for HandBrake 0.9.4.
 
dynaflash said:
If you use a HandBrake Nightly put them all in one folder and point HandBrake at the folder. It will scan all of them and put them in the title drop down. From there its two clicks a piece to put them into the queue and let 'er rip. Note: this does not work for HandBrake 0.9.4.
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Could you elaborate? It was my understanding that you cannot batch encode.
 
darkgroove said:
Could you elaborate? It was my understanding that you cannot batch encode.
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Not much to elaborate on. Go download a nightly http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15901 .

You will be able to pick a parent folder of a bunch of files and the gui will load them up in the "Title" drop down which normally shows the titles if scanning a dvd.

Pick each one and "Add to Queue" which is one click a piece for two clicks per title. Once you have them all in the queue hit "Start".

Done.

Note: HandBrake will only scan one level deep in a folder, which means that a Folder full of DVD sources will not work. Only works with flat files like mp4, avi, mkv ..... etc.
 
Although a bit more tedious, i usually load all my movies/TV Shows into Quicktime X and import them into iTunes from there, whihc converts them into MP4 and does not lose any quality.

Can be done on QT X by going to Share>iTunes
 
Steve Jobs=God said:
Although a bit more tedious, i usually load all my movies/TV Shows into Quicktime X and import them into iTunes from there, whihc converts them into MP4 and does not lose any quality.

Can be done on QT X by going to Share>iTunes
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Of course it loses quality. It transcodes them just like HB and any time you transcode you lose some quality.
 
Any experience with Terminal and simple shell scripts? I use HandbrakeCLI (http://handbrake.fr/downloads2.php)

I use one similar to the following
Code: 
#!/bin/bash
for i in *.avi
do
  newname=$(echo $i | sed -e "s/avi/m4v/")
  nice /Applications/HandBrakeCLI -i "$i" -o $newname --preset "Universal"
done;

Note: this doesn't handle spaces inthe names, so avoid that. I have another script which removes spaces and formats the name to my liking, so I know this script will be ok, but YMMV.

You can change "Universal" to any of the presets command line handled by the HandbrakeCLI. Use
Code: 
HandBrakeCLI --preset-list
to get a listing of the presets.
 
dynaflash said:
Of course it loses quality. It transcodes them just like HB and any time you transcode you lose some quality.
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He probably means that the videos are converted at the same settings as the original. Don't know if there's a better way but when I encode videos I use an app called videospec to analyse the original, then adjust the Handbrake settings so they are the same.
 
I think I should point out that you need to be cautious as 'getting a bunch of new shows from a friend' is piracy.

Using Handbrake to encode shows that YOU OWN on DVD is one thing, but what you are doing is illegal...as I am sure you know. :cool:
 
seb-opp said:
He probably means that the videos are converted at the same settings as the original. Don't know if there's a better way but when I encode videos I use an app called videospec to analyse the original, then adjust the Handbrake settings so they are the same.
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Right, but you will still lose some quality.
 
mstrze said:
I think I should point out that you need to be cautious as 'getting a bunch of new shows from a friend' is piracy.

Using Handbrake to encode shows that YOU OWN on DVD is one thing, but what you are doing is illegal...as I am sure you know. :cool:
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I brought them and he downloaded them cause i have a bad internet connect
 
^^ CoolMacLover said:
I brought them and he downloaded them cause i have a bad internet connect
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That's interesting. So what shop is that where you can legally buy mostly AVI movies, but also some in other formats, all without DRM, and someone else can download them on your behalf? I am curious. How much did you pay per movie?
 
mstrze said:
I think I should point out that you need to be cautious as 'getting a bunch of new shows from a friend' is piracy.

Using Handbrake to encode shows that YOU OWN on DVD is one thing, but what you are doing is illegal...as I am sure you know. :cool:
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Pretty sure Handbraking your own DVDs (at least in the US) is illegal. You may not feel it's illegal because you own the DVDs, but breaking the encryption is illegal. It is just as illegal to get video files from a friend as it is to take your DVDs and rip them. But I'm sure you know that.

(And if you live outside the US, you may not have to worry about ridiculous copyright protection laws like we do.)
 
rspeaker said:
Pretty sure Handbraking your own DVDs (at least in the US) is illegal. You may not feel it's illegal because you own the DVDs, but breaking the encryption is illegal. It is just as illegal to get video files from a friend as it is to take your DVDs and rip them. But I'm sure you know that.

(And if you live outside the US, you may not have to worry about ridiculous copyright protection laws like we do.)
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Did I say it wasn't illegal? I said it was "one thing"...since some folks believe that owning the original give legitimacy to owning a digital copy as well...i.e. fair use, and back-up of the data. The OP's version of this story is blatantly illegal in most every country.
 
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