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Handbrake 0.9.4 Released.

aygie said:
Hi guys

Just wanted to check, I have a Mac Pro 2 x 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon so am I right in thinking that I need the 32Bit not 64Bit?

Thanks :)
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it doesnt matter what you use, as both will work perfectly fine. the differences is that the 64-bit will give around 10% performance increases over the 32-bit version

Mr-Stabby said:
Quick question though, when encoding using the x264 codec, how do i get files to play in Quicktime Player (either 7 or X). At the moment i just get the sound and a solid green picture throughout the whole thing. I'm aware i can use VLC to play it, and i imagine Perian might make it play, but unfortunately i would like to use the files with Final Cut, and Final Cut Pro hates Perian and of course won't work with VLC. Works ok with the FFmpeg encoder though, so it's not the end of the world if i can't use x264.
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how very odd. it should "just work" when you convert it. x264 is supported by apple and all the software they develop. you should try to verify your settings and convert the movie again.
 
Mr-Stabby said:
Like others have said, i can't believe Handrake is free considering the features it has. It also has more reliability than most paid applications i've used. I would happily pay for it, but anyhoo....

This new version gives me around 130fps on DVDs with my Mac Pro. It's lightning fast.

Quick question though, when encoding using the x264 codec, how do i get files to play in Quicktime Player (either 7 or X). At the moment i just get the sound and a solid green picture throughout the whole thing. I'm aware i can use VLC to play it, and i imagine Perian might make it play, but unfortunately i would like to use the files with Final Cut, and Final Cut Pro hates Perian and of course won't work with VLC. Works ok with the FFmpeg encoder though, so it's not the end of the world if i can't use x264.
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it will come down to settings for x264. Try using the appletv ones to start off with, and then the high profile ones. Note that the h264 encoder in ffmpeg is also x264 isn't it (not sure, thought it was).

You can be sure that it really should be working within QT, an is well tested in QT (although subs in QT X suck). So check your advanced video settings.

Cheers Ed.
 
H.264 vs x264

FYI. H.264 is a video compression standard, x264 is a (very good) video encoder that encodes to H.264.

H.264 has a lot of features, not all of which are supported by Apple on all of their products.

So it is certainly possible that a H.264 feature could be used in a video that QT doesn't know how to handle.

Cheers Ed.
 
eddyg said:
You want the 64bit. Those are 64bit CPUs you have there, I should know, got the same box as you :)

Cheers Ed.
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DoFoT9 said:
it doesnt matter what you use, as both will work perfectly fine. the differences is that the 64-bit will give around 10% performance increases over the 32-bit version
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Cheers guys, appreciate the replies.:)
 
MacFly123 said:
I checked the Activity Monitor while it was running and it was not running in 64bit, yet it is a lot faster at encoding. Am I missing something? :confused:

Also I am having problems with the DVDs I rip and my Apple TV now! :mad: The files look fine when I play them in QuickTime or any player on my MacBook Pro, but after I store them on my Time Capsule and sync them to my Apple TV (3.0.1) they have SERIOUS macroblocking and artifacting... they look horrible. What is going on? Anyone have a clue, or having the same problem??? :( I tried restarting my Apple TV and deleting and resyncing the files and once again, they look perfectly fine on my computer, but crap once synced. Is it likely a compatibility issue with Apple TV 3.0.1 and the new Handbrake 0.9.4? Everything was fine until I updated to 0.9.4.

This sucks! I'm right in the middle of ripping my whole DVD library! :(

P.S. Can Handbrake rip Bluray discs now? If so, how?
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Mine is running in 64bit , and is finally working fantastic with Apple TV, it was crashing before every time. I have VLC 1.03 and the ATV picture is better than ever now.
It could be a sync problem is it connected wirelessly? you could try with direct cable from your router to check it, weirdly I had terrible problems with sync when I moved my ATV turned out to be a dodgy cat5 lead even though it tests fine the ATV gave me all kinds of strange iphoto sync problems and movie sync errors inc wrong format error messages. I thought it was Snow leopard or some kind of firewall thing I changed the cable as a last resort the other day and it suddenly sprang back to life!
 
make sure you use the new updated apple tv preset. You MUST turn The x264 encoder feature weightp off, since there is a bug in QT on the ATV which causes the macroblocking, and yes it is a serious bug in QT, looks awful.

Cheers Ed.

MacFly123 said:
I checked the Activity Monitor while it was running and it was not running in 64bit, yet it is a lot faster at encoding. Am I missing something? :confused:

Also I am having problems with the DVDs I rip and my Apple TV now! :mad: The files look fine when I play them in QuickTime or any player on my MacBook Pro, but after I store them on my Time Capsule and sync them to my Apple TV (3.0.1) they have SERIOUS macroblocking and artifacting... they look horrible. What is going on? Anyone have a clue, or having the same problem??? :( I tried restarting my Apple TV and deleting and resyncing the files and once again, they look perfectly fine on my computer, but crap once synced. Is it likely a compatibility issue with Apple TV 3.0.1 and the new Handbrake 0.9.4? Everything was fine until I updated to 0.9.4.

This sucks! I'm right in the middle of ripping my whole DVD library! :(

P.S. Can Handbrake rip Bluray discs now? If so, how?
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zedsdead said:
Yes. It also averages 90 FPS on a DVD source (and this was with Decomb on), up from around 80 from the 32 bit version. There is a noticeable difference, not to mention the i7 is a beast to begin with.

Just make sure you install VLC 1.0.2, not 1.0.3 which is not 64-bit yet.
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97fps on my i7 encoding wall-e :)
 
eddyg said:
FYI. H.264 is a video compression standard, x264 is a (very good) video encoder that encodes to H.264.

H.264 has a lot of features, not all of which are supported by Apple on all of their products.

So it is certainly possible that a H.264 feature could be used in a video that QT doesn't know how to handle.

Cheers Ed.
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thanks for filling us in on that mate. do you think the handbrake people would include features that apple doesn't support?
 
Used 64 bit (had to back down to VLC 1.0.2 64 bit as well). Ripped a couple of DVDs (including LOTR) with subtitles. The subtitles worked gloriously in iTunes, but did not work correctly AT ALL in the QuickTime player (generally would get "stuck" on a given subtitle over dozens of scenes, figure it out, switch to a new subtitle, and then get stuck again).

I never could figure out how iTunes was doing some different from what QT could do - but it does seem to be more subtitle aware, as the iTunes floating dvd control has a subtitle balloon in it, whilst in QT you have to choose subtitles from the menu bar.

But Handbrake itself has worked terrifically for me so far. It is faster than it's predecessor, and produces very high quality rips with the "default" settings in its presets. Previously, I would choose a preset and do a bit of tweaking. Not anymore.
 
DoFoT9 said:
thanks for filling us in on that mate. do you think the handbrake people would include features that apple doesn't support?
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Why not? Handbrake is an excellent encoder and many people in the past have used it to produce video that could play on PS3, XBox, and PSP devices. They used to have presets for all those devices as well, but they have removed many of them in this latest update (read their web site if you want to know why).

It is certainly possible to produce video using Handbrake that could not be played on the Apple TV, or even in Quicktime for that matter, but would work perfectly on some other device.
 
For the people that got VLC in 64bit, is it stable? I also looked through the different versions they have and got the 64 bit 1.0.2 that someone also posted here in the first page, however, while reading their forums or FAQ's, someone asked if using the previous built (1.0.2) in 64 bit was ok compared to the latest (1.0.3) in 32 bit. The explanation came back as VLC not being solid at 64 bits and to stick with 32 bits.

I downloaded the 64 bit version of handbrake but it asked for the 64 bit VLC, so I then downgraded to the 32 bit version of Handbrake. I won't be using it much, but I will use it heavily these coming weeks. What do you guys recommend? Sticking with the two at 32 bits, or going 64 on both of them?
 
dernhelm said:
Why not? Handbrake is an excellent encoder and many people in the past have used it to produce video that could play on PS3, XBox, and PSP devices. They used to have presets for all those devices as well, but they have removed many of them in this latest update (read their web site if you want to know why).
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yup i read their news section and saw the reasons why they removed them, i totally agree with them removing them

It is certainly possible to produce video using Handbrake that could not be played on the Apple TV, or even in Quicktime for that matter, but would work perfectly on some other device.
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true i didnt really consider that, but do the requirements of ps3/psp etc go outside that of what apple already supports? if so then i can totally understand them having all the additional features and whatnot. if not, then those features would be for the even smaller minority groups - maybe people such as high end movie editors etc, i suspect they would have better (ie more expensive) programs to do the job anyway. ;) :D
 
dernhelm said:
Used 64 bit (had to back down to VLC 1.0.2 64 bit as well). Ripped a couple of DVDs (including LOTR) with subtitles. The subtitles worked gloriously in iTunes, but did not work correctly AT ALL in the QuickTime player (generally would get "stuck" on a given subtitle over dozens of scenes, figure it out, switch to a new subtitle, and then get stuck again).
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There is a bug in QuickTime X, it hangs if the subtitles' text have more than one text style (italic, bold, underlined).
 
Might be a stupid question, but does Handbrake use the video card? I just compared ripping 2 of my DVDs, on my 2,8 ghz c2d iMac with the ATI 2600 HD card I got an average of 37 fps but on my 2,5 ghz c2d mbp with the 512 mb 8600 card I got an average of 60 fps. :confused:

VLC 1.0.2 & Handbrake 0.9.4 - both 64 bit on both systems.
 
On my MacPro 2x2.8GHz 2008 model I'm getting:

140fps @ 32bit
170fps @ 64bit

Using 800% CPU. Not bad...! Not bad at all :)
 
Blu ray ripping

So ive seen the question a couple of times in this thread allready but no answer to it.

Is it possible top rip a Bluray disk on a mac to a h.264 codec already or does your mac need to be running windows for that, that intel thing makes it confusing with things like this.

I know i cant play bluray on a mac, but is it possible to rip itand if so, how/wich programms to use?

Thank you.
 
handbrake 64-bit mkv memory leak?

I'm trying to transcode a 2.35GB mkv file, and handbrake basically leaks memory until my box (3gb iMac core2) is unusable due to the swapping.

I'm using the 64-bit version on SL. Anyone else seeing this problem?
 
Data said:
So ive seen the question a couple of times in this thread allready but no answer to it.

Is it possible top rip a Bluray disk on a mac to a h.264 codec already or does your mac need to be running windows for that, that intel thing makes it confusing with things like this.

I know i cant play bluray on a mac, but is it possible to rip itand if so, how/wich programms to use?

Thank you.
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http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9258

This is my resource for encoding Bluray. Please read the entire thread and ask questions as it is a time consuming and detailed process. But the results for me are fantastic as I use these steps to convert Bluray discs for the purpose of playback on ATV.
 
Might be a silly question, But is handbrake mainly used for ripping dvds to the machine? If so doesn't that occupy alot of space for something you'll probably only watch once or twice?

Cheers
 
iWoz said:
Might be a silly question, But is handbrake mainly used for ripping dvds to the machine? If so doesn't that occupy alot of space for something you'll probably only watch once or twice?

Cheers
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Handbrake transcodes DVDs and other file so they play on other devices. Most here use it for iPods/apple tvs/mac mini.
 
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