HQ settings on HB 0.9.2...

[smilinmonki666]

Whats your setttings on HB 0.9.2, I'm trying to find a like for like quality for my ripps but struggling to find a good quality setting...

Whats yours & why have you set them options to what they are?

 

[mindcrash]

I start with the TV preset and add the following:

64 Bit MP4
2-pass encoding
Turbo first pass
Change the bitrate to 3,000

That's about it. These look better than my SD DVD player on my 32" Sharp Aquos using HDMI.

I upped the bitrate to 3,000 because I would like a little better quality since we can now exceed 4GB.

 

[smilinmonki666]

So if I use the 64bit mp4 it will not break TV compatibility? What if I up the bit rate to 3500Kbps or 4000Kbps??

Also, what file type do you save it as for the TV???

 

[sJv]

So if I use the 64bit mp4 it will not break TV compatibility? What if I up the bit rate to 3500Kbps or 4000Kbps??

Also, what file type do you save it as for the TV???

ATV supports 64 bit files. There is diminishing returns somewhere around 2500 to 3000KBps. I would encode a high quality action movie at 2000, 2500, 3000, and 3500 and see for yourself where this point is.

If you select the ATV preset, it will save the file as a .m4v file, which is what you want.

-steve

 

[smilinmonki666]

Cool, i'm trying this out now. Cheers guys.

Would be nice to have them at a HQ setting so I don't compress them any more than I need to.

 

[sJv]

Cool, i'm trying this out now. Cheers guys.

Would be nice to have them at a HQ setting so I don't compress them any more than I need to.

I have found that the default 2500Kbps setting is indistinguishable from DVD on my 100" projector and my friends 55 inch HD mitsubishi LCD rear projector. I actually drop the rate to 2000Kbps for older movies and things like comedies, and they still look about as good as DVD.

-steve

 

[Roy Hobbs]

I start with the TV preset and add the following:

64 Bit MP4
2-pass encoding
Turbo first pass
Change the bitrate to 3,000

That's about it. These look better than my SD DVD player on my 32" Sharp Aquos using HDMI.

I upped the bitrate to 3,000 because I would like a little better quality since we can now exceed 4GB.

Is this with 5.1 as well?? If so how big are these files?

 

[roland.g]

I did some tests and starting of course with Apple TV preset and then changing it AC3 audio only, 2 pass turbo 1st pass, I changed the bitrate to 1500. I have done tests at 2000 and 2500 and none of the higher bitrates look any better streaming or synced to my Apple TV on a 46" Samsung DLP via component in and audio optical.

*I currently have my DVD player on my HDMI -> DVI input (the samsung has only component and dvi in, no hdmi which is fine since I use optical for the audio directly into my receiver).

 

[papagrande]

dynaflash can likely answer this but....

ATV supports 64 bit files. There is diminishing returns somewhere around 2500 to 3000KBps. I would encode a high quality action movie at 2000, 2500, 3000, and 3500 and see for yourself where this point is.

If you select the ATV preset, it will save the file as a .m4v file, which is what you want.

-steve

I am pretty sure that while atv will support the 64 bit file, if you file is bigger than 4 gigs (hello LOTR trilogy) it will not sync with atv. Just a note to remember to watch out for the final size.

papa

 

[mindcrash]

I am pretty sure that while atv will support the 64 bit file, if you file is bigger than 4 gigs (hello LOTR trilogy) it will not sync with atv. Just a note to remember to watch out for the final size.

papa

It seems to stream just fine though....is this anyone else's experience?

 

[roland.g]

I am pretty sure that while atv will support the 64 bit file, if you file is bigger than 4 gigs (hello LOTR trilogy) it will not sync with atv. Just a note to remember to watch out for the final size.

papa

I have then extended editions and rip them as they were original written. Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 through Book 6. Remember Fellowship is actually Book 1 and Book 2. I don't assemble the 2 disc movie into a single file.

 

[mindcrash]

I have then extended editions and rip them as they were original written. Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 through Book 6. Remember Fellowship is actually Book 1 and Book 2. I don't assemble the 2 disc movie into a single file.

I've been stitching them together w/VisualHub. Tested Fellowship last night and it streamed fine with a file size over 4GB. But like I said, I don't sync anything to the unit itself.

 

[papagrande]

I have then extended editions and rip them as they were original written. Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 through Book 6. Remember Fellowship is actually Book 1 and Book 2. I don't assemble the 2 disc movie into a single file.

Great idea! I was just going to have mine as fotr part1 , fotr part 2 etc...

I was not trying to confuse anyone. But over at the handbrake forums they state :
You can go over 4GB but you must use the 64-bit option (which will make it incompatible with the AppleTV.

I just wanted to give a bit of a warning as I would not want my fellow enthusiast to go to all the trouble of ripping a movie that would not play on their atv.'

papa

mindcrash, it may have to do with syncing vs streaming. I am just learning.

 

[bacaramac]

Hey guys, read this thread. It is stated that ATV 2.0 now works with 64bit option.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/438121/

 

[cohibadad]

You can go over 4GB but you must use the 64-bit option (which will make it incompatible with the AppleTV.

64 bit isn't compatible with TV but it is with TV2. Dynaflash updated the warning and took the preferences option out of the latest build.

 

[Jeff Hall]

You should also use the preview mode to decide if you need to de-interlace. I pretty much just always de-interlace with "slower" mode.