From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RL34F-0006aH-7h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:23:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B904321C083; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 01:22:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E1521C080 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 01:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadc1 with SMTP id c1so8605575qad.40 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:21:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nmaLkq4GsVazGvomlQOjX47Alr4iLq1EORGqwkWuJyI=; b=FVTs6FXmAPz0kjxNiCRp4V3Zs/81g3cDPl7mIXFRK1CvsKP9P2pkYBoqNG0WWrVvRg X3vFSlooYLXsbRW1t62O/wsc2qS1I+tTrIxtlpY+izTptZncw910OdiOUJE2Pxc09BwH jJ7HT20+xmdGdkI64YZ8afC7mGYRqsVUmwyaM= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.131.34 with SMTP id oj2mr3404048obb.71.1320110514511; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:21:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.149.33 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:21:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:21:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD->mp4 - handbrake vs something else From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 861480ea-f533-46f7-8065-02ae13b330fa X-Archives-Hash: 3acfe2583fb4688238e88dac7172e97f On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-30, Mark Knecht wrote: >> I'd like to see about reducing the file size a bit if >> possible. At the same time the native resolution of the Fire is >> 1024x600 so I'm wondering about whether I can make the movies look >> better by making the mp4 file somehow know about that size. > > If you mean you want the files encoded at a resolution of 1024x600, > you can tell handbrake what output resolution you want. =C2=A0You'll get > far better results by encoding to the desired resolution, format and > bit-rate you want the first time than you will re-encoding a second > time. > > You can create your own presets with whatever encoding settings you > want. > > -- > Grant Edwards =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 grant.b.ed= wards =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Yow! World War III? Hi Grant, I've got to say I'm really impressed with Handbrake overall. It just works, most especially if you use one of the presets. I've had only one problem with any of my experiments which was that files encoded using the High profile cause xine to crash with some sort of floating point error. I don't personally care about the high profile so to me it's a non-issue. One thing I haven't been able to figure out so far is where you change the presentation size. I presume that presentation size is the one I want to change to 1024x600 as that's the native resolution of the Kindle. However I discovered where I unlock those setting in Handbrake. Do you know? Anyway, it's a very nice little program for anyone else who's GUI oriented like me. Cheers, Mark