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 1RKZ25-0001Nm-0V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:18:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FEE321C107; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:18:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294A721C05B for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:17:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywe9 with SMTP id 9so5867171ywe.40 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:17:44 -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; bh=Hc8ebMPwMDT8iyh9JiVulZK0p9YS9hTuaQImgOFx3/8=; b=DnPBJ4QreglLtwWzk9I6Xa4PD3vDFKEuYFOw0D7qES3TeWLE9QkQvRxJ1xec1Xh4lx PUsvloJCkIEbFCVIlSKSHFLXFnL85LVdFSF2h/esqAabOpuamud3BEHa4fd/xetAVvq6 q0kZpm0wHCWr4mDZNqB9thXk90g7jeDcxjRxo= 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 10.182.124.9 with SMTP id me9mr2251289obb.1.1319995064525; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.149.33 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:17:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:17:44 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DVD->mp4 - handbrake vs something else From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 211ae4295603c752bbe02624a12d5a25 On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> >> Handbrake goes directly from DVD to a reasonably sized (1.3GB) m4v >> file. That file plays fine in xine and looks very good. Being that the >> Kindle Fire only has about 6GB available for user content that gives >> me 4 movies at a time which is fine for me but I suspect I can do >> better. >> > Handbrake had some settings that allowed me to target different file > sizes. I tried both 700MB and 300MB. Both worked. The 300MB version > was noticeably splotchy on backgrounds when displayed full screen on a > 1920x1280 monitor, but not so much when sized to about the size of the > Kindle Fire. > > - Mark > And the m4v vs mp4 item is like a non-issue for me. From the Handbrake manual: [quote] MP4 vs M4v They are the exact same file, the only difference is the extension. MP4 vs M4v. For MP4 files, HandBrake will automatically use the extension M4V when you pass-through audio (AC3), use SRT subtitles or have chapter markers enabled. You can simply change the file extension between .mp4 and .m4v as the file is exactly the same. There are no differences in the content or container itself. You can disable the option to automatically set this in HandBrakes preferences. [/quote]