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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DVD->mp4 - handbrake vs something else
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> 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