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 1RL4VL-0004Jb-Bt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:55:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B17721C048; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:55:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB285E045E for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D0061B4006 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:54:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.149 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.149 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.479, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.164, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.504, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL=0.01] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FKCi7deyGCid for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003BA1B401E for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RL4U4-00085Q-DM for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:53:52 +0100 Received: from 68.168.167.182 ([68.168.167.182]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:53:52 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 68.168.167.182 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:53:52 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD->mp4 - handbrake vs something else Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.168.167.182 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 0a164f92-49fd-4d74-a9ec-27842f88e970 X-Archives-Hash: 74660178d31cb6817760fc5d1555c9eb On 2011-11-01, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Grant Edwards >> If you mean you want the files encoded at a resolution of 1024x600, >> you can tell handbrake what output resolution you want. ??You'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. > > 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 think it's the -w and -l options for width and height, respectively. I only use the CLI version (https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CLIGuide), but I'm sure there's somewhere in the GUI to set all that stuff as well. I think that web page is a bit out of date, so do "HandbrakeCLI --help" for a current set of options. > 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? -w and -l set the output file's width/height (in pixels). If your pixels are square, then I think that's all you need. If your pixels aren't square, then I think you need some other options. You can get a list of the exact settings for each of the presets by doing HandBrakeCLI --preset-list. > Anyway, it's a very nice little program for anyone else who's GUI > oriented like me. I don't have the GUI version installed, so I'm afraid I can't help with that end of it, but IIRC the GUI will let you create your own presets. I don't think the CLI version does custom presets, but it would be easy enough to copy the settings from one of the built-in presets into a file, and edit them until you get a command line that works the way you want. Once you've figured out good settings for your device, submit a patch, and next time maybe HandBrake will already "just know" what to do. :) -- Grant