The Monkey Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have a bunch of movies on an external HD, but they're in a whole bunch of different formats. Is there a straightforward way to convert them to whatever iTunes needs so that I can view them on my iPad/iPhone. Performing such conversion within iTunes itself doesn't seem to cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 <grawk>handbrake</grawk> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 What's the desired format for iPad/iPhone movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 What's the desired format for iPad/iPhone movies? whatever handbrakes drop down select box that says "iphone" produces? HandBrake I've only done this once, but it was literally three clicks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Cool, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanflyz Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Check out these presets for HandBrake that does the conversion for you: Optimised Handbrake Presets For Encoding Video For Your New iPad Or iPhone 4 | Lifehacker Australia Very easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episiarch Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 In Handbrake 9.4 I'm using the Apple Universal setting, which produces results that look good on computer screen (via iTunes playback or on their own) and Apple TV as well as iPhone. If I'm starting from a ripped full DVD bundle, I also go into the Subtitles tab and select closed captions, if any exist. iTunes and iPhone respect closed captions in that you can turn them on or off during playback. IMO they're a nice feature to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhd812 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 i never had luck with handbrake, way too many converts that just dont work after all is done. i use earthsoft Bluray ripper with any dvd. i do most of mine in h.264 720p (blurays) and yes they work on itunes,ipad, and iphon4. out of maybe 30 movies i had one bluray that would not work but the others were perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 yah, I have 800+ handbrake conversions that work great. I use either "Apple Universal" or "Airport" presets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 And they you can watch them thanks to this! https://www.trytvhat.com/flare/next%3Cb%3EFlare%3C/b%3E/next?etag=asotv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 yah, I have 800+ handbrake conversions that work great. I use either "Apple Universal" or "Airport" presets Dan, what is the file format that gets spit out in the end--mp4, m4v...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Dan, what is the file format that gets spit out in the end--mp4, m4v...? M4V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I use Universal, but back the Constant Quality RF from 20 to 20.5 (to usually keep under 2GB and the occasional file system issues that hit above). That's for archiving and transfer, not iPad related. The file extension shouldn't matter though. Have done a bunch on a Windows and Mac Handbrakes and ended up with both .mp4 and .m4v. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I wish visual hub was still around. I used to only use Handbrake for ripping DVD, as visual hub is great for everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I wish visual hub was still around. x2. Doubly wish I had backed it up before reformatting a HD. Luckily Handbrake has picked up some of the slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Except that .m4v is basically an Apple container format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Except that .m4v is basically an Apple container format. True, but even my PS3 can play m4v's so it's a pretty valuable container in my book. It's one of the few ways that I've found to download HD mkv rips and have them be useful. It's a sucky workflow to have to download and then immediately transcode via Handbreak but it's better than being stuck with far lower quality avi rips of the shows that I want to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 x2. Doubly wish I had backed it up before reformatting a HD. Luckily Handbrake has picked up some of the slack. I'm out of town today, but I'll see if I have the installer backed up anywhere. The problem was the app would update itself and my original installer may be an older version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Thanks, would definitely appreciate it much. Actually, they have backup instructions on the site - Techspansion - which I kept meaning to do and then screwed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Thanks, would definitely appreciate it much. Actually, they have backup instructions on the site - Techspansion - which I kept meaning to do and then screwed up. I sent you a PM with the link. I assume you saved your registration email so you can re-activate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Another stupid question... I just got season 3 of The Muppet Show on DVD (The Muppets FTMFW, btw), and now I want to jam it onto my iPad. How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Another stupid question... I just got season 3 of The Muppet Show on DVD (The Muppets FTMFW, btw), and now I want to jam it onto my iPad. How? You can use handbrake to rip protected DVDs into H.264 files, and use iTunes to load them onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Well then that's what I'm gonna do. Thanks HPA. EDIT Also, Handbrake doesn't appear to offer a preset for the iPad...the closest seem to be "iPhone/iPod Touch" or "AppleTV." Does it matter which I use? Should I use a different preset altogether? Edited July 23, 2010 by The Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I believe Dan already answered that:I use either "Apple Universal" or "Airport" presetsYou definitely want it bigger than "iPhone/iPod Touch", so definitely don't use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Indeed. Apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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