RE: Re: Should I re-rip all my movies??!!

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, from what I've read so far, it would appear that Handbrake seems
to be
the tool of choice for the task of re-encoding?

I've purchased an AppleTV to play with, I'm going to at least investigate
the option of re-encoding... I have no huge objection to it in principle -
so long as I can preserve the DD5.1 AC3 soundtrack, and maintain the same
video quality... If I can batch up the source DVD rips to re-encode
continuously for a week or two, then all the better... (I have multiple
PC's
I could dedicate to the task too)

So over the next couple of evenings I shall start experimenting... - anyone
have any recommendations for the optimum settings to use for the best
quality output?

TIA

Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Marcus Warrington
Sent: 14 November 2011 09:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Should I re-rip all my movies??!!


I'm only going off what John said earlier and the fact that I've been
unsuccessful in my attempts so far. Of course in my case it could be that
the TV simply won't pass on the audio via its optical out. My surround amp
isn't HDMI enabled so I can't actually test it direct.

Since I do suffer from the odd stuttering of the video I may as well go
through forum thread and see if it resolves any on the issues.

Thanks


From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Max Hodgson
Sent: 11 November 2011 17:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Should I re-rip all my movies??!!



Are you sure about this?

This thread seems to have a guide for multichannel:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=67819

Can't verify it myself as I don't have a 5.1 amp.

On 11 November 2011 16:12, Marcus Warrington
<marcus.warrington@xxxxxxx<mailto:marcus.warrington%40mis-es.com>>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Dam! That explains why I've wasted the last three weeks of my life
> unsuccessfully trying to get surround sound out of the REVO (running
> XBMCLIve) to the TV (via HDMI) and then onto the Amp via optical from
the
> Samsung TV.
>
> OK... so what low power devices (preferably ION2 based) DO support
> multichannel over HDMI ?
>
> Marcus
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On Behalf
Of
> John Benfield
>
> Sent: 04 November 2011 11:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Should I re-rip all my movies??!!
>
>
> One problem with the Acer Revo is that the HDMI output is 2 channel
only
> (due to a hardware restiction i believe) and with Win7 you can only
output
> audio to one output, so you can't do HDMI and optical at the same
time.
> ATV2 allow full digital audio to both the HDMI and optical.
>
> Regards
> John
>
> On 4 Nov 2011, at 11:13, "Tony"
<tony@xxxxxxx<mailto:tony%40myhap.org.uk><mailto:
> tony%40myhap.org.uk>> wrote:
>
> > ATV2 with xbmc is something I was considering but as the hardware
is
> 720p max I've ruled that one out
> >
> > I'm using an acer revo, windows 7, xbmc and a wireless remote and
as the
> PC just sleeps when not in use startup time is pretty minimal
> >
> > Is it perfect? No, but until I find something better it will have
to do
> >
> > My files are either iso for dvd's or mkv for bluray
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >> So, further to this.... - has anyone here personal experience
of
getting
> >> XBMC running on an ATV2?....
> >>
> >> How much of a PITA is the process really? - how does it
compare to
> >> softmodding a XBOX?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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