What .mp4 Type For iTunes/iPhone Watching?

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Guys,

We all use Handbrake etc for ripping of dvd's to computer, and mp4 h.264 encoding....

but it isnt till recently with my 3rd Gen Nano & iPhone that most if not all .mp4's I've ripped and added to iTunes fail to be added to either device.

They look and play superb in iTunes/Front Row, but won't sync to my phone.

I downloaded iSquint, which is pretty good by all accounts?

But what I'm asking....

Handbrake has a preset for iPhone? Is it best from now on I use this preset for my future DVD rips?

This should sync no problem yea? but what about quality on the computer?

I don't want to be ripping many of my DVD's to my mac if only to see they play back poorly on the computer?

Suggestions/Thoughts.
 
I have the same problem - ripping them twice isnt really an option because of disk space.

Slightly OT - OP what sort of file sizes are you getting with them settings?

Thanks,
 
WotDa said:
Rip em twice. :)

Once using the iPhone setting, once using your normal one.
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You 'avin a laugh? I have to sit here twiddling my thumbs till it's done before I continue with anything else...I aint gonna stop and start it again!


There is a AppleTV preset? Although I think it's resolution will be too high for the iPhone, simply because the Normal preset appears to be too.

I suppose a slightly lower Res. won't do any harm? It's only because I want to create a big playlist of my films in iTunes which I can then easily add to either device.
 
cotton31 said:
I have the same problem - ripping them twice isnt really an option because of disk space.

Slightly OT - OP what sort of file sizes are you getting with them settings?

Thanks,
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It's really hard to say, I've done a few movies with 'Normal' preset in Handbrake, and it's anything from 800mb to 1.7GB...

I don't appear to have any higher than that 1.7GB one.
 
I used the iPod "High" preset in iSquint with the slider on "Go Nuts" and I was getting 30 minute TV shows coming out at 175MB, using the iPhone setting should give you larger videos, but obviously larger filesizes.

The quality of the videos (when watched on the Mac) weren't terrible, but obviously they're intended to be watched on a smaller screen anyway :p

Anything larger than the iPhone setting isn't going to please your iPod/Phone, so stick to 480x320 and rip to the best quality you can handle.
 
Just done a quick episode of xfiles in .mp4 h.264 with the preset of iPhone.

My god what a terrible view, yes it'll look good on the iphone...but NOT itunes etc.

I need a much higher resolution which the iphone can shrink?
 
PAC2007 said:
Just done a quick episode of xfiles in .mp4 h.264 with the preset of iPhone.

My god what a terrible view, yes it'll look good on the iphone...but NOT itunes etc.

I need a much higher resolution which the iphone can shrink?
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Try a multiple of the iPhone resolution, say 960x640
 
Yea I will try that EVH

I naturally thought though that the iPhone would shrink the file anyway? :confused:

I suppose that's what has caught me out...

TBH I think I will continue to rip dvds in Normal .MP4 H.264 format.

Great for watching on the iMac.
 
PAC2007 said:
Yea I will try that EVH

I naturally thought though that the iPhone would shrink the file anyway? :confused:

I suppose that's what has caught me out...

TBH I think I will continue to rip dvds in Normal .MP4 H.264 format.

Great for watching on the iMac.
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If it's over a certain bit rate then it won't go on the iPhone properly.

Google "iPhone max bitrate" and you'll find it easily.
 
unknowndomain said:
I have a prison break season pass the video for that is very reasonable so why not use what ever resolution it is that apple does their video at i think a 640x480 cropped to aspect ratio?
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I suggested that but he didn't like playing the file on his iMac (fussy git ;))
 
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