In preparation for iPod Video
Well.. not that i've decided to get it... yet. But i like to be prepared. Thanks to Darth, I went through the DVD-to-iPod process. It's quite easy. But you probably want to do a bit of trial & error to find a suitable compromise between quality & time. Basically you'll need 2 softwares - MacTheRipper & Handbrake.
My first attempt. To rip Monty Pathon's Holy Grail, video duration is about 1.5 hr.
Step 1 : MacTheRipper
My first attempt. To rip Monty Pathon's Holy Grail, video duration is about 1.5 hr.
Step 1 : MacTheRipper
- Insert DVD & run MTR
- To go Mode tab, select Main Feature Extraction
- Click on Go and select temporary destination of ripped video
- Ripping process begins
- Click on Close once ripping completes and eject DVD
(you can go make yourself a cup of coffee and read your newspapers)
(this took me about 30 mins and used up about 5GB of disk space)
Step 2 : Handbrake
Step 2 : Handbrake
- Click on DVD Folder/Image & enter directory where you saved the video files
- In that directory, select subdirectory named VIDEO_TS
- Click Open
- In Destination section, set file format to MP4, codecs to AVC/H.264 Video/AAC Audio
- For File, enter name you want for your new video clip
- In Video section, set Quality to Average bitrate of 400kbps
- In Audio section, set preferred language, set Sample rate to 48000Hz, set Bitrate to 128kbps
- Under Picture settings, select Keep aspect ratio and choose width
- Click Rip
(It'll probably be a good time to go to bed, do some shopping or something. It's a long wait.)
When encoding is completed, you can delete the VIDEO_TS folder. Handbrake 0.7 How-To has a nice tutorial if you want more info.
I set my average bitrate to 500kbps, size to 423x240 and chose the 2-pass encoding. A 2-pass encoding gives better quality but it'll double the time required. So with my above settings, it took almost 9 hrs to complete the entire process. The resulting file is about 375MB. The quality is fantastic. But I'm not sure I want to leave my computer on for such a long time just to produce a movie to transfer to a iPod.
I'm testing with other settings right now. Think I'll forget about the 2-pass thing. And since I don't have an iPod, i'll try to transfer to my cell phone instead. But 375MB is way too large. Let's see what i can do about that.
Labels: Tech
posted at 10/15/2005 11:00:00 PM
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