[mythtv-users] Using Handbrake to transcode recordings to an iPhone

[Harry Devine]

On 3/9/2011 12:50 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Harry Devine<lifter89 at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> I found a thread yesterday that discussed this, so I thought I'd give it
>> a try since I just got a Verizon iPhone, and thought it would be neat to
>> bring a few recordings with me to watch during my lunch break at work.
>> I installed Handbrake on my backend, and ran the following command:
>>
>> ./HandbrakeCLI -i<file>  -o<file>.mp4 --preset="iPhone&  iPod Touch"
>>
>> That created an mp4 file that I got down to my Windows box.  When I try
>> to use iTunes to put it on to my iPhone,  I get an error saying that the
>> file could not be imported since it cannot be played on the iPhone
>> (something like that; I'm paraphrasing).
>>
>> Has anyone had much luck or success getting recordings transcoded for,
>> and on to, an iPhone?  Specifically an iPhone 4?  The iPhone OS version
>> is 4.2.6 if that matters.  I also have it jail-broken too.
>>
> Harry, I tried to do this using tools available on myth (although not
> handbrake).  I found that it was better to install handbrake on my
> windows machine, copy the file from my mythbox, and transcode on the
> windows box.  The added benefit is that the Windows box is a quad-core
> phenom and the mythbox is a single core sempron, so it likely works a
> lot faster on the windows box and does not tie up myth's resources.
>
> The windows version has a gui frontend and presets for the iphone.  I
> can transcode an hour HD recording to the iPhone in around real time.
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Thanks!  I'll give that a shot.  But you are able to take the transcoded 
file and put it onto your iPhone via iTunes and play it, correct?

Harry