[mythtv-users] Using Handbrake to transcode recordings to an iPhone
Harry Devine
lifter89 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 10 23:54:06 UTC 2011
On 03/10/2011 06:41 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Harry Devine<lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I got this to work for me pretty well. I used the windows GUI at first,
>> but it took over 4 hours to transcode a recording. When it was done, I
>> was able to transfer it to my iPhone via iTunes. I did notice that the
>> file was an m4v file and not an mp4. So, I re-did the cli version on
>> my backend and, wouldn't ya know it, it worked as well. I did use the
>> iPhone preset instead of "iPhone& iPod Touch" preset.
> What command did you issue? Was the transcode faster on the mythbox
> or the windows box and can you give me the specs for both? Just
> curious to see if the linux version is more efficient and quicker. If
> so, I will start using that.
>
> Thanks
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I used the following command and it worked well (and didn't take
anywhere near as long):
./HandBrakeCLI -i <file> -o <file>.m4v --preset="iPhone"
Harry
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