chiquita24 0 #1 February 25, 2009 Anyone used it before? I'm looking for a way to get some of my skydiving vids from DVD's onto computer so that I am able to upload them and perhaps transfer them into i-tunes later. I downloaded this Handbrake program and went through all the steps of encoding it and it's saved under my videos, but it doesn't play. Any suggestions? I'm running Vista if that helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 February 25, 2009 Quote Any suggestions? I'm running Vista if that helps. WELL! There's yer problem right there! In all seriousness, Handbrake is flippin' awesome. It does require you to actually know what you want the DVD data turned into, but it does have some extremely good presets for everything. Are you certain you've picked a preset that makes sense for your system? For instance, if you've asked it to make a QuickTime file and you don't have QuickTime installed on your computer to play it back, then that's a problem.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #3 February 25, 2009 Best app of its kind, IMO.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #4 February 25, 2009 What output format did you use?Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #5 February 25, 2009 Yes I know all about the problems with Vista! Can't say it's my fav. either but... Anyway, no I'm not sure if I picked the right preset. All I did was I put the DVD in, at the top it says " click 'source' to continue" So I clicked source, found my DVD and loaded the DVD Video TS file. Clicked Browse and gave it a spot to save on my computer. So maybe I'm missing a step?? I see that where it saved on my computer, it appears to load a MAC video player through Quick Time, but it won't play if I click play. However if I move the cursor and fast forward, I see the video. Does that make sense?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #6 February 25, 2009 Under output settings it says (PRESET: NORMAL) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #7 February 25, 2009 QuoteUnder output settings it says (PRESET: NORMAL) What file type? AVI, M4P, OGM?Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #8 February 25, 2009 QuoteUnder output settings it says (PRESET: NORMAL) My "guess" would be that Handbrake thinks "normal" for your computer is an AVI file. Opening that with QuickTime normally isn't going to work.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #9 February 25, 2009 QuoteQuoteUnder output settings it says (PRESET: NORMAL) My "guess" would be that Handbrake thinks "normal" for your computer is an AVI file. Opening that with QuickTime normally isn't going to work. Yeah ... Try using Windows Media Player to open it.Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #10 February 25, 2009 I think you made an M4V file. I just loaded handbrake and the default format for the "normal" present is M4V. Change that to AVI and do it again.Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #11 February 25, 2009 the file that I have say M4v Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #12 February 25, 2009 Ok I'm going to try it again! Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #13 February 25, 2009 QuoteOk I'm going to try it again! Thanks! Oh yeah .. And change the codec to MPEG-4 (XVID).Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #14 February 25, 2009 P.S. .... I don't like this application :) DVD Decrypter for ripping and Auto GK for encoding is much easier. All of those damn presents in Handbrake probably confuse those who don't know what any of it means.Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #15 February 25, 2009 I can play M4V in Quicktime (w/ Perian plug-in), iTunes, VLC, and Mplayer. I don't use Vista.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #16 February 25, 2009 Converting it to AVI didn't work either. Now it opens in Windows Media player and I hear the music, but all I see for a picture is the random neon line moving sequence (I don't know what it's called!) that windows movie player plays when like a music cd is inserted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #17 February 25, 2009 oh ok I saw this after I did it! Will try once again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #18 February 25, 2009 It is confusing to me simply because I don't know what all of it means or does! Ever heard of format factory? I have that too and used it once before awhile ago and now can't remember how I did that either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #19 February 25, 2009 Quote Quote Ok I'm going to try it again! Thanks! Oh yeah .. And change the codec to MPEG-4 (XVID). Didn't work either. All I see is the same thing I described above Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #20 February 25, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Ok I'm going to try it again! Thanks! Oh yeah .. And change the codec to MPEG-4 (XVID). Didn't work either. All I see is the same thing I described above Maybe you don't have the xvid codec installed on your computer.Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #21 February 25, 2009 Download and install this ... http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidB 0 #22 February 25, 2009 QuoteConverting it to AVI didn't work either. Now it opens in Windows Media player and I hear the music, but all I see for a picture is the random neon line moving sequence (I don't know what it's called!) that windows movie player plays when like a music cd is inserted. OK, for the record, I know almost NOTHING about programming & enough about PC's to get myself into trouble. That said, I've run into the exact problem you describe: WMP will only play the audio. Opening the same file with VLC media player resulted in audio & video. If you don't have VLC media player, do a quick search & download it (it's free BTW).When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #23 February 25, 2009 There we go! Apparently that's what I needed! It's working now! Thanks so much for your help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthonyfellows 0 #24 February 25, 2009 QuoteThere we go! Apparently that's what I needed! It's working now! Thanks so much for your help! Did you have to install the xvid codec or did it just play for you in VLC without installing the codec?Serious relationships turn into work after a few weeks and I already got a fucking job :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H.A.F. = Hard As Fuck ... Goddamn Amateurs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #25 February 26, 2009 I had to install the xvid codec Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
