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| Thread ID: 128849 | 2013-01-19 07:40:00 | Mini-itx HTPC project - to run XBMC | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 1323588 | 2013-01-27 18:31:00 | Right - re-encoded some of my full .mkv rips with Handbrake to smaller .mkv files (still 1080p though). They came out roughly one third the size and play fine through the Pi. Sitting a few metres away watching on a full HD 50" plasma I can't see a huge difference in quality between the full rip and the Handbrake version. So I'm happy. I'm also happy that Handbrake let's me queue up a bunch of rips and then leave it running overnight and while I'm at work which is going to take a lot of the pain out of re-encoding my full blu-ray collection. Then I've just gotta get everything set up nicely through the Openelec XBMC front end (DVD covers etc) and get myself a decent remote system (preferably bluetooth so I can hide the Pi behind the TV). |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323589 | 2013-01-27 20:25:00 | Nice, and no dropped frames or anything? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1323590 | 2013-01-27 21:43:00 | Right - re-encoded some of my full .mkv rips with Handbrake to smaller .mkv files (still 1080p though). They came out roughly one third the size and play fine through the Pi. Sitting a few metres away watching on a full HD 50" plasma I can't see a huge difference in quality between the full rip and the Handbrake version. So I'm happy. I'm also happy that Handbrake let's me queue up a bunch of rips and then leave it running overnight and while I'm at work which is going to take a lot of the pain out of re-encoding my full blu-ray collection. Then I've just gotta get everything set up nicely through the Openelec XBMC front end (DVD covers etc) and get myself a decent remote system (preferably bluetooth so I can hide the Pi behind the TV). Thanks for the update and handbrake info!, though I wont have to worry about 1080 for now! |
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| 1323591 | 2013-01-28 06:56:00 | Nice, and no dropped frames or anything? I haven't watched a full movie yet but have started and stopped several, skipped chapters and fast forwarded and haven't noticed any dropped frames or stuttering in any of my (not so scientific) tests. My poor PC is still chewing through a whole heap of re-encoding so as long as I'm not in a hurry all is good! I picked up a 3TB USB 3 external hard drive today ($199) for my back-ups - I plan on keeping both the full rips and the Handbrake versions. I don't want to have to re-rip my entire blu-ray collection down the track when the newest and best media toys turn up (or I build a dedicated HTPC). At anything between 20GB and 40GB each (for both the full rip and the Handbrake version) these movies are going to chew up storage space. And that's before I get to my standard DVD's and finishing my CD collection in FLAC. |
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