On 2011-10-30, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > 3) I tried handbrake which requires using an overlay.
No, it doesn't. You can just grab the ebuild file and use it locally. > Handbrake goes directly from DVD to a reasonably sized (1.3GB) m4v > file. That file plays fine in xine and looks very good. Being that the > Kindle Fire only has about 6GB available for user content that gives > me 4 movies at a time which is fine for me but I suspect I can do > better. Smaller will generally mean worse looking and longer encoding time. > My issue now (I think) is to learn to use ffmpeg to convert from m4v > to mp4. You don't need ffmpeg. You just need "mv": mv foo.m4v foo.mp4 > I'd like to see about reducing the file size a bit if > possible. At the same time the native resolution of the Fire is > 1024x600 so I'm wondering about whether I can make the movies look > better by making the mp4 file somehow know about that size. If you mean you want the files encoded at a resolution of 1024x600, you can tell handbrake what output resolution you want. You'll get far better results by encoding to the desired resolution, format and bit-rate you want the first time than you will re-encoding a second time. You can create your own presets with whatever encoding settings you want. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! World War III? at No thanks! gmail.com