On 2011-11-01, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Grant Edwards
>> 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. > > I've got to say I'm really impressed with Handbrake overall. It just > works, most especially if you use one of the presets. I've had only > one problem with any of my experiments which was that files encoded > using the High profile cause xine to crash with some sort of floating > point error. I don't personally care about the high profile so to me > it's a non-issue. > > One thing I haven't been able to figure out so far is where you > change the presentation size. I think it's the -w and -l options for width and height, respectively. I only use the CLI version (https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CLIGuide), but I'm sure there's somewhere in the GUI to set all that stuff as well. I think that web page is a bit out of date, so do "HandbrakeCLI --help" for a current set of options. > I presume that presentation size is the one I want to change to > 1024x600 as that's the native resolution of the Kindle. However I > discovered where I unlock those setting in Handbrake. Do you know? -w and -l set the output file's width/height (in pixels). If your pixels are square, then I think that's all you need. If your pixels aren't square, then I think you need some other options. You can get a list of the exact settings for each of the presets by doing HandBrakeCLI --preset-list. > Anyway, it's a very nice little program for anyone else who's GUI > oriented like me. I don't have the GUI version installed, so I'm afraid I can't help with that end of it, but IIRC the GUI will let you create your own presets. I don't think the CLI version does custom presets, but it would be easy enough to copy the settings from one of the built-in presets into a file, and edit them until you get a command line that works the way you want. Once you've figured out good settings for your device, submit a patch, and next time maybe HandBrake will already "just know" what to do. :) -- Grant
