At 10:34 AM -0800 11/23/2011, D. Fabel wrote:
Looking at Handbrake, it looks like I can either use an H.264 video
codec or MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) codec. Any idea which of these I should be
using? I don't see a way to use an MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 codec.
DivX, Xvid, and H.264 *are* MPEG-4 variants. Very cpu intensive.
MPEG-1 is the video format used on the original Video CD. These will
easily play on your G3.
MPEG-2 is the video format used on Super Video CD and DVD Video.
These may play on your G3, depending on the compression. This is the
codec most often done in hardware, on the video card. (newer GPUs now
include h.264 decoders also).
ffmpeg is an open-source transcoding engine, used by just about
everyone to convert from one video format to another. It contains
umpteen codecs. When Handbrake tells you FFmpeg, it means it's
selecting one of ffmpeg's codecs over QuickTime's.
Also, I can output to either MP4 or MKV format. Recommendations?
.mov, .avi, .wmv, .mp4, .mkv are container file formats. Any are
fine. What counts is the format of the audio and video data streams
within the container.
For your G3... um... Try ripping the DVD to an avi file with Xvid and
mp3 audio. See how well that plays back using QuickTime Player with
Perian, and VLC. If it stutters, you can try lowering the bitrate.
(I suggest mp3 because it's let cpu intensive to decode than other
formats).
If that doesn't work... Handbrake is quite limited... Use Handbrake
to rip the DVD then use ffmpeg directly to transcode to MPEG-1 or
MPEG-2.
- Dan.
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