Louis Kratz on 24 Mar 2008 11:09:16 -0700 |
Last I checked, handbrake was only available as a linux binary. I gathered it wasn't linking against anything for video encoding, so its possible they are using something other than the x264 library that ffmpeg and mencoder can link against. The big difference between handbrake and k3b that I noticed was handbrake could do dual threaded encoding of H.264 videos. It gained a lot of popularity on mac for its ease of use. Chad, my experience has been that H.264 can produce a higher quality video than xvid or mpeg-4 part 2. Knowing how to get a higher quality, however, can be a bit of a mystery. Robert Swain has good information regarding how to get good quality using ffmpeg http://rob.opendot.cl/index.php/useful-stuff/ffmpeg-x264-encoding-guide/, which was nice for me since most of my encoding is for ipod. But handbrake can do just as well. As for compatibility, it always seems to be a toss up. In addition to codecs, you need to consider what container you wish to package them up in. If you are concerned with cross-operating system support, you have some flexibility. I've had good success encoding H.264 into a quicktime container (.mov), since its playable on mac, windows, and linux. Many handheld devices, however, (ipods, PSPs, etc) have very specific standards for codecs, size, and containers. Also, stand-alone divx players probably won't play H.264, especially the older ones. Hope this helps! ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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