04.27.07
Converting Video for the N800 with HandBrake
I’ve dabbled with a few tools to convert video for the N800 (and 770 actually) and have a few solutions to offer those of you looking to enhance the mobile multimedia experience, but today I am just going to address one - HandBrake. Handbrake is a cross-platform conversion tool and was recently updated after a very long time. It’s ability to compress beautiful video is seriously good!
What I really like about Handbrake is that I can take a DVD and in a single click export what I want — a whole movie or a single episode from a TV show disc. I tried a bunch of different settings, but what has worked best for me is the following:
Once you copy this video over to your memory card, you can enjoy right within the Media Player. I have not tested this yet today, but I believe that streaming through a UPnP server via Canola would also work if you like on your home network… a topic for another day.
The nice thing about this MP4 video output is that it also works in iTunes, on your iPod and (if I had one here to test I believe) the AppleTV! One format to rule them all!
Disclaimer: We are all adults here. Ripping a DVD is technically illegal. I am in the camp that believes I actually own the media and can choose to enjoy the content across devices for my own personal use.
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