Hi Graeme As long as the fan’s coming on to cool the iMac, I can’t see an issue with it. They’re made to be used. Where did you find the presets? I’d be interested in using them too.
Regards Sam <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 23 May 2015, at 10:33, Graeme Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have recently found some HandBrake <https://handbrake.fr/> presets online > that can be used to get full HD (1080) movie encodes down to 1.5 - 2.5GB for > full movies, much like the encoders over at YIFY and AnoXmous would achieve, > and they look great! I have done a couple of encodes using the preset and I > have to say I'm pretty impressed with it. > > The only thing concerning me is the fact the encode takes around about 19 > hours and is pretty much caning my iMac the whole time. The iMac is pretty > useable whilst the encode is happening but it's heating up a lot and the fan > is blowing constantly trying to keep everything cool. > > I'm wondering if doing these encodes is going to kill my iMac, either in the > short or longer term, and wondered if anyone had any views on this? Is this > ok for a computer or am I putting it under too much stress? > > I'm using: > iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) > Processor: 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 > Memory: 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR > > I'd be grateful to hear any thoughts! Thank you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug > <http://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
