Likewise I can see why you use handbrake, in terms of more options and ability to see the effects of cropping etc.
In general I am annoyed, this stuff remains too complex, by and large. Ive just been playing with the latest iSquint and it seems to pop mov files out somethines (when encoding to h264? havent dont enough testing yet). So various things ahve changed since last time I used it. I dont think it does dualpass, unfortunately. So as ever there is still no 'one size fits all' solution, iSquint will suit some people well, but I struggle to stay up-to-date with all of the encoding options these days. Since I gave up caffeine time seems to pass very quickly, but maybe thats a good thing. Personally Im still struggling badly with what format exactly to use for crating personal video library. First I couldnt decide whether to use h264 at 320x240 or mpeg4 at a higher res. Then I ended up with both an ipod and PSP so that complicates things further. Then there are additional choices to make due to haveing HDV camera. Now Ive got a HD TV and the ipod TV out doesnt satisfy me enough. High Defintion television transmission is only just beginning in the UK, so right now I can download better quality stuff than I can get on TV or DVD. But a nother year has passed without me getting round to videoblogging. I think I am going round in circles, oh well, I should of known that my nerdy tendancy to always want to use the best option, would lead to infinite delay and confusion for me. Wibble! Cheers Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you Steve. I totally agree with your point of view. After > restarting the 1.2.3 iSquint is working now. I will try 1.3 test > next. The crop in iSquint is a bit "in the dark" if you don't have > cropping experience with farious EyeTV recordings which fall all over > the map of what the cropping dimensions need to be. Is Squint > ffmpegx? no way to change encoding codecs that I can see right? > > I completely concur with your objection to the extra steps Handbrake > involves. I am hoping I can get the hang of iSquint and make it work > for me too. I miss the visual feedback interface in Handbrake. But I > don't miss the extra time it takes to get to Handbrake. Is there any > way to get iSquint to do a two pass encode? I miss that too. > -- > Taylor Barcroft > Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley > URL http://FutureMedia.org > RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia > iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 > barcroft (gizmo) > kungax (Skype) > kungag5 (iChat-AIM) > > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: > > > If you enjoy trying different options then I suggest maybe having a go > > with the newest test version of isquint, as they have fixed some audio > > sync issues and other sutff, who knows it may fix your problem. Or > > just stick with the handbrake option you are used to. Just forgive me > > for the fact that if you give the handbrake options as best advise to > > people on this list, I feel the need to offer alternative advise as > > well, due to the handbrake option not being the quickest. If it works > > for you then cool, and it certainly will get round any input file > > format compatibility issues, its just that because it adds > > intermediate steps that take time, its not the best advise for > > everyone. I see it as a last resort if ffmpegx, isquint or quicktime > > dont do what people need. Its not wrong for you to offer it as advise, > > I just cant help advising that handbrake isnt the quickest/best > > option for most as its strength is in converting content from DVDs. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
