My Hi Res PB handbrake presets, downloadable, with a sample video.
- This was just posted in another thread but the title of that thread will not lead everyone to know there is downloadable presets here for the taking. So not to bomb the board but here it is.
OK, I just did up a very nice video using the native res of the playbook and a bit rate average of 5000. Its amazing. 5000 is enough to have it look amazing on the playbook without using up too much space. It's killer. I'll save a pre set and share after supper. I made it from a 720p .mkv file I came across. it was at an average bit rate of about 6500 but since we are changing the resolution (used 1024x416 to keep aspect perfect) I thought dropping to 5000 was ok too.
here is a link to the sample: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32425604/SAMPLE.m4v
Here is the preset, made on a mac but it should work on any system with handbrake: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32425604/PB1...6%405000.plist
And here is a preset at the same resolution but at a bit rate of only 1500, good for lower quality stuff, streaming from a hosting place or for when you want smaller files. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32425604/PB1...6%401500.plist
Here is a sample of the lower bit rate pre set: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32425604/SAMPLE1500.m4v
Depending on the video source used, you should check the picture settings tab in handbrake. You want to click keep aspect ratio and set the width to 1024. This will maximize the video for the playbook screen. You can always set the width to 1280 (for true 720p) or even 1920 (for true 1080p) but this is only useful if you are going to output to an external screen as the play books native resolution is 1024x600 and using higher res only makes it work harder and waste your battery. Just my 2 cents.
Also these files have dual audio as default, Pro Logic II AAC @ 320, and MP3 stereo @ 160.
I'll post a third preset for lower res stuff in a little while, but i will do it tonight.Last edited by CanadianThomas; 12-19-11 at 10:19 PM. Reason: update
12-19-11 09:36 PMLike 10 - 1024*576 is the correct resolution to use if you want to keep the same 16:9 aspect ratio on the Playbook. I like Handbrake, but it isn't updated often, there are tons of other great converters with better image quality and compression handling.
I would say the best video converter out there is Freemake video converter. It's free, has great codec support, VERY easy to use, has decoding and encoding hardware acceleration, and super simple presets. They even included a Playbook preset that makes things look amazing!12-20-11 12:09 AMLike 11 - Here is the preset, made on a mac but it should work on any system with handbrake: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32425604/PB1...6%405000.plist
Rgrds01-18-12 03:30 PMLike 0 - Thanks for the tip, but since I stream everything from a Simple Media Server for the Playbook, that I hacked up, storage space is not so much an issue.
What is though, is the limited Codec support, I'm commonly having to take MKVs, re-encode the AC3 track to AAC, and insert the AAC track into the mkv video.
I also have my Stargate collection, I either need to re-encode these, or re-rip them.
Holding out for OS 2 to see if AC3 support is added.01-18-12 08:17 PMLike 0 - just finished downloading this; i only see a setting for the Torch but not playbook, was the option removed or can i use a different preset?...also when converting do you have to tweak the audio as i have read that certain audio files are not supported on the playbook.01-20-12 05:20 AMLike 0
- When you choose "to Blackberry" you get a popup, on that popup click the picture of the device that is shown, you will then get an option for devices. The playbook is the last one listed. The playbook option converts the video to mp4 and the audio to AAC. No guessing involved.01-20-12 08:03 AMLike 4
- yes i know sorry i was trying to be lazy
anyone converting and posting where we can download besides megaupload, maybe something more forum like or whatever is for lazy people?
i am also going to be downloading and converting my own soon, handbrake and or freemake.
thanks everyone01-20-12 08:13 PMLike 0 - For those of you that haven't yet tried Freemake, I would suggest you don't. I just converted a flick using both Handbrake and Freemake to compare and contrast the Playbook template in Freemake and my own template in Handbrake. I know Handbrake does have a few bugs that probably won't get updated, however, the conversion done by Handbrake, albeit slower, was much better. After watching the Freemake version, I noticed that after about every 3 seconds, there was about a 3-4 frame drop. It was a non-action movie I ripped, yet it looked like the something straight out of the Steven Seagul sped up action scene library. I was very unimpressed. To be sure, I compared the same scene with Handbrake and it was flawless. The source file was flawless as well. The Freemake conversion was extremely annoying and, in my opinion, unacceptable. So, I think I'll be heading back to my trusted, yet buggy, Handbrake to do my converting.
Thanks for the suggestion Freemake suggestion though.01-21-12 02:38 PMLike 0 - For those of you that haven't yet tried Freemake, I would suggest you don't. I just converted a flick using both Handbrake and Freemake to compare and contrast the Playbook template in Freemake and my own template in Handbrake. I know Handbrake does have a few bugs that probably won't get updated, however, the conversion done by Handbrake, albeit slower, was much better. After watching the Freemake version, I noticed that after about every 3 seconds, there was about a 3-4 frame drop. It was a non-action movie I ripped, yet it looked like the something straight out of the Steven Seagul sped up action scene library. I was very unimpressed. To be sure, I compared the same scene with Handbrake and it was flawless. The source file was flawless as well. The Freemake conversion was extremely annoying and, in my opinion, unacceptable. So, I think I'll be heading back to my trusted, yet buggy, Handbrake to do my converting.
Thanks for the suggestion Freemake suggestion though.
One thing you should note about Freemake is that using beta drivers for your CPU or GPU will screw up the video quite a bit. I learned that one a while ago when using the Battlefield 3 beta drivers for my nVidia graphics card. If your not using the beta drivers, make sure the ones you are using are up to date.
I also think the entire preset library has been changed in the latest version of the software, this may affect the video quality too.
The last thing that could affect your video would be the hardware acceleration. If you use an older, slower computer for converting, Freemake may give worse results. I guess you could try turning off the hardware acceleration from the options.
Hope I could help01-21-12 05:36 PMLike 0 - 01-21-12 07:35 PMLike 0
- OK I somehow managed to download via google search and reupped them.
CREDIT TO OP.
https://rapidshare.com/files/1217428...416_5000.plist03-03-12 01:12 PMLike 0
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