[mythtv-users] Using Handbrake to transcode recordings to an iPhone

Gabe Rubin gaberubin at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 23:41:28 UTC 2011


On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
> I got this to work for me pretty well.  I used the windows GUI at first,
> but it took over 4 hours to transcode a recording.  When it was done, I
> was able to transfer it to my iPhone via iTunes.  I did notice that the
> file was an m4v file and not an mp4.  So,  I re-did the cli version on
> my backend and, wouldn't ya know it, it worked as well.  I did use the
> iPhone preset instead of "iPhone & iPod Touch" preset.

What command did you issue?  Was the transcode faster on the mythbox
or the windows box and can you give me the specs for both?  Just
curious to see if the linux version is more efficient and quicker.  If
so, I will start using that.

Thanks


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