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

[Harry Devine]

On 03/10/2011 06:41 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> 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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I used the following command and it worked well (and didn't take 
anywhere near as long):

./HandBrakeCLI -i <file> -o <file>.m4v --preset="iPhone"

Harry