Comments on: Its been too long. So how about a Tip, for us PC guys. http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/ Apple Movie Junkie is the official blog of Cinemira.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bob http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 bob Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:38:46 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1333 i have apple tv and am using a pc windows xp- the problem i am having is that when i convert an AVI to MP4 using "videora apple tv converter" it strips the subtitles off the file which is a problem when watching foreign movies. i cant seem to find any controls that will allow me to keep the subtitles. i know they are on the AVI because i test watched to see that they were there. any suggestions or is there another application for this conversion. it seems handbrake is for dvd's only..... hanks bob i have apple tv and am using a pc windows xp- the problem i am having is that when i convert an AVI to MP4 using “videora apple tv converter” it strips the subtitles off the file which is a problem when watching foreign movies. i cant seem to find any controls that will allow me to keep the subtitles. i know they are on the AVI because i test watched to see that they were there. any suggestions or is there another application for this conversion. it seems handbrake is for dvd’s only….. hanks bob

]]> By: Keith Foster http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Keith Foster Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:16:09 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1282 @M. Alsaad It was tongue and cheek @M. Alsaad It was tongue and cheek

]]> By: M. Alsaad http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 M. Alsaad Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:12:31 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1281 Moe is right, you have to be in the main menu in order to be able to press play/pause and put it in sleep mode. So, PC users are evil now? I think Apple is turning into the devil with their childish TV ads. Moe is right, you have to be in the main menu in order to be able to press play/pause and put it in sleep mode.

So, PC users are evil now? I think Apple is turning into the devil with their childish TV ads.

]]> By: Moe http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Moe Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:25:33 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1279 you have to be at the main menu and hold the play/pause button for around 6 seconds. This does the job. Or you can just go to the "sleep command" on the menu list. I don't use this command, so I don't know exactly where it is. Play/pause does it for me (it's critical that you are on the main Apple TV menu, otherwise, it won't work). you have to be at the main menu and hold the play/pause button for around 6 seconds. This does the job. Or you can just go to the “sleep command” on the menu list. I don’t use this command, so I don’t know exactly where it is. Play/pause does it for me (it’s critical that you are on the main Apple TV menu, otherwise, it won’t work).

]]> By: Michael P. http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Michael P. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:40:30 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1278 "The main drawback I’ve found is that the versions of handbrake I’ve used to date have not had an “encue” option, so I have only been able to encode one disk at a time with that software." I don't know what version of Handbrake you are using, but as far as I know, Handbrake has always had an "Add to Queue" button. I, myself, use DVD Decrypter or DVDFAB HD Decrypter on Windows, or Mac The Ripper on OS X (when it works). If only the AppleTV natively supported playback of Video_TS files, I would be a happy camper. “The main drawback I’ve found is that the versions of handbrake I’ve used to date have not had an “encue” option, so I have only been able to encode one disk at a time with that software.”

I don’t know what version of Handbrake you are using, but as far as I know, Handbrake has always had an “Add to Queue” button.

I, myself, use DVD Decrypter or DVDFAB HD Decrypter on Windows, or Mac The Ripper on OS X (when it works). If only the AppleTV natively supported playback of Video_TS files, I would be a happy camper.

]]> By: Kevin Rochowski http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Kevin Rochowski Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:15:11 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1277 I've personally used DVD Decrypter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Decrypter) to rip my DVDs to the hard drive as ISO images first, then mounting them using a drive emulator called Daemon Tools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_tools) to appear as an actual DVD disk to the system before using handbrake or other encoding software. The advantage of this method is that 1) DVD Decrypter has already stripped off the encryption, 2) I can leave the images on the drive for later use, 3) Daemon Tools can mount multiple images, which is great for TV Shows on DVD and 4) the encoding process seems faster, as it's taking it from the HDD rather than spinning up the DVD. The main drawback I've found is that the versions of handbrake I've used to date have not had an "encue" option, so I have only been able to encode one disk at a time with that software. Other encoders are available that do have queueing options, making it easier to encode those TV Shows. However, I just got a Mac Mini from eBay, so my whole process will change in the next week :-) I’ve personally used DVD Decrypter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Decrypter) to rip my DVDs to the hard drive as ISO images first, then mounting them using a drive emulator called Daemon Tools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_tools) to appear as an actual DVD disk to the system before using handbrake or other encoding software.

The advantage of this method is that 1) DVD Decrypter has already stripped off the encryption, 2) I can leave the images on the drive for later use, 3) Daemon Tools can mount multiple images, which is great for TV Shows on DVD and 4) the encoding process seems faster, as it’s taking it from the HDD rather than spinning up the DVD.

The main drawback I’ve found is that the versions of handbrake I’ve used to date have not had an “encue” option, so I have only been able to encode one disk at a time with that software. Other encoders are available that do have queueing options, making it easier to encode those TV Shows.

However, I just got a Mac Mini from eBay, so my whole process will change in the next week :-)

]]> By: DustoMan http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/10/20/its-been-too-long-so-how-about-a-tip-for-us-pc-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 DustoMan Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:02:52 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=691#comment-1276 Since the last update, I've had to go to the Settings menu and hit the sleep command. Holding down the Play/Pause button doesn't seem to work anymore. Since the last update, I’ve had to go to the Settings menu and hit the sleep command. Holding down the Play/Pause button doesn’t seem to work anymore.

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