video format

[srmysqldba]

Hello, first let me say thank you I am testing 1.7 and it worked on first go. I have 2 questions.

1. The video aspect ratio is always a square like 640 480 I have a 60 inch lg tv and would like full screen.
2. can the files be converted to mp4?

I have tried editing settings adding options to set width and height.

Thanks for the help andbgreat program.

[ascendedguard]

1. With the default configuration, the script should rip the movie and encode at native resolution. For a Bluray, it converts to 1920x1080 natively for me. For a DVD, it should be 720x480 (unless your DVD is fullscreen, which would be 640x480). I haven't ripped a DVD in a while, so I can't confirm this right now. I'm guessing you tested this with a DVD?
2. You should be able to change the Handbrake config in the settings to output MP3, see the Handbrake CLI guide to determine which settings you need. However, you'll probably need to change the script here since the filename appears to be hard-coded to MKV currently.

[srmysqldba]

Yes these are older DVD's and some are using aspect ratio of 4:3 but Plex home theater will allow me to stretch them. I also am testing using auto rip when a disc is inserted so there is no need for Cron, today I will be testing the change to mp4 and see if this works.

thanks

[JasonMillward]

To change to mp4 you can change the config file @ Line 41.

Using the Handbrake CLI guide as @ascendedguard has said you can replace it with the relevant settings.

### Video Options------------------------------------------------------------

-e, --encoder <string>  Set video library encoder
                        Options: x264/x265/mpeg4/mpeg2/VP8/theora
                        (default: mpeg4)

I'm not sure if the extra settings --x264-preset and --x264-tune need to be removed to make this work, but I think they would be ignored if not using an x264 encoder.

[JasonMillward]

Closing due to inactivity.