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Glad to hear it's working and faster than previous versions!

I think I found a working solution. Since Alien did a great Slackware 14.1 build, I just used his package (compiling this on unRAID is a pain - though it's very doable on Slackware 14.1 full install), and sat down and found every dependency that would be needed for unRAID 5.0.4 (probably 5.0.5 but I don't have that in a VM yet). I'd like a few people to test and then I can set it up as an unmenu .conf file for easy install. wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/x/fontconfig-2.10.93-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/freetype-2.5.0.1-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libogg-1.3.0-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libsamplerate-0.1.8-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libtheora-1.1.1-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libvorbis-1.3.3-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.1-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/zlib-1.2.8-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/glibc-2.17-i486-7.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/glib-1.2.10-i486-3.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/d/gcc-g++-4.8.2-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/l/libpng-1.4.12-i486-1.txz wget http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/a/xz-5.0.5-i486-1.tgz wget http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/handbrake/pkg/14.0/handbrake-0.9.9-i486-1alien.txz installpkg fontconfig-2.10.93-i486-1.txz installpkg installpkg freetype-2.5.0.1-i486-1.txz installpkg gcc-g++-4.8.2-i486-1.txz installpkg glib-1.2.10-i486-3.txz installpkg glibc-2.17-i486-7.txz installpkg libogg-1.3.0-i486-1.txz installpkg libpng-1.4.12-i486-1.txz installpkg libsamplerate-0.1.8-i486-1.txz installpkg libtheora-1.1.1-i486-1.txz installpkg libvorbis-1.3.3-i486-1.txz installpkg libxml2-2.9.1-i486-1.txz installpkg xz-5.0.5-i486-1.tgz installpkg zlib-1.2.8-i486-1.txz installpkg handbrake-0.9.9-i486-1alien.txz HandBrakeCLI -u Let me know how it goes!

Current versions of Handbrake are tough to compile vs. previous ones. I just simply haven't had much time to mess around with it, but I know Alien has set up a SlackBuild for Handbrake recent versions. http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/handbrake/build/

Only one cycle though - personally new drives get 3 cycles if I have the time. I've never had a brand new drive fail on cycles 2 or 3, but I did have a repurposed one increase in the reallocated sectors until cycle 4 when it leveled out.

JackBauer, that looks like the preclear_start or preclear_finish report. At least in my experience, the real useful stuff is in preclear_rpt, as it's the comparison between start and finish, and is a good summary.

I didn't really do too much that was special. I just ran Slackware 13 in a virtual machine, and compiled it following some of the instructions in the first post. I think there was an additional note from me how to disable gtk (the GUI) from compiling, but that was about it. I tried it last week as I had a little time, but had to rebuild my Slackware 13.37 image from scratch, and then Handbrake 0.9.9 wouldn't compile cleanly as I needed fribidi and libass if I recall. I will try to revisit it if I can, but it's doubtful I'll put much time in to it, so if someone else wants to work on it, go for it!

I haven't gotten around to doing anything with HandBrake and unRAID 5.0 (my unRAID server went from having one of the fastest CPUs in the house, to one of the slowest over the last few years, so it's not been a priority for me), but I think the install instructions will work to at least install 0.9.6, though it won't be a plugin.

I took a quick glance at it, but the Slackware 12 virtual machine I used to build 0.9.5 wouldn't successfully build 0.9.6 or the snapshots. I have a pretty new baby in the house, so I haven't had much time to dig at it. What did you end up doing, aiden? Did you get it compiled on unRAID 5.0? A Slackware install?

I'm interested, aht! Let's see it.

Attached are two unMENU .conf files for HandBrake. handbrake-unmenu-package.conf is for installing 0.9.5, the most recent release version of HandBrake (same as what was posted a few months back). handbrake-svn-unmenu-package.conf is for installing the most recent SVN build of HandBrake, 3853 (I haven't tested this one, so please give me feedback). If you're not using unMENU, and still want to use HandBrake, here are the URLs for HandBrake for unRAID: http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-0.9.5-unraid.tgz http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-svn3853-unraid.tgz handbrake-unmenu-package.conf handbrake-svn-unmenu-package.conf

kapperz, I haven't updated it beyond 0.9.5, and that's what the current unmenu .conf is referencing. Since the handbrake unmenu .conf isn't distributed as part of Joe L.'s unmenu, there's no current way to autoupdate. However, if there's a desire for me to compile a newer snapshot, or a newer final version comes out, post in this thread, and I can compile and update the .conf file.

I haven't checked with Joe L. to see if he wants to include it in unMENU, but I don't see why he wouldn't want to.

Joe L., Once again, thanks for your guidance. Attached is an updated unmenu package. handbrake-unmenu-package.conf

I made an unMENU package, and it appears to work, however I can't get the version checking to complete successfully. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong. Perhaps someone can take a look at it and see where I made a mistake. To use it, have unMENU installed, and drop this conf file in to /boot/packages, then use the unMENU package manager to install. (removed the attachment - use the one two posts after this one)

Here's HandBrake 0.9.5: http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-0.9.5-unraid.tgz

I just happened to have the same Simpsons DVD already ripped, so I did some experiments, and found a set of settings that works very nicely and targets the 200MB size you wanted (I was within 10MB on about four different episodes): -f mp4 -X 720 --loose-anamorphic --detelecine --decomb -e x264 -S 180 -2 -T -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R auto -B 128 -D 1.5 -m -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subme=6 -v 1

tola, this isn't really the best place for support with HandBrake (you should probably post on the HandBrake forums), but I think what's happening is two things: • the --size parameter is only the video size, not inclusive of audio. Setting it to 200 means the video will take up 200mb, but audio streams are based on their own settings. • you're including ac3 audio and aac audio, which is resulting in probably ~100mb of audio data, pushing your filesize to that 300 mark. I'd try setting the --size parameter to about 175, then getting rid of the ac3 stream, and maybe even dropping the bitrate of the aac stream to 128kbit.

Here's SVN 3635: http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-svn3635-unraid.tgz I haven't tested it much, but it's built using the same methods as previous ones, so it should be okay. Please let me know if there's any issues.

olympia, working on that right now. Should be done in a little bit. Just a few notes to myself so next time I don't have to re-research this again: To configure, then compile HandBrake in CLI only (no more GUI errors): ./configure --launch --disable-gtk

Try the Universal preset, just to make sure it's not the default preset that's causing problems: HandBrakeCLI -Z Universal -i 01.iso -o 01.mp4

Ah, yes, I could see how multiple audio tracks could be difficult to deal with.

I don't normally use mkv, but I think you can generally always use AC3 passthrough to achieve what you want. How about something like this: HandBrakeCLI -t 1 -f mkv -e x264 -q 20 -a 1 -E ac3 -6 auto -R auto -B auto -m -i SOME_DVD -o Some_DVD.mkv Seems to pass the AC3 through without any re-encodes at all.

kapperz, try out this one (two revisions newer, hopefully the date issue is fixed): http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-svn3284-unraid.tgz

It probably seems old due to the Virtual Machine I was using had its date/time set incorrectly. On my next day off (Friday), I'll try to recompile it with an updated date/time and see if the issue is resolved.

kapperz, I haven't tested it at all, but this should work (newest trunk release): http://www.clunkclunk.com/HandBrakeCLI-svn3282-unraid.tgz Please report back with success or fail.