Best iPhone/iPod Apps

[Uncle Ted]

I saw that on the news. Were you late for work today too?

No but Ted jr missed seminary.

[Surfah]

No but Ted jr missed seminary.

I thought it was funny that someone complained about missing Church yesterday because of their iPhone in the bit I saw.

[TripletDaddy]

Heads up...

If you depend on your iPhone/iPad for an alarm clock you may want to use a different app rather than the one comes with it. There is a bug in the alarm clock app. BTW, the article is wrong about it working normally on Jan 3rd.

The iPad comes with an alarm clock? I didnt think it had one, which is why is downloaded one from the app store.

[Surfah]

The iPad comes with an alarm clock? I didnt think it had one, which is why is downloaded one from the app store.

It does not.

[TripletDaddy]

I skipped handbrake entirely and used DVDfab to rip discs. It is really easy to use (I consider myself to be the standard for ease of use....if I can do it, it must be easy to use).

Last night I ripped my first disc...a blu-ray....took a few hours as I went with the "high quality 2-pass" option. Not sure what that is, but some of you were discussing it here so I decided that it had to be a good thing. After it was done, I quickly transferred it to my iPad and lo and behold....subtitles.

Note: if you are using DVDfab, you have to make sure to disable subtitles every time you rip a disc. And for some reason, DVDfab does not call them "subtitles," but rather "subpicture." So now I am at work and ripping the movie again, this time with no "subpicture."

The pic quality was really nice on the iPad, though. The blu-ray rip took up about 1.4G of space, but as I stated previously, I don't intend to keep a bunch of movies on the device, so I'm not worried about that very much.

A few other questions:

audio: I opted for 256 kbps. Is this ok? Does it matter or is it like the 720 thing....the iPad cannot handle more than 720 anyway, so ripping at a higher res wont make a difference.

laptop screen: what is the res for a laptop screen? I assume it is better than an iPad screen?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Last night I ripped my first disc...a blu-ray....took a few hours as I went with the "high quality 2-pass" option. Not sure what that is, but some of you were discussing it here so I decided that it had to be a good thing. After it was done, I quickly transferred it to my iPad and lo and behold....subtitles.

Perhaps since not many Americans say "fab" it operates from the belief that you don't speak English.

[TripletDaddy]

Perhaps since not many Americans say "fab" it operates from the belief that you don't speak English.

The default subpicture was in English, so it must assume that I actually do speak English.

I say fab on occasion.

[Flystripper]

The default subpicture was in English, so it must assume that I actually do speak English.

I say fab on occasion.

No its just that the ipad doesn't have any taste in music. It analyzed your itunes playlist and assumed that you were hearing impaired so it provided closed captioning on your movies.

[Uncle Ted]

audio: I opted for 256 kbps. Is this ok? Does it matter or is it like the 720 thing....the iPad cannot handle more than 720 anyway, so ripping at a higher res wont make a difference.

laptop screen: what is the res for a laptop screen? I assume it is better than an iPad screen?

Anything more than 192 kbps is most likely a waste, IMO. Note that most MP3 audio is 128 kbps.

The res on your laptop depend on the laptop. The res on my 17" laptop is 1920x1200 which is roughly "1080p" in HDTV standards. The res on a standard 15" is usually around 1440x900 or 1280x800 which is roughly "720p". In short, if you don't have a 17" laptop then 720p is most likely good enough.

[CJF]

I skipped handbrake entirely and used DVDfab to rip discs. It is really easy to use (I consider myself to be the standard for ease of use....if I can do it, it must be easy to use).

Last night I ripped my first disc...a blu-ray....took a few hours as I went with the "high quality 2-pass" option. Not sure what that is, but some of you were discussing it here so I decided that it had to be a good thing. After it was done, I quickly transferred it to my iPad and lo and behold....subtitles.

Note: if you are using DVDfab, you have to make sure to disable subtitles every time you rip a disc. And for some reason, DVDfab does not call them "subtitles," but rather "subpicture." So now I am at work and ripping the movie again, this time with no "subpicture."

The pic quality was really nice on the iPad, though. The blu-ray rip took up about 1.4G of space, but as I stated previously, I don't intend to keep a bunch of movies on the device, so I'm not worried about that very much.

A few other questions:

audio: I opted for 256 kbps. Is this ok? Does it matter or is it like the 720 thing....the iPad cannot handle more than 720 anyway, so ripping at a higher res wont make a difference.

laptop screen: what is the res for a laptop screen? I assume it is better than an iPad screen?

Just before you start the rip there is a little radio box you can check that states something like "only movie subtitles" or something like that. Basically, it will only add subtitles that are part of the movie if clicked. I did the same thing a bunch of times before I noticed it and started clicking it. It's easy to forget though.

[falafel]

Just before you start the rip there is a little radio box you can check that states something like "only movie subtitles" or something like that. Basically, it will only add subtitles that are part of the movie if clicked. I did the same thing a bunch of times before I noticed it and started clicking it. It's easy to forget though.

Is it the "forced subpicture only"? Something like that. To keep the subtitles on when someone speaks in Russian.

[CJF]

Is it the "forced subpicture only"? Something like that. To keep the subtitles on when someone speaks in Russian.

Yeah, that sounds closer. I can't remember because I don't look. I just click it and go.

[old_gregg]

Anything more than 192 kbps is most likely a waste, IMO. Note that most MP3 audio is 128 kbps.

The res on your laptop depend on the laptop. The res on my 17" laptop is 1920x1200 which is roughly "1080p" in HDTV standards. The res on a standard 15" is usually around 1440x900 or 1280x800 which is roughly "720p". In short, if you don't have a 17" laptop then 720p is most likely good enough.

depending on your headphones/speakers, this is probably true. but with a decent set of phones, flac/non-lossy are all i can listen to.

[TripletDaddy]

dang it. OK, next problem.

I ripped a blu ray and a normal DVD. both look good. transferred them to iPad. No problem.

Except for one small thing...no chapters. it is all one big file.

Where do I select chapters prior to the rip?

[TripletDaddy]

I think I figured out that problem. Instead of "no split" I choose "split by chapter," correct?

What framerate do you use for iPad? 24? 29.97? How would I detect the difference while watching the movie?

What is deinterlacing?

What audio do you use? Stereo, Dolby Surround? Dolby Prologic 2?

sorry for all the questions.