I use an original AppleTV so haven't played with the aTV2, but assuming the AppleTV settings work fine on the ATV2, you can choose "TV 720P" and it will encode to 720P if it is compatible, meaning that the resolution is 720P or higher, and the FPS is 25fps or lower, if not it defaults to AppleTV. 720P takes significantly longer and in my opinion isn't all that huge a difference in quality on my 40" TV than the standard AppleTV settings, however, I use the 720P setting myself.stevodevo wrote: Thanks Randy,
I have a 'fake' iTunes script running as we speak... I have another questions while you're here!
I'm using this for my Apple TV2 and the TV shows I download are always 720p shows (.mkv files). I want them to look like 720p shows when I watch them on my TV through the ATV - what is the optimal setting in your script for the best quality conversion? I've got my primary iTunes device set to APPLETV in your script but was just curious if that was the best setting!
-Steve
The reason I was asking is that I noticed there's a preset in Handbrake for the Apple TV and one for the Apple TV 2 - so I was wondering what the difference is and if there is a better encoding option for the ATV2!randyharris wrote: I use an original AppleTV so haven't played with the aTV2, but assuming the AppleTV settings work fine on the ATV2, you can choose "TV 720P" and it will encode to 720P if it is compatible, meaning that the resolution is 720P or higher, and the FPS is 25fps or lower, if not it defaults to AppleTV. 720P takes significantly longer and in my opinion isn't all that huge a difference in quality on my 40" TV than the standard AppleTV settings, however, I use the 720P setting myself.
What do you think?stevodevo wrote:The reason I was asking is that I noticed there's a preset in Handbrake for the Apple TV and one for the Apple TV 2 - so I was wondering what the difference is and if there is a better encoding option for the ATV2!randyharris wrote: I use an original AppleTV so haven't played with the aTV2, but assuming the AppleTV settings work fine on the ATV2, you can choose "TV 720P" and it will encode to 720P if it is compatible, meaning that the resolution is 720P or higher, and the FPS is 25fps or lower, if not it defaults to AppleTV. 720P takes significantly longer and in my opinion isn't all that huge a difference in quality on my 40" TV than the standard AppleTV settings, however, I use the 720P setting myself.
nope, tags off the file name.stevodevo wrote: I'll test it out and let you know!
For TV shows - does the script do any episode look up against a tvdb at all?
I've never used groups, unaware of how they work, the script uses Categories.stevodevo wrote: What is the Groups used for in the Categories? I had mine set to match the Category name - where does the group come into play?
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2011-04-22 15:50:05,935::INFO::[newsunpack:127] Running external script /Users/paul/downloaded/Scripts/iTunes(/Users/paul/downloaded/TV/My Tv Series - S01E03, My Tv Series - 1x03 - Episode name.nzb, My Tv Series - 1x03 - Episode name, 5717938, tv, alt.binaries.multimedia, 0)
2011-04-22 15:50:05,952::INFO::[newsunpack:134] Failed script /Users/paul/downloaded/Scripts/iTunes, Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "sabnzbd/newsunpack.pyc", line 132, in external_processing
File "subprocess.pyc", line 621, in __init__
File "subprocess.pyc", line 1126, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied