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HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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I remember using this to rip every DVD I received in the mail from Netflix, and then copying the file to my iPod Video so I could watch it on the bus ride to school. Man have times changed...

Same here the value proposition of curating a movie collection has changed a bit over the past 10+ years

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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post #11

Doesn't ffmpeg provide similar functionality?

Yes, and under the hood Handbrake is using the FFmpeg libraries. Handbrake's value is providing simple presets that "just work" for converting video for various uses. Want to convert video for playback on an iPhone? Handbrake has you covered.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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post #9

Why was this posted? Doesn't seem to be any recent news.

https://twitter.com/lego_operator/status/1461077353476628488 This seems to be why.

I have to believe, based not only on this case but on extensive reporting from folks like Radley Balko, that manipulation or outright omission of exculpatory evidence is much more common than is generally believed.

Even here, in this incredible high-profile case, they apparently felt confident enough to give it a try.

Imagine now how easy it must be for them to do it to poor, mostly Black defendants who are relying on a public defender, when they don't have a (for better or worse) rabid political wing watching their every move, and when there are no screenshots of their laptop circulating the internet.

This is a concentrated drop of shame in the already shameful lake of fake justice.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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I remember using this to rip every DVD I received in the mail from Netflix, and then copying the file to my iPod Video so I could watch it on the bus ride to school. Man have times changed...

Nothing has changed here. I get Blurays in mail from Netflix, rip them via MakeMKV, re-encode with Handbrake and put them on Synology NAS for later convenient viewing via Vero4k. Disk space is cheap, skipping stupid menus and previews is priceless!

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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For context, today in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the prosecution (ADA Kraus) claimed that he was basically technically illiterate and basically didn't know about transcoding, not in as many words. A review of previous video testimony from PBS's live feed showed that he (Kraus) had Handbrake in the directory that he was showing the video from. That's not a normal application one would just have floating around.

The backdrop is the defense alleges the prosecution gave the defense a lower resolution copy of the original video that showed about 4x fewer pixels, so they did not have the ability to examine it. The jury has already seen the video and is currently in deliberations. They have asked to view the video again.

This whole trial, well, just seems riddled with big time issues. I tried to present this in a non biased way, but I don't think this is a good trial no matter what side you sit on, if any. It's been tainted in several places, even 5th amendment violations numerous times. At a minimum, I think it needs to be tossed out and retried with these evidentiary issues ironed out and with no last minute springing of evidence.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

My immediate thought. The context to that, is that the prosecutors sent a low quality video to the defense, and then late in the trial introduced a high quality video, which the defense couldn't prepare for; and there was a whole argument as to whether it was willful or not. One of the prosecutors claimed the defense's email client might have compressed the video automatically (not how it works), and claimed not to h…

> defense's email client might have compressed the video automatically (not how it works) I'm not familiar with all email clients, I mostly use Thunderbird, but almost all messaging clients, social media and similar service do compression when you upload media to them today. It's not super far off that an email client would do the same.

He was saying the receiving email client (the defense's) was doing the compression (because if he was responsible, that potentially puts him in trouble)

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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post #9

Why was this posted? Doesn't seem to be any recent news.

https://twitter.com/lego_operator/status/1461077353476628488 This seems to be why.

Funny how the replies all say "omg you can't clip videos idiot" but the defense isn't claiming they clipped any evidence. They're claiming that scaling / interpolation is enough to invalidate video evidence where mere pixels matter. Which is true.
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