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Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by FpUser »

heartbreak wrote: post #44
concinds wrote: post #13

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…

> the defense's email client might have compressed the video automatically (not how it works) On the contrary, this is exactly how it works. The biggest pain point in sharing high quality photo or video content in 2021 is that every single service insists on quietly compressing or transcoding your content. Some, like iMessage, even do it inconsistently depending on things like current format and file size. To make ma…

Zip it with the password.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by courtwatcher »

jhgb wrote: post #90
Supermancho wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because https://twitter.com/lego_operator/status/1461077353476628488 which is relevant to a high profile trial contention.

That would be a very poor standard for newsworthiness on this site.

Not if you'd been following this case. Since Friday the prosecution has been trying to do procedurally dubious things involving technology; like inferring that two pixels are a man with a rifle.

Today they got caught having sent the defense a lower quality video, after the video had already been shown to the jury. The prosecution played dumb, and even suggested that the defense's Android phones had compressed it. This is a serious issue because both sides of a trial have a right to the same quality of evidence as the other.

This screenshot proves that, at least Binger, knows about compression and uses it.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by courtwatcher »

woodruffw wrote: post #39
cronix wrote: post #28

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 b…

> That's not a normal application one would just have floating around. Without addressing the rest of the post: I've seen plenty of non-engineers use Handbrake. In fact, I've seen more than one lawyer use it. It occurs to me that it would actually be pretty common for lawyers to have it installed, particularly if they're reviewing and copying evidence that was delivered to them by DVD or other physical forms.

The DA was claiming that his hands were clean, that whatever problem the defense had were not the DA's office fault (although he did blame the crime lab at some point).

His last attempt at claiming clean hands was that he was too technically incompetent to do so maliciously. But that's BS. Even if he doesn't know what handbrake does, if he uses it he's using it to somehow modify it. that's not allowed defense is allowed the exact copy the DA has.

Also, I have a lot of trouble believing that anyone, having used handbrake, hasn't noticed a drop in quality in the video.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by courtwatcher »

Steko wrote: post #45
cronix wrote: post #28

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 b…

On r/law they explained it’s a technicians or special trial laptop thats preloaded with software like this.

Was it? I was listening on the radio in the car when they were searching for a laptop. I don't remember who gave it to them, but they were instructed to make sure the laptop was clean.

Also, I'm not sure that the screenshot is of the jury's laptop. Isn't it Binger's after he turned it around to show something?

Either way, doesn't matter. Someone in the DAs office fiddled with the laptop and their laptops are loaded with this software. The DA is responsible for his office. The DA is responsible that the defense didn't get the proper copy.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by jhgb »

kyleee wrote: post #93
jhgb wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would be a very poor standard for newsworthiness on this site.

The reason for it being in the public consciousness today is immaterial really in terms of relevance for HN discussion purposes, and since it's an interesting piece of software it's quite on topic here

How is software presumably well known to a large portion of the site's audience relevant news merely for reason of some people outside of this site's audience discovering it for the first time? And what's there to discuss about it since its features have been the same for many years?

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by courtwatcher »

jMyles wrote: post #26
dotty- wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 o…

That's what I think the anti-Rittenhouse side doesn't see. This trial is a perfect example of DAs getting caught doing shady things and even a sympathetic judge doesn't have the courage to throw the case out.

It's an amazing example of how rotted justice in America is. But since it doesn't fit into the racial-power narrative it's ignored. This is the case that could teach middle America that their justice system is broken and needs reform.

Guilty or innocent, the DA has done so much BS that the case should have been thrown out w/ prejudice [1] a long time ago.

[1] mistrial w/ prejudice means Rittenhouse get's off. The argument for prejudice is that the prosecution is making too many serious violations for the mistakes to be innocent. And if they're not innocent mistakes, then prejudice attaches.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by tomjen3 »

matthewpick wrote: post #21
steviedotboston wrote: post #5

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

To some point yes, but I ended up buying a boxed DVD set of Buffy when netflix removed the show. Dealing with DVDs are super annoying when you don't have a DVD drive in your computer, so it was back to 2005 for me.

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by abdusco »

There's a really cool and feature-filled app on Windows called VidCoder that uses Handbrake as its engine. It allows you to create picker presets, offers better queuing options, compare different results etc. It's worth checking out.

https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder

Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder

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Post by MattPalmer1086 »

concinds wrote: post #95
boromi wrote: post #11

Doesn't ffmpeg provide similar functionality?

I find ffmpeg more intuitive. Handbrake only has presets, and it pre-fills so many options for you. Why can't I just have "original" everything, just change the format? I don't want any changes except codec, but with Handbrake I don't feel confident it's not going beyond that.

I'm the same. I used to use handbrake, but found the presets didn't work very well. I set up custom presetsz fiddled with lots of things, and still failed to always get the right subtitles or audio or something.

I've switched to ffmpeg now, with MakeMKV to do the rip. I find this works better and more reliably. It also let's me separate the ripping from the transcoding. So I can rip really fast and just queue up the transcoding.

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