Adding DVDs to AppleTV

Is there a reason why you would use DVD43 to rip rather than letting Handbrake do all the work? All you really need to do is find 64bit Handbrake with VLC 64bit, open Handbrake, pop in the DVD, let it scan. On the side bar select the little Apple TV icon then click start and let the magic happen. It just takes a while, even if you already have say, an AVI file that you are converting through Handbrake. This is why ya need to put NitoTV on your junk so you aren't a slave to iTunes. I do admit, it looks prettier through iTunes cus you can put the movie poster as a graphic in your library where NitoTV has a look of basic folders. I havent used DVDpedia but I might start.

I've found a few problems with Handbrake, but these are more general config issues. I do have a few movies that had to be re-encoded due to quality issues (macroblocking), but it just means I have to review the rip (on the ATV, my mac plays them just fine… perhaps there's a difference in QT from the ATV to full OS X…).

One thing to remember, if you include things like Commentary audio tracks, use Subler to rename the track, otherwise ATV links them and you can't select the commentary track to play… a strange bug in how ATV handles such things I guess.