HandBrake - video transcoder

[thenktor]

This package needs some testing before adding to the repo:

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Screenshots:
http://handbrake.fr/screenshots.php

Package:
Qt: http://thenktor.dyndns.org/packages/xap/qhandbrake/
Gtk: http://thenktor.dyndns.org/packages/xap/ghandbrake/

Notes:
Building this package was a bit picky
* I've chosen to use "--arch=i686 --optimize=speed" as configure options, which should result in "-O3 -march=i686". "-O2" is not available via configure option. I certainly can tweak it to O2 but I think it is not necessary.
* During build it loads dozens of other multimedia packages. I guess it links all of them statically and it is ok this way.

EDIT: Gtk version added. The Qt version segfaults on my PC.

[thenktor]

I've ripped a DVD with the Gtk version. Perhaps interesting: I couldn't create an ISO of the DVD with k3b because it's copy protected, but HandBrake could read the main movie.
I've created a .mkv with x264 video and aac audio (pass-through). I did not change the DVD resolution, so the .mkv is 16:9 anamophic with 720x576, too. The x264 settings were tweaked a little bit and quality factor was 18 (65 %). I would not recommend to use lower quality, next time I even will use the better setting 17 (67 %).
Encoding speed is damn slow with my dual core Athlon X2 2.4 GHz. The 2:24 h movie took about 5-6 h to convert (I can't tell the exact speed, I've run it over night). I would be interested if Handbrake could create enough threads to feed a quad core?
The complete DVD with menu, few extras and some more audio tracks has a size of 7.6 GB, my ripped file has a size of 2.6 GB. The next better quality setting probably will result in a ~3 GB file. So i think with x264 it is possible reach 50-60 % of the mpeg2 video size without quality loss.

All in all Handbrake works fine