Whow, doesn't anyone but me have to sleep, eat and work every once in a while? The number of posts here is amazing!

Ok, basic walkthrough for Handbrake on Ubuntu Karmic(worksforme) follows.
Sorry, no screenshots, my connection is crawling slow at the moment...

1. optional: rip DVD to ISO image with a program of your choice (k3b, brasero...). Handbrake CAN also work directly off a DVD in the drive, but especially 2pass-encoding is significantly faster off image files...

2. open HandBrake

3. in the Top/Left corner, click "Source". Either select your DVD drive or the appropriate .ISO

== you should now see a preview image, chapters and some metadata...

4. Where it says "Destination", pick a filename of choice...

5. directly to the left of destination:
- Format: MP4
- disable "iPod 5G Support"
- Enable "Web optimized" (not really neccessary, but improves loading speed since not the whole file has to be cached)
- disable "Large File"

5. below that, go to the "Video" tab.
- Video Codec "MPEG-4 (FFmpeg)"
-Framerate "Same as Source"
- Bitrate: anything up to 3500 works for me
- Enable 2-Pass Encoding (not available when "constant quality" is checked)

6. Goto Audio Tab
- select the audio track you want, then select:
- Codec: AAC (faac)
- Bitrate: 160
- Samplerate: Same as Source
- Mix: Dolby Pro Logic II
- DRC: whatever you like, I'd recommend on

So much for codec things, now let's tweak the picture:

7. on the UPPER BAR, select "Picture Settings" (really colorful Icon)
All these settings have nothing to do with the actual playability, but rather with "how it will look"

In the dimensions-tab:

Cropping: Auto crop on, Loose Crop on
Storage (in that order, otherwise the controls are greyed out):
-Anamorhic: Off
-Alignment: doesn't matter, use 16 for fast encoding
-Optimal for source: off
-width and heigth: manually adjust so they best fit the 800x480 screen

Display section: mostly grey, "Keep Aspect" is on

Close subwindow, go back to main window

During all that in the "Presets"-List on the right the "Regular --> Normal" entry is bold. I have no Idea what this list actually does, haven't played with it.


Hope I could help

That's it, push start, grab a snack, copy to device, enjoy