Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, talks about his non-browser-based passions - Blu-Ray, transcoding, H.264, and managing massive amounts of media. Warning: Contains extreme nerdery.

Show notes * transcode-video.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to transcode a video file (works best with Blu-ray or DVD rip) into MP4 (or optionally Matroska) format, with configuration and at bitrate similar to popluar online downloads. Requires HandBrakeCLI and mediainfo executables. * detect-crop.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to detect crop values for a video file to use with mplayer and transcode-video.sh. Requires mplayer and mediainfo executables. * convert-mp4-to-mkv.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to convert an MP4 video file into Matroska format with a single audio track. Requires mkvmerge executable. * HandBrake and HandBrakeCLI: Convert video from nearly any format. * HandBrake and HandBrakeCLI: nightly builds. * MediaInfo: Display technical and tag data for video and audio files. * MKVToolNix: Tools for Matroska, including mkvmerge. * MPlayer: Media utilities and player. * Homebrew: Package manager for OS X to install MPlayer, MediaInfo and MKVToolNix. * MakeMKV: Convert/rip video that you own into the portable and open Matroska format. * Plex * XBMC * OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) * X264 Settings * Scene Rules: warez