Try using one of the apple presets in handbrake. Universal or the one for iPod Touch & iPhone should work.
Hanbrake is rather slow, althoughtit could be the Laptop I am running it off of. I went to convert Star Trek in 720 and it wound up telling me it would take 8 hours to convert. Way too long! But I run Pinnacle editing software off the same laptop without issue?
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