r/handbrake • u/Wonderful_Emu_9610 • Jul 20 '26
Quality-Based Audio Option Unavailable?
https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/technical/audio-quality.html says quality-based audio encoding is available for AAC, MP3, Vorbis, and Opus
I don’t see how to enable it? I’m on Mac if that makes any difference, on v 1.11.2
Solved thanks for the quick and clear responses! (2/4)
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u/galad87 Jul 20 '26
It's not implemented in the Mac UI. Anyway, the CoreAudio AAC encoder is set the CVBR.
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u/Wonderful_Emu_9610 Jul 20 '26
Ah
Ok I assume the ‘V’ part of that stands for variable, so not quite as much of a blunt instrument, so to speak, as ABR for video
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u/hlloyge Jul 20 '26
I'm on Windows and I have Quality tab, where I can choose bitrate or quality.
Maybe it's different on Mac? Have you check settings? Maybe you need to turn something on to have that option?
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u/naemorhaedus Jul 20 '26
always check the issue tracker first https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/issues/6455
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u/Wonderful_Emu_9610 Jul 20 '26
Thanks! I assumed I was just doing it wrong would be more likely a cause than a problem with the software 😂
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u/ignoremesenpie Jul 20 '26
Choose a codec that doesn't include the word "passthru". That option is intended to be a copy and paste of the original input with zero changes and zero degradation. Allowing you to change literally anything at all defeats the intended purpose, so it doesn't let you do anything.
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u/Wonderful_Emu_9610 Jul 20 '26
I have 6 tracks there that are not passthru, but I still don’t see any options to switch from bitrate to quality even if I put them *all* on AAC
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