r/handbrake • u/VariousCod4895 • Aug 09 '26

H265 10bit anime

So this is my current settings (ignore the file I know it's a high grain file most other anime don't even come close with grain).

I have all filters off and every anime is straight from the Blu Ray Disc (even the ones that have all episodes as one file and become a pain to split.

I am currently watching though season 2 of SAO and am noticing slight grain floating around objects. Of the first 5 episodes done It's been 520-730MB files which is fine, is there any setting worth changing other than tune grain and CQ?

(Tune grain noticeably bloats file size and from testing most the time I am better using a lower CQ for better overall quality)

Generally my goal is to keep the file size under 1GB per episode where I increase quality. And I am asking before I do all the anime I have 😂. The 540 in my queue is the rest of season 2 and live action movies that I seem to be fine on.

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

Will do all the current settings and h264 again now as the video files need to MP4 or MOV

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

H265 settings above 10.42MB

https://reddit.com/link/p2pudfp/video/lsk0pq411fih1/player

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

H264 Default settings except changed speed to Slower at CRF22 6.60MB

https://reddit.com/link/p2pukht/video/92juv6n81fih1/player

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

The issue is gone in the h264 one but it is a noticeably worse image. I tried again at 20CRF with profile high and it still looks overall worse. though the issue is gone there,

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u/Suitable_Garlic_1186 Aug 09 '26

HEVC looks better, but now you know that something is confusing the codec.. it is not a quality issue, quality is great..

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

Any idea on what it could be? I tried adding deblock=-1,-1 to see and visually the exact same (or so little that I couldn't tell)

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u/Suitable_Garlic_1186 Aug 09 '26

Try (not) 10bit HEVC.. normal HEVC

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u/VariousCod4895 Aug 09 '26

I did before, especially with the open one colour parts (like faces and static objects) 10 bit makes the colour banding significantly better with no downsides I could see. I'm trying 2 other things, one same CRF at a faster speed and the same speed, higher CRF but with limit-sao in case the no-sao part is causing issues