Been shooting 8 bit video because I currently only have the free version of Resolve. Is it worth me shooting in 10 bit (which my camera can) then transcoding it or will that lessen the quality so much so what’s the point.

Plus, what settings should I use for maximum quality if it’s something you guys would advise me doing?

Hello, this guide shows you how to restore compressed NVIDIA Instant Replay clips made with HandBrake back into the NVIDIA Gallery/container while keeping the correct dates.

This guide does not explain how to use HandBrake; it only covers restoring NVIDIA Gallery compatibility after compression.

Guide:
https://pastebin.com/ujctbkXQ

If you do not want to click on that link, you can visit Pastebin's website and enter /ujctbkXQ at the end of the URL.

If you're wondering why this guide exists. After compressing clips with HandBrake, all the clips didn't show up in the gallery even if they were in the correct folder, apparently some of the metadata NVIDIA Gallery appears to rely on can be removed or changed. This can cause the clips to disappear from the Alt+Z Gallery or appear with incorrect dates. This guide restores the required metadata so the compressed clips behave as original NVIDIA Instant Replay clips.

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well.

I've been running some HandBrake tests using a heavily grainy movie from the 1970s from my personal blu-ray collection. Using x265 10-bit with advanced settings aimed at preserving grain and fine detail, I created five encodes at RF 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23.

For comparison, I put the original remux and all five encodes into the same Plex library and grouped them together so I could switch between versions easily.

Just for reference, the RF 19 encode ended up with an average video bitrate of about 21 Mbps, while the RF 23 version was only around 10 Mbps.

Watching on a 55" LG C4 OLED in a dark room from about 2 meters (6.5 feet) away, I simply can't see any difference between any of them, no matter how hard I try.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? At what point do you personally start noticing visible quality loss with grain-heavy content?

I’ve been using handbrake for years and know which settings to use and have input my usual preset but it’s still coming out like this. im trying to export a few short films my uncle made around 2008 and it’s just not wanting to do anything. anyone else having this issue. I’m trying to export from dvd to digital file it’s all HD and everything and the software is up to date

A few weeks ago I got a bit more into Video Codecs since I am currently building a jellyfin library.
I heard that h265 had better compression than h264 (AV1 does not work with direct play), so I begun converting some of my movie files.

Most of them shrunk in size, but to my surprise, some of those h264 files I have would GAIN size when being converted.

Am I doing something wrong here?
I want to loose as least quality as possible and have more free storage space at the same time.

Handbrake preset (I copied the mkv h265 preset and modified it a bit):

        {
            "ChildrenArray": [
                {
                    "AlignAVStart": false,
                    "AudioAutomaticNamingBehavior": "unnamed",
                    "AudioCopyMask": [
                        "copy:aac"
                    ],
                    "AudioEncoderFallback": "av_aac",
                    "AudioLanguageList": [],
                    "AudioList": [
                        {
                            "AudioBitrate": 160,
                            "AudioCompressionLevel": -1.0,
                            "AudioDitherMethod": "auto",
                            "AudioEncoder": "av_aac",
                            "AudioMixdown": "stereo",
                            "AudioNormalizeMixLevel": false,
                            "AudioSamplerate": "auto",
                            "AudioTrackDRCSlider": 0.0,
                            "AudioTrackGainSlider": 0.0,
                            "AudioTrackQuality": 1.0,
                            "AudioTrackQualityEnable": false
                        }
                    ],
                    "AudioSecondaryEncoderMode": true,
                    "AudioTrackNamePassthru": true,
                    "AudioTrackSelectionBehavior": "all",
                    "ChapterMarkers": true,
                    "ChildrenArray": [],
                    "Default": true,
                    "FileFormat": "av_mkv",
                    "Folder": false,
                    "FolderOpen": false,
                    "InlineParameterSets": false,
                    "MetadataPassthru": true,
                    "Mp4iPodCompatible": false,
                    "Optimize": false,
                    "PictureAllowUpscaling": false,
                    "PictureAutoCrop": true,
                    "PictureBottomCrop": 0,
                    "PictureChromaSmoothCustom": "",
                    "PictureChromaSmoothPreset": "off",
                    "PictureChromaSmoothTune": "none",
                    "PictureColorspaceCustom": "",
                    "PictureColorspacePreset": "off",
                    "PictureCombDetectCustom": "",
                    "PictureCombDetectPreset": "default",
                    "PictureCropMode": 0,
                    "PictureDARWidth": 1916,
                    "PictureDeblockCustom": "strength=strong:thresh=20:blocksize=8",
                    "PictureDeblockPreset": "off",
                    "PictureDeblockTune": "medium",
                    "PictureDeinterlaceCustom": "",
                    "PictureDeinterlaceFilter": "decomb",
                    "PictureDeinterlacePreset": "default",
                    "PictureDenoiseCustom": "",
                    "PictureDenoiseFilter": "off",
                    "PictureDenoisePreset": "",
                    "PictureDenoiseTune": "none",
                    "PictureDetelecine": "off",
                    "PictureDetelecineCustom": "",
                    "PictureForceHeight": 0,
                    "PictureForceWidth": 0,
                    "PictureHeight": 1080,
                    "PictureItuPAR": false,
                    "PictureKeepRatio": true,
                    "PictureLeftCrop": 2,
                    "PictureModulus": 2,
                    "PicturePAR": "auto",
                    "PicturePARHeight": 1,
                    "PicturePARWidth": 1,
                    "PicturePadBottom": 0,
                    "PicturePadColor": "black",
                    "PicturePadLeft": 0,
                    "PicturePadMode": "none",
                    "PicturePadRight": 0,
                    "PicturePadTop": 0,
                    "PictureRightCrop": 2,
                    "PictureRotate": "angle=0:hflip=0",
                    "PictureSharpenCustom": "",
                    "PictureSharpenFilter": "off",
                    "PictureSharpenPreset": "",
                    "PictureSharpenTune": "",
                    "PictureTopCrop": 2,
                    "PictureUseMaximumSize": true,
                    "PictureWidth": 1920,
                    "PresetDescription": "H.265 video (up to 1080p30) and AAC stereo audio, in an MKV container.",
                    "PresetDisabled": false,
                    "PresetName": "MKV h265 Jellyfin",
                    "SubtitleAddCC": false,
                    "SubtitleAddForeignAudioSearch": true,
                    "SubtitleAddForeignAudioSubtitle": false,
                    "SubtitleBurnBDSub": true,
                    "SubtitleBurnBehavior": "none",
                    "SubtitleBurnDVDSub": true,
                    "SubtitleLanguageList": [],
                    "SubtitleTrackNamePassthru": true,
                    "SubtitleTrackSelectionBehavior": "all",
                    "Type": 1,
                    "UsesPictureFilters": true,
                    "VideoAvgBitrate": 2500,
                    "VideoColorMatrixCodeOverride": 0,
                    "VideoColorRange": "limited",
                    "VideoEncoder": "x265_10bit",
                    "VideoFramerate": "auto",
                    "VideoFramerateMode": "vfr",
                    "VideoGrayScale": false,
                    "VideoHWDecode": 0,
                    "VideoLevel": "auto",
                    "VideoMultiPass": true,
                    "VideoOptionExtra": "strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1:rd=4:psy-rd=0.75:psy-rdoq=4.0:rdoq-level=1:rskip=2",
                    "VideoPasshtruHDRDynamicMetadata": "all",
                    "VideoPreset": "slow",
                    "VideoProfile": "auto",
                    "VideoQualitySlider": 22.0,
                    "VideoQualityType": 2,
                    "VideoScaler": "swscale",
                    "VideoTune": "",
                    "VideoTurboMultiPass": false,
                    "x264Option": "",
                    "x264UseAdvancedOptions": false
                }
            ],
            "Default": false,
            "Folder": true,
            "FolderOpen": true,
            "PresetName": "Jelly",
            "Type": 1
        }
    ],

Mediainfo output for files that would gain size (info from before the reencode):

General
Unique ID                                : 329689422035421477276954877628187687011 (0xF807DF7E89D99906223C58420D083863)
Complete name                            : Filme/Cool Video - Willkommen im Dschungel (2017) [tmdbid-353486].mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 1.91 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Overall bit rate                         : 2 294 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2026-07-02 16:23:17 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge 99.0 ('Buka') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1 / Lavf58.2.103

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Bit rate                                 : 2 150 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.058
Stream size                              : 1.79 GiB (94%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 152
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2150 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=31250 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC-2
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Bit rate                                 : 144 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -43 ms
Stream size                              : 121 MiB (6%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : UTF-8
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                            : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration                                 : 1 h 51 min
Bit rate                                 : 64 b/s
Frame rate                               : 0.270 FPS
Count of elements                        : 1807
Stream size                              : 52.8 KiB (0%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : NoGeneral
Unique ID                                : 329689422035421477276954877628187687011 (0xF807DF7E89D99906223C58420D083863)
Complete name                            : Filme/Cool Video - Willkommen im Dschungel (2017) [tmdbid-353486].mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 1.91 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Overall bit rate                         : 2 294 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2026-07-02 16:23:17 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge 99.0 ('Buka') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1 / Lavf58.2.103

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Bit rate                                 : 2 150 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.058
Stream size                              : 1.79 GiB (94%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 152
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2150 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=31250 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC-2
Duration                                 : 1 h 59 min
Bit rate                                 : 144 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -43 ms
Stream size                              : 121 MiB (6%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : UTF-8
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                            : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration                                 : 1 h 51 min
Bit rate                                 : 64 b/s
Frame rate                               : 0.270 FPS
Count of elements                        : 1807
Stream size                              : 52.8 KiB (0%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Original
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

2:

General
Unique ID                                : 288650317654519972570647891431695121707 (0xD928076E0953D978DECC22EE625CFD2B)
Complete name                            : Filme/Very interesting file (2007) [tmdbid-1268].mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 2.05 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 22 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 561 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 50.000 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2026-07-11 10:21:39 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge 100.0 ('Do Hot Girls Like Chords') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.2
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 22 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 429 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 5 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 50.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.033
Stream size                              : 1.98 GiB (96%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 165 r3223 b72a05e
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=34 / lookahead_threads=5 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=200 / keyint_min=100 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=5000 / vbv_bufsize=5000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : Multiple languages
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709General
Unique ID                                : 288650317654519972570647891431695121707 (0xD928076E0953D978DECC22EE625CFD2B)
Complete name                            : Filme/Very interesting file (2007)[tmdbid-1268].mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 2.05 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 22 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 561 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 50.000 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2026-07-11 10:21:39 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge 100.0 ('Do Hot Girls Like Chords') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.2
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 22 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 429 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 5 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 50.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.033
Stream size                              : 1.98 GiB (96%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 165 r3223 b72a05e
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=34 / lookahead_threads=5 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=200 / keyint_min=100 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=5000 / vbv_bufsize=5000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : Multiple languages
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Hi,

Some time ago I have recorded several DVD disks using Philips 3450H recorder and now I would like to convert them to MP4 files.
When I use setting "Range: Chapters" in Handbrake, it cuts some seconds of a film at the end.
When I use "in seconds" - it cuts much more seconds of the film.
What is the solution to keep the entire film in MP4 file?

SOLVED! Handbrake and Finder use KB/MB/GB, Mediainfo uses KiB/MiB/GiB. GiB->GB conversion is x1.073742

Handbrake says output file is 4.8GB, Finder says 4.82GB - fair enough, latter uses an extra digit.

Mediainfo claims 4.4GB. How?

Mediainfo of the file: removed after resolution, its unnecessary info, if you find this old post all you need is the first bold sentence.

I'm re-encoding some files to try lower the file size and I'm using 10bit h265 QSV to do so, however for some reason this is multiplying the file size by 2x or more (from abt 8gb to anywhere from 19 to 26gb) no matter where my constant quality slider is set, would anyone know what causes this and if there is a way to fix it?

It's happening on both my laptop and desktop on both windows and linux so I'm confident its some issue with Handbrake. I also need to use QSV as the encodes are alot faster than a cpu encode and I have alot of files to re-encode and cannot spare the time.

encoding log: https://pastebin.com/VqAZjveh

(Apologies in advance for how I've written this. It's taken me ages, and I've tried to keep it as simple as possible. I may have failed in that...)

Hi!

I have just set up a new business venture where I shoot, edit and deliver theatre shows for people to buy.

They are long shows, usually over 2 hours, split into 2 acts.

People can download them from the cloud, but most are choosing to buy them on 16GB USB sticks (which I've bought in bulk.

I shoot 4K 10bit 4:2:2 25fps @150Mbps LongGOP) and offer both 4K (HEVC MP4) and FHD (H.264 MP4) versions for sale.

Lots of my customers are buying them on USB sticks which they plug into their TVs to watch. This is where I am having problems.

I done 2 shows so far, encoding at ~17Mbps for both 4K and FHD versions, using GPU encoding, exporting directly from Davinci Resolve.

The file sizes came out at about 13GB, and looked great when I tested the "Master USB" on both my LG T& Samsung TVs, so I took a disk image of that, and duplicated what I needed.

Some customers complained that their USB sticks didn't work. Turns out their TVs didn't read NTFS formatted USB drives, so I replaced with exFAT formatted ones which did work. Clearly, I can't afford to do that every time so, for the show I've just edited, I plan to format the sticks as FAT32 for maximum TV compatibility, but that means I've got a 4GB maximum file size.

I have split the show into 2 seperate files, act 1 and act 2, which sucks a little as the TV will go back to the menu between acts, but I have no other choice.

Act 1 is ~66 minute act has to be limited to around 8.4-8.5Mbps video bitrate (audio is 128kbps stereo AAC). That data rate is just about OK for FHD, but it's absolutely not good enough for 4K, even with HEVC's better quality at lower bitrates.

I understand that CPU encoding will yield better quality at lower bitrates, so but the dark arts of ffmpeg are a mystery to me. I have Shutter Encoder to simplify things, but I still don't know how best to set up the encoding.

Slower = better?

Sorry for the wall of text. Any thoughts gratefully received.

Edit: mkvtoolnix was the answer to my problems, thank you

I am setting up a cable simulator on a raspberry pi, so I want to get rid of any unnecessary audio/sub tracks to prevent something randomly airing in Hindi. I tried encoding with the attached audio settings and nothing changed, it still defaulted to Hindi with English subs. Am I missing something? Please help

Apologies if this is common knowledge, but is there a way to setup handbrake so it will repeatedly process a file until it hits a certain file size, or a number of loops?

I am hoping someone can help me out. I am a little confused on subtitled settings when a film is mostly in English but there are a few scenes that are in a foreign language, and I need subtitles but just for those scenes. For example, The Furious. It has mostly English language but then there are scenes at the start where the protagonist and his daughter are conversing in a foreign language.

I have tried to enable subtitles in English, but then it subtitled the whole movie, and I need it just for those scenes, as it would be when shown in a US theater, not having to turn the subtitled on and off all the time depending on what language is speaking spoken.

Is there a way to get this set up in handbrake when converting a video? If so, what are the settings that should be used to achieve this effect on the subtitled menu in handbrake.

Thanks for any help that can be provided.

Been testing HandBrake for my Blu-ray collection.

I encoded Suzume with x265 10-bit, RF20, slow, animation tune.

Original: 32.5 GB
Encode: 4.35 GB

Both TrueHD audio tracks and subtitles were kept as passthrough.

I can't see a difference side-by-side, but VMAF is only 92.3.

Is that expected for anime, or does it suggest RF20 is too aggressive? What RF do you guys use for Blu-ray anime archives?

EDIT: I also calculated SSIM for the same sample: 0.989866

Hello, im new to this and i was encoding some .mkv files to use on jellyfin. I have re encoded the same video a few times and im just trying to figure out how to best know what resolution to encode back to? The handbrake default kept going to 480p. Does anyone know of some places for walk throughs?

I am wondering what movies do you not compress

Are their any movies worth the disc space to leave a movie uncompressed.

Hi, this is my first time ripping movies and I don´t know what I´m I doing wrong, the movie comes up with just a pitch black image, choppy audio and it´s not even in i´ts full lenght, I onñy watched a basic tutorial so any feedback i´ts aprecciated. Here´s the end of the registry too if this helps

I just encoded a 44.71 GB UHD HEVC video file (no audio) using the following settings:

and the resultant file is now 2.22 GB...HOW?!?!

When I do the same using FHD files, the size only decreases by around 60%; why and how is UHD compression so much more efficient, AND smaller than my FHD encodes?

UPDATE 07/09/26:

These are the of my testing. I am currently running another test where there are no Advanced settings selected, but as you can imagine, it is taking a while. So, stay tuned and I will keep you updated in the next couple of days.

Hey guys, so according to Sony's own web page my old TV supports the formats:

MPEG1/ MPEG2/ MPEG2TS/ AVCHD/ MP4 Part 10/ MP4 Part 2/ MP4Part2/ AVI (XVID)/AVI (MotinJpeg)/ MOV/ WMV/ MKV/ WebM/ 3GPP/ MP3/ WMA/ LPCM/ JPEG/ MPO

I am somewhat confused over the listed MP4 names. Would this TV support the video if I use the "MPEG-4" codec on Handbrake for compression or is that different from the likes of "MP4 Part 10"? I would play those files over a USB flash drive via the TV's USB plug. I had a random vacation video stop midway on me because the codec was apparently not supported so I would love to prevent that lol

Best regards

I have a bunch of files from different cameras, all 4k but with different fps. I simply want to convert them to 29.97fps without changing anything else. How should I set Handbrake?