seperis | Handbrake and the Video Encoding Project (...yeah)

So I started! From my estimate, this could take up to two months (...oh God what), but I'll post results as I finish each batch group. And apart from my own curiosity, I hope someone may be able to use the results to fine-tune their own Handbrake settings.

(Follow up to posts about video, here and here.)

Some info below cut and links

Assuming nothing interferes and everything goes well, the test parameters are as follows:

Movies: 4K rips, 4 movies
Encoders: H.265, H.264, V9
Resolutions: 2160p60, 1080p30, 720p30
Audio: All streams, no compression
Subtitles: All streams, no compression

Shared Folder: Handbrake Encoder Testing

All links below go to files in that folder.

The movies chosen:

Captain Marvel - MediaInfo
Jupiter Ascending - MediaInfo
John Wick - MediaInfo
The Martian (Extended Edition) - MediaInfo

All were ripped with MakeMKV from 4K bluray source, all English audio and English subtitles included.

Basic stats breakdown are in google sheets: Handbrake Test Batch - this includes everything I got from Handbrake and everything from MediaInfo on the audio. If you want/need something more detailed, I ran a bash batch using mediainfo on all my movie files that does a full breakdown of individual stream information on video and audio; the link to that file is above.

Settings

For the first batch:

Encoder: H.265

The base presets:
Matroska->H.265 MKV 2160p60
Constant Quality: 24 RF (default)
Audio Selection:
- All matching language (English)
- Auto Passthru - MP3, AAC, AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, FLAC
- Passthru Fallback: AAC
- Only encoder is auto-passthru
Subtitle Selection:
- All matching language (English)
- Add Foreign Audio Scan Pass
- Add English Subtitle Track if default audio is not Engligh
- Burn in behavior: None
- Bluray and DVD burn-in deselected

The only two differences from the preset are the audio and subtitle changes; I used Constant Quality RF 24 preset to reduce number of variables.

The same basic preset will be used for each video encoder at each resolution.

So this is apparently happening. Please tell me if the links don't work; they should but google drive is tricky.

And please tell me if there are specific results you're looking for that you'd like me to record. I'll also be putting up a MediaInfo stat sheet of the new files so you can compare information.

Master List
Encoder: H.265
- 4K Bluray Rip to 2160p60 - Complete! 10/11/2019
- 4K Bluray Rip to 1080p30 - Complete! 10/16/2019
- 4K Bluray Rip to 720p30

Encoder: H.264
- 4K Bluray Rip to 2160p60 - Complete! 10/18/2019
- 4K Bluray Rip to 1080p30 Complete! 10/20/2019
- 4K Bluray Rip to 720p30

Encoder: V9
- 4K Bluray Rip to 2160p60 - Complete! 10/31/2019
- 4K Bluray Rip to 1080p30
- 4K Bluray Rip to 720p30

Quotes

If you don't send me feedback, I will sob uncontrollably for hours on end, until finally, in a fit of depression, I slash my wrists and bleed out on the bathroom floor. My death will be on your heads. Murderers
. -- Unknown, on feedback
BTS List
That's why he goes bad, you know -- all the good people hit him on the head or try to shoot him and constantly mistrust him, while there's this vast cohort of minions saying, We wouldn't hurt you, Lex, and we'll give you power and greatness and oh so much sex...
Wow. That was scary. Lex is like Jesus in the desert.
-- pricklyelf, on why Lex goes bad
LJ
Obi-Wan has a sort of desperate, pathetic patience in this movie. You can just see it in his eyes: "My padawan is a psychopath, and no one will believe me; I'm barely keeping him under control and expect to wake up any night now to find him standing over my bed with a knife!"
-- Teague, reviewing "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
LJ
Beth: god, why do i have so many beads?
Jenn: Because you are an addict.
Jenn: There are twelve step programs for this.
Beth: i dunno they'd work, might have to go straight for the electroshock.
Jenn: I'm not sure that helps with bead addiction.
Beth: i was thinking more to demagnitize my credit card.
-- hwmitzy and seperis, on bead addiction
AIM, 12/24/2003
I could rape a goat and it will DIE PRETTIER than they write.
-- anonymous, on terrible writing
AIM, 2/17/2004
In medical billing there is a diagnosis code for someone who commits suicide by sea anenemoe.
-- silverkyst, on wtf
AIM, 3/25/2004
Anonymous: sorry. i just wanted to tell you how much i liked you. i'd like to take this to a higher level if you're willing
Eleveninches: By higher level I hope you mean email.
-- eleveninches and anonymous, on things that are disturbing
LJ, 4/2/2004
silverkyst: I need to not be taking molecular genetics.
silverkyst: though, as a sidenote, I did learn how to eviscerate a fruit fly larvae by pulling it's mouth out by it's mouthparts today.
silverkyst: I'm just nowhere near competent in the subject material to be taking it.
Jenn: I'd like to thank you for that image.
-- silverkyst and seperis, on more wtf
AIM, 1/25/2005
You know, if obi-wan had just disciplined the boy *properly* we wouldn't be having these problems. Can't you just see yoda? "Take him in hand, you must. The true Force, you must show him."
-- Issaro, on spanking Anakin in his formative years
LJ, 3/15/2005
Aside from the fact that one person should never go near another with a penis, a bottle of body wash, and a hopeful expression...
-- Summerfling, on shower sex
LJ, 7/22/2005
It's weird, after you get used to the affection you get from a rabbit, it's like any other BDSM relationship. Only without the sex and hot chicks in leather corsets wielding floggers. You'll grow to like it.
-- revelininsanity, on my relationship with my rabbit
LJ, 2/7/2006
Smudged upon the near horizon, lapine shadows in the mist. Like a doomsday vision from Watership Down, the bunny intervention approaches.
-- cpt_untouchable, on my addition of The Fourth Bunny
LJ, 4/13/2006
Rule 3. Chemistry is kind of like bondage. Some people like it, some people like reading about or watching other people doing it, and a large number of people's reaction to actually doing the serious stuff is to recoil in horror.
-- deadlychameleon, on class
LJ, 9/1/2007
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Fan Fiction is John Cusack standing outside your house with a boombox.
-- JRDSkinner, on fanfiction
Twitter
I will unashamedly and unapologetically celebrate the joy and the warmth and the creativity of a community of people sharing something positive and beautiful and connective and if you don’t like it you are most welcome to very fuck off.
-- Michael Sheen, on Good Omens fanfic
Twitter, 6/19/2019
Adding for Mastodon.
-- Jenn, traceback
Fosstodon, 11/6/2022

I will be watching this because I have discovered I want to make vids and I understand nothing about the relevant software. "How to rip from DVD" is apparently a minor point that's not often discussed in detail. "You use Handbrake" has come up, but I have no idea what any of the settings mean.

Generally, you use Handbrake to rip if you want to rip + encode/compress while you rip. If all you want to do is rip a copy, use AnyDVD or MakeMKV. It takes about an hour, two tops for a 4K movie, and then you have a pure copy on which to work your will (cut it up for vidding, etc). To do that, all you need is the program on default settings, at least where MakeMKV is concerned. The only problem is some Disney bluray movies show like, thousands of possible playlists to screw with ripping, but google will tell you easily in that case which file.

I know it looks intimidating, but feel free to ask me any questions and I'll try to answer or steal answers from others.

I will be doing this myself to my DVD/Bluray collection as soon as I manage to buy a drive for my mac (which isn't that easy in Brazil, apparently). So I'm very interested in how this turns out!

Good luck! :)

Thank you so much for sharing this. Definitely saving these links for next time I need to do some encoding! You have put so much work into it.

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