HandBrake

Unreasonable quality target is inflating the encode size. Pick something more reasonable for 4K in the mid 20s.

Output size for quality based encoding depends on the input content (motion, detail, etc), not the input file size.

https://github.com/donmelton/video_transcoding does, although a bit different than you're proposing: - he does single pass CRF encode with a bitrate cap - he also uses a quality-based override on a per-frame basis to avoid low quality frames just to satisfy the bitrate constraint This addresses the ...

Still need to see an activity log from an existing encode to know what you've done.

Post logs from before and after.

Start with the HQ 1080p preset. See what you do/don't like about the result.

Post your encoding log and your preferences/gripes for more specific suggestions.

I'd start with the same QP target and see how you like the result. Try a variety of content, high motion, detailed slow motion, etc.

You can't with HB. Mux in afterward with something else.

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Gotta see what you did; otherwise it's not a HB issue.

Use HBBatchBeast, a third party GUI for batch encoding with HB as the backend.

Which raises the question why HB allows a flag it doesn't support.

Yes, if they're the same price you may as well get the 2660v3.

You can have it call any external program you want, including one that you choose that can send emails or text messages.

Yes that's better than the 4627v3. Either the 2660v3 or 2640v3 is your best choice, not much difference between them.

No, NVENC is for realtime applications, so there's no 2 pass option.

Not really, nVidia makes it a black box.

You can certainly make use of more than 8 cores, so I'd go with at least the 2640V3. You could do the 4627V3 but with diminishing returns it will be less than 20% faster.

Are the CPUs all the same price? If not, what are the prices?

What resolution encodes are typical for you?

In the app preferences...

https://i.imgur.com/Td9knED.png

The audio settings have nothing to do about notifying you when the processing is done. You need to use the application setting for an external program to call when done.

- @mduell I will take a look at Davinci Resolve and see if this can help me solve my problem. - @Woodstock , The camera manufactuere (JVC) provides a simple tool specifaccly for this purpose. The big issue (since 2012) is that the provides software by JVC is the opposite of handbrake and the (open)...

That's an audio setting, nothing to do with the post-encode preference.

You need a video editor to do the layout. Davinci Resolve is free.

No encoder or editor is able to respect your preferences about the video encoding being unchanged. Use an appropriate quality-based encoding target to meet your preferences; bitrate may be higher or lower.

https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gra ... 119353.png

In the Mac mini (with a ~20W TDP, the laptops will be lower), it's better than 1185G7, worse than the desktop chips for x264.

Use the "after encode is complete" option to call the program of your choice that can send an email or text.

Need to see an encode log from before with the same settings.