HandBrake

You could use libhb.dll like vidcoder does.

What!? I guess I'm reading old info. In one post it recommended installing libdvdcss and then Handbrake wouldn't have an issue with copywriter DVDs. Since when does this not work? BTW I've used HB before - but man it's been a while. Can anyone here comment on why HB still cannot handle CW - but Mak...

You could narrow it to 4 by just trying the last release within each minor version. Start with a version in the middle and you'll have to test no more than 3. 5x improvement over the 15 you claimed.

x264, which you'll find as the default in the HQ 576p preset.

Windows would probably be the shortest path to get it working if you're not familiar enough with Linux to make it work.

Other than that, $100 for an Intel Arc A310 is a great hardware encoder... but you'll still need to understand enough Linux to get it to work.

HQ 576p preset is a good starting point.

No point in x265 for high quality low res encodes.

The HB team doesn't accept donations.

The one relevant to the encode you're posting about. Probably the last one, but not necessarily, depending on the timing of your posting.

govind wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:32 pmTHIS IS TOO HARD FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

I am le tired.

Best practice for the Apple ecosystem is to include the 2ch AAC audio as the first audio track.

Balanced is fine, you just need to turn off the lowpower QSV mode in the HB settings.

Try without low power mode (I think its in settings).

No.

Because you don't have an nVidia driver installed. It's irrelevant to your actual issue.

“DVD upscale” and “high quality” seems like a bit of a stretch, but the obvious choice would be the HQ 2160p HEVC preset as a starting point.

Segfault would be a problem outside of HB... do you get the same segfault if you boot from a livecd?

You probably can't, since HB/video encoding doesn't use the main GPU execution units.

Not with HB. Use exiftool or similar.

Post the encoding log from that most recent encode so we can make specific suggestions for improvement.

When encoding a DolbyVision file (sourced from output from MakeMKV, the DolbyVision profile changes Just like the documentation says it will : Dolby Vision is supported only when using the x265 10-bit encoder, the following Dolby Vision profiles and cross compatibility IDs are supported: - 5.0 - 7....

More generally, set the level limit to what your playback environment supports.

Since we're just doing vibes here, keep both.

What you describe is combing, you may have to learn more advanced decomb options.

Try updating HB first.

Also if you're going to use x265 preset fast you may as well use preset veryfast.

Crop the appropriate number of pixels off the top and bottom for your resolution. Could save a preset to do that.