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by BradleyS
Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Have preset for Matroska H.265 MKV 1080p30changed?
Replies: 14
Views: 8698

Re: Have preset for Matroska H.265 MKV 1080p30changed?

Yes, the presets were rebalanced for speed and quality. In some cases larger files are produced. You can, of course, tweak as desired (e.g. 8-bit if you prefer) and save a custom preset for your purposes.
by BradleyS
Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: The queue starts two convert jobs at the same time !
Replies: 2
Views: 924

Re: The queue starts two convert jobs at the same time !

It appears you were using the nightly build, not 1.3.3. The nightly supports running multiple jobs in parallel. Feature, not a bug. ;)
by BradleyS
Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Subtitles not transferring
Replies: 4
Views: 1591

Re: Subtitles not transferring

At first glance it seems your settings files may be corrupted. See the section on clearing your HandBrake configuration data here: https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/1.3.0/help ... stem-macos

Note you will need to recreate any custom presets you have saved previously.
by BradleyS
Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:42 am
Forum: Mac
Topic: Subtitles not transferring
Replies: 4
Views: 1591

Re: Subtitles not transferring

Split into new topic.
by BradleyS
Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:37 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: hello frens, saving extension preferences
Replies: 1
Views: 786

Re: hello frens, saving extension preferences

There is an option for this in the preferences.
by BradleyS
Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:59 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: When reencoding monochromatic material, is there any advantage to 10 bit?
Replies: 1
Views: 971

Re: When reencoding monochromatic material, is there any advantage to 10 bit?

Yes, 4x the luminance (gray) levels is advantageous for monochromatic material as color.
by BradleyS
Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:25 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name
Replies: 10
Views: 3299

Re: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name

Oh, and Putty might have a setting to choose the shell on connect, in which case you could choose sh or bash if available.
by BradleyS
Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:24 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name
Replies: 10
Views: 3299

Re: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name

Indeed, the documentation for FreeBSD is not written for C Shell (csh) but for Bourne Shell (sh). There's even a Bash-ism in the guide because I had some weird issue with the if statement IIRC (will try to fix with single brackets and patience eventually). For now, a quick fix would be to install Ba...
by BradleyS
Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 am
Forum: *nix
Topic: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name
Replies: 10
Views: 3299

Re: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name

Putty is great. That said, the basic commands you are issuing are failing horribly for unknown reasons. I'm not sure what to suggest here, seems to be a shell and/or Putty settings issue.
by BradleyS
Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:39 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Handbrake 1.3.1 crashed and my system rebooted
Replies: 3
Views: 1144

Re: Handbrake 1.3.1 crashed and my system rebooted

Locked for rule violations.
by BradleyS
Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: H.265 (Nvidia nvenc) settings
Replies: 2
Views: 1200

Re: H.265 (Nvidia nvenc) settings

We're aware of recent issues in this regard. See also: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/issues/2873
by BradleyS
Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:53 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: HB & T2 chip
Replies: 23
Views: 7136

Re: HB & T2 chip

I hope I can use this old thread instead of creating a new one.
Why? Seems unrelated... please create a new topic.
by BradleyS
Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:09 am
Forum: *nix
Topic: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name
Replies: 10
Views: 3299

Re: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name

What shell are you using? If FOO="bar" yields an error instead of setting the value of the variable FOO to bar, then there's a shell/system issue at play.
by BradleyS
Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name
Replies: 10
Views: 3299

Re: FreeBSD Jail Install Illegal variable name

The build output will be quite helpful in diagnosing this.
by BradleyS
Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Avatar: The Last Airbender Blu-Ray - Encode Al or Just Sound?
Replies: 2
Views: 1065

Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Blu-Ray - Encode Al or Just Sound?

Animation is cleaner and less complex than live action, making it easier to compress, hence the smaller files. That said, any compression artifacts may be more readily apparent for the same reasons. In general, you can probably reduce RF by 2 to compensate. So if you were using 18, try 16 for animat...
by BradleyS
Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:13 pm
Forum: Command Line Interface And Scripting
Topic: [Bash]Unable to convert multiple files within a folder.
Replies: 9
Views: 3233

Re: [Bash]Unable to convert multiple files within a folder.

Where you do: handName=$(basename "$line" .mpg) The $(...) is a subshell. Instead of running the enclosed command in the same shell instance as your script, it spawns another instance. I suspect something like the following would work (provided you supply absolute paths): result=$(/usr/bin...
by BradleyS
Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:34 am
Forum: Command Line Interface And Scripting
Topic: [Bash]Unable to convert multiple files within a folder.
Replies: 9
Views: 3233

Re: [Bash]Unable to convert multiple files within a folder.

I would think a subshell would be sufficient, plus you could process more than one job simultaneously with some additional modification.
by BradleyS
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:34 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: High core counts and video quality
Replies: 11
Views: 2542

Re: High core counts and video quality

If it's the only thing taxing the CPU and there are at least 8 physical cores, then no, it is not a detriment to an 8 thread workload whether the CPU is exposing 8 or 16 logical cores.
by BradleyS
Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:59 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: High core counts and video quality
Replies: 11
Views: 2542

Re: High core counts and video quality

That's not really how hyperthreading works. 8c/16t isn't processes running on half cores compared to 8c/8t. Even so, x264 uses an appropriate number of threads. 1.4x logical cores IIRC.
by BradleyS
Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Help with tuning encoder for 480p anime
Replies: 5
Views: 1913

Re: Help with tuning encoder for 480p anime

Sometimes, yes. We've tried to make presets forward compatible in that we have code to upgrade older presets, but can't guarantee it 100%. And cross-platform has some quirks.

Glad to hear you got it mostly solved. :)
by BradleyS
Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Help with tuning encoder for 480p anime
Replies: 5
Views: 1913

Re: Help with tuning encoder for 480p anime

Not sure how you ended up with x265 options for the x264 encoder.

Try using the Decomb deinterlacing filter set to EEDI2. It's slower but slightly better quality for difficult sources.
by BradleyS
Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Export statement wrong in 1.3.3 build scripts?
Replies: 1
Views: 925

Re: Export statement wrong in 1.3.3 build scripts?

If you have time, will you please check whether this is still an issue with the latest version of the build script? https://github.com/bradleysepos/mingw-w64-build

I maintain this separately from HandBrake and it is slightly older on the 1.3.x branch. Thanks.
by BradleyS
Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:56 pm
Forum: Tiki Bar
Topic: x265 8 vs. x265 10 Banding & Noise Comparison
Replies: 48
Views: 38868

Re: x265 8 vs. x265 10 Banding & Noise Comparison

The gist of it is x264 and x265 have perceptual optimizations that subjectively produce better quality for the human eye, but penalize psnr/ssim (because they are imperfect). Thus to do a fair psnr/ssim comparison, the associated tune(s) are recommended to avoid skewing the results for those particu...
by BradleyS
Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: Devices and Presets
Topic: Slideshow / Powerpoint / Online meeting / Lecture Presets
Replies: 9
Views: 2224

Re: Slideshow / Powerpoint / Online meeting / Lecture Presets

Not exactly specifying the options correctly, either. option1=foo:option2=bar etc.

For a lecture you can probably use mono audio and half the audio bit rate.
by BradleyS
Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:23 am
Forum: Tiki Bar
Topic: x265 8 vs. x265 10 Banding & Noise Comparison
Replies: 48
Views: 38868

Re: x265 8 vs. x265 10 Banding & Noise Comparison

musicvid has provided all the info anyone needs to reproduce and/or expand on his experiment. The source is specifically chosen to serve a purpose, and settings are provided. The only randomness here is the noise on the scope and in the conversation. The latter needs no magnification to be readily a...