HandBrake

It's more a case of DVDs (and more so BDs and UHDs) change copy protection so often that trying to keep up with them would take away from being able to encode the video. Tools like MakeMKV, AnyDVD, etc., specialize in that, so you don't get things like "adding this library will decode MANY (but...

From what you've posted, any QSV-capable Intel processor should be adequate. Your playback device will not really show the quality differences between a QSV or x264 encode. Your choice of a 30fps constant frame rate, rather than "same as source", may affect quality more than anything else,...

"Best performance" has many meanings. Fastest encodes? Best quality encodes? Do you intend to use QSV hardware encodes, which means Intel motherboards and processors? Do you intend to use nVidia encoder hardware? AMD? Best quality is using the software encoders, but they're not fast. If sp...

As rollin states, a log for a successful encode would be helpful, at least to compare the file name attempted. You are getting warnings that the ones with the ' character embedded in the name can't be found, and that would be an unusual character to find JUST ONE OF in a file name, unless it was par...

/Volumes/Extreme SSD/stuff on extreme/Sony 2024/sept 28-29 24'/STREAM/00110.MTS

Why does the file name being searched for have a single quote character embedded in it?

Subtitles do not add a lot to the size of the file, so even on my titles that are Japanese-only, it isn't significant. And it is simple with MKV files to make them "optional" when watching with English audio. MP4 limits that for most of my stuff (BD and above), so I rarely use it as a dest...

MP4 has a limitation on subtitle types. Anything above DVDs do not give you subtitles that can be included in MP4 EXCEPT as burned-in. MKV will accept a wider variety of subtitle types. Bit rate is up to you. I typically do not care, choosing the RF level instead. RF below 22 (typically 18-20) works...

Just a quick look at the logs, x264 calculates that the minimum required bandwidth for your parameters is 24kbps, and you're set the maximum at 15kbps. Is there a reason you set the bandwidth so low?

The hoster for files is up to you; if it is accessible to who you want to look at the file. But it is difficult to make judgments on what is happening to a file just by uploading it, if you cannot describe the issue, and provide the log for your encode. Sometimes, the issue is what parameters you ch...

Expanding mduell's response: First of all, handbrake does not natively support optical disks, so what support it would have would depend on your system. Secondly, with add-on support for reading such disks, it would be tied to file names on the disk, which depend upon the manufacturer. Sometimes, th...

Different encoders use some different parameters. The result is the same file format, but hardware vs. software encoding doesn't support everything the same.

If you insist on having an "SRT attached", there are utilities to merge them in, after-the-fact. And some players will accept them as separate files, if they are placed and named correctly. But handbrake is going to convert them to a compatible format for the container you specify, as mdue...

You have two subtitle tracks, in different languages: [17:32:45] bd: subtitle id=0x1200, lang=Deutsch (PGS), 3cc=deu [17:32:45] bd: subtitle id=0x1201, lang=English (PGS), 3cc=eng The automatic selection you mention applies when there are multiple tracks of the SAME language. The comparison is on a ...

The problem with "Simple Step-By-Step Guide" is that things change depend on what your target is. Just playing on a Plex server, you can bypass using handbrake completely... but that doesn't give you smaller files. That could be simply, "Insert disk, let MakeMKV read disk, select file...

You may want to add an extra tool to your tool belt, in the form of a ripping tool. While many Macs can rip a DVD, the DVD will be in the drive for as long as the encode runs. A ripping tool will take care of the reading-the-disk portion quickly, letting you rip multiple disks while encoding files. ...

You do realize that an interlaced file consists of half-frames at double the nominal frame speed, right? Asking for the de-interlace doubles frame speed.

Sure you don't want to make it tougher, by saying the source is an MKV file?

That's because the Mac has DVD decryption "built in" (i.e., "libraries installed"). Windows and Linux do not, normally . Windows has the added pfun of needing the support library put in different places depending on your version of Windows. And, of course, all of them will fail i...

Handbrake does not have DVD decryption "built in". There has been, in the past, ways to add support for DVD encryption, such as running it on a Mac (using the Mac software), or adding in the DLL that has support. If your old system supported encrypted DVDs, it likely had that DLL installed...

What are you using to remove the encryption from the device?

How did you "confirm the subtitles were there"? The log shows no subtitles in the source file. Some players will play a separate, specially-named file as subtitles. This is one possibility, but there is no proof of that. If it is true, though, you would have to tell handbrake the subtitle ...

Since you're on Windows 10, have you tried this with a current (2024) version of Handbrake, instead of a 6-year-old version? There have been a LOT of changes in the intervening years.

Are you asking handbrake to load ALL those files before you start compressing? You can start handbrake on a few, and view/configure the next batch while it's working on the first. Plus, if the compression rules are the same for all the files, you might want to consider using the command line version...

MakeMKV would normally create a single MKV file with "all languages" in it (you can tell it to do otherwise). Handbrake can then select which language(s) to use in its encode. For example, you can make Polish primary, and English a secondary language that can be selected. The appropriate s...

You appear to have the names of the files located, but the placement has changed as various versions of the operating system and handbrake have come about. In days gone by, you just had to have them in your path; I would think the DLL should be in the home directory of handbrake, but that may have c...