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- Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Did the encodes come out at the same bitrate with the same tune and the different ratecontrol methods? If not you're not comparing apples to apples. I have yet to complete a re-encode from source with constant quality, I keep on starting over. One time was because the Windows 10 computer restarted ...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Actually, nhyone, despite the fact that my improper syntax failed to enable the extra options I was trying to use, I'm quite happy with the results. It's okay to use whatever settings you like. It is always amazing when you start, it is only later that you realize the flaws. That's why I suggest to...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Any idea what range of RF settings I should try in both x264 and x265 to try'n end up with that bitrate? I know it is dependent on the source, but... average action movie, say? You could always create 30-second previews of carefully-chosen representative scenes to see the correlation between bitrat...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Any idea what range of RF settings I should try in both x264 and x265 to try'n end up with that bitrate? I know it is dependent on the source, but... average action movie, say?
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:43 pm
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: x265 2.4/2.5 10-bit/12-bit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2877
Re: x265 2.4 10-bit/12-bit
I don't know how appropriate or inappropriate it is since I am not familiar with the source/vetting of these DLLs, but does this help you?
http://www.msystem.waw.pl/x265/
http://www.msystem.waw.pl/x265/
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Just chose a RF that will give you a similar bitrate in your test video then use that. You may even save more space as you may need a lower bitrate than what you are selecting. It's been my experience that the RF degrades quality unacceptably before the filesize becomes acceptably small. Maybe the ...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Why constrain your video bitrate if you don't have to? Because my first priority is getting file size reduced. I have become frustrated with trying to find the optimal balance with the RF slider. I don't have a good test video (I wasn't able to download any of the Big Buck Bunny videos someone link...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
Dysthymia, with your suggested settings, I would keep the source! :D (Because you will re-encode again in the future.) Actually, nhyone, despite the fact that my improper syntax failed to enable the extra options I was trying to use, I'm quite happy with the results. As one user in the above linked...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5473
Re: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
And these extra settings are being hidden and not in the presets because... I see how that can complement your stance on this topic, but I like to think it's because hiding them makes for the most user friendly interface. We don't want users to feel confused and overwhelmed. Many of the individual ...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5473
Re: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
There seems to be some confusion here about the fundamentals. The primary control for quality is your ratecontrol setting, whether it be a bitrate or an RF value. The x264 preset/tunes/encoder options are primarily a control for quality per bit, not total quality. I accept that the Constant Quality...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5473
Re: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
I can't really argue with that. I probably couldn't pick a Placebo encoded video over Very Slow in a blind test, but I'm still interested in maximizing that quality to file size ratio.rollin_eng wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:44 pm Placebo is named that for a reason. It is essentially useless except to boast about it.
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5473
Re: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
You cannot add quality to a source, just avoid removing much. Placebo is "make the output file bigger than the source". I apologize, I was referring to the Encoder Preset slider under Optimise Video, rather than the Constant Quality slider. I know that setting an RF number of 0 makes no s...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5473
Quality beyond Very Slow or Placebo in H.264?
According to the tooltip in the Extra Options field, these are the parameters for the H.264 Encoder presets: Very Slow ref=16:bframes=8:b-adapt=2:direct=auto:analyse=all:me=umh:merange=24:subme=10:trellis=2:rc-lookahead=60 Placebo ref=16:bframes=16:b-adapt=2:direct=auto:analyse=all:me=tesa:merange=2...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:17 pm
- Forum: Tiki Bar
- Topic: Test video file?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12495
Re: Test video file?
Is there a particular short section of it you'd recommend with a good mix of characteristics?
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:54 pm
- Forum: Tiki Bar
- Topic: Test video file?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12495
Test video file?
Is there a high quality, non-copyrighted video file anyone would recommend using for evaluating different Handbrake settings?
A few seconds of UHQ grainy video, a few seconds with smoke or steam passing in front of someone's face, several seconds of fast action, etc?
A few seconds of UHQ grainy video, a few seconds with smoke or steam passing in front of someone's face, several seconds of fast action, etc?
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: What's your video format preference?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6697
Re: What's your video format preference?
I use Plex as well, and my preference has been shifting from x264 to x265 just for the increased quality to filesize ratio it can offer, to keep the size of my collection down. Even though it has to be transcoded to play in Plex.
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: How to Reduce Video Size with HandBrake in X265 step-by-step instructions on how to encode,quality HEVC 5.1 Color Full
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7839
Re: How to Reduce Video Size with HandBrake in X265 step-by-step instructions on how to encode,quality HEVC 5.1 Color F
What settings would you use if quality were your primary consideration, and file size a secondary consideration?
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Anyway to figure out which version x265 Handbrake is using?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1848
Re: Anyway to figure out which version x265 Handbrake is using?
If you navigate to your Handbrake installation folder, you should be able to right-click on the .dll file in question, click Properties, then the Details tab. The version number will be listed there. Here is the link provided via these forums: https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3416...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
You're right, rollin_eng. I think x264 is the only option to get through that amount of video in a reasonable amount of time. I was overly excited about the H.265 settings post I'd found.
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: To deinterlace or not to deinterlace
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1575
Re: To deinterlace or not to deinterlace
This thread on another forum from a few months ago seems to recommend using setting Bob YADIF mode 1.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-t ... rlace.html
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-t ... rlace.html
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
I don't think your extra options are working. I'll bet if you check your encode logs, you'll find an error in the second pass. I think you'll need to convert them to Handbrake format: rc-lookahead=120:bframes=12:ref=6:subme=7 I removed two of the options: -p9 sets the Placebo preset, which can be d...
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:59 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12809
Re: Help with Optimal H.265 1080p settings
I came across someone who had done some testing to find optimal H.265 settings, and they ended up with a 1.5 Mbit 1080p result that was stunning to me compared to the RF/Very Slow settings I'd been tweaking. https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1807501#post1807501 Here is the video result: http:...
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: DLL downloads for nightly builds?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1582
Re: DLL downloads for nightly builds?
Thank you, rollin_eng.
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: DLL downloads for nightly builds?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1582
DLL downloads for nightly builds?
I had come across a few months ago the 10-bit x264, 10-bit x265, and 12-bit x265 dlls for use with the nightly Handbrake build[s], but I can't find those download links anymore. Does anyone have a lead on this?