HandBrake

Good read! The one thing stopping me from actually using x265 is that I'm not certain my HTPC supports the playback. Think I'll go and test it today .
What's your personal experience with x264 vs. x265?

Understood. Just that comparing it 'by eye' and also my own (in)capabilities, I couldn't notice anything that disturbed me. Ofc, I understand YMMV.

To close the loop: Preset "fast" gives away too much (visible quality). Preset Slow: good quality, ~40 minutes for a 45 minute movie; size: 1600 mb. Preset Very Slow: good quality (no visible difference from the 'slow' preset), ~2 hours and 20 minutes(!) for the same 45 minute movie; size:...

Aah ok, figures
Cool, will do so. I'm only using the preset (removed the profile / level), so the new command I use now is --encoder-preset=veryslow.
Thanks for letting me know.

Hi Bradley,

I noticed, but they seem to work;
--x264-preset=veryslow, or --x264-preset=slow, or --x264-preset=fast will actually change the behavior (visible in the output) ad do the level and profile settings.

Sweet, thx! I dropped the redundant arguments and went with the veryslow preset. I did notice that without --quality, the RF is set at 22. I added --quality 20. Not sure if that's making a lot of difference in the end quality, or how that relates to the preset tho. I'll compare output size, time and...

- According to the --help, -O is only for .MP4, correct? So I might as well drop that altogether? - Are the "--x264-profile=main / --h264-level=4.0" settings of any use? - Any comments on the --pfr setting? I've read a bit on these questions, and if I'm not mistaken: - drop the -O as it i...

Hello Mduell, Thanks for clearing a few things up! Based on your advice: 1) Since you're talking about "best quality, lowest file size", you can forget the hardware encoders immediately. They're fast, they are not efficient. - set the argument back to "-e x264"; 3) For quality ba...

Hello all, I am looking for some guidance on how to convert my (mostly) bluray .mkv's to a lower file size, but keeping the best quality. I pass all audio tracks & subtitles. Also I was wondering on the correct way to utilize hardware support. So far I came up with this: HandbrakeCLI.exe -i &quo...