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by hunterk
Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:44 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: Handbrake Transcoding
Replies: 5
Views: 1510

Re: Handbrake Transcoding

Handbrake doesn't do it, but ffmpeg should be able to handle it just fine using -acodec copy and -vcodec copy
by hunterk
Tue May 17, 2011 5:01 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: How to encode files (1 pass) that still grow?
Replies: 13
Views: 1945

Re: How to encode files (1 pass) that still grow?

Note: this response is meant to be helpful, not trying to fuss at you :) Your situation is what's known as an "edge case." Developers can't cater to every edge case without introducing feature creep, which makes for complicated, unfriendly software. There are plenty of video encoding softw...
by hunterk
Thu May 05, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Want to buy new system for handbrake
Replies: 4
Views: 1047

Re: Want to buy new system for handbrake

Pure x264 starts leveling off at 8 cores, but anything up to that will scale almost linearly. However, not all of the filters (decombing, etc) are fully multithreaded, so if you use them, they will serve as a bottleneck moreso than x264 itself. Decoding via ffmpeg is also single-threaded and has pop...
by hunterk
Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:14 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Some encoding questions
Replies: 9
Views: 1717

Re: Some encoding questions

Ah, you seem to be in luck, then, according to this post: http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=26058&start=1365#p235740 It seems Roku/Roksbox will grab the 5.1 AC3, even if it's the second track. This behavior seems to be causing issues for that poster, but it's exactly what you would...
by hunterk
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Some encoding questions
Replies: 9
Views: 1717

Re: Some encoding questions

Many devices don't have any way of selecting a secondary track, so putting the most compatible track (AAC) first is a good idea if you plan on using devices that don't support AC3. Everything defaults to using the first track, so you can either put AC3 passthru first and risk borking sound on device...
by hunterk
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:10 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Some encoding questions
Replies: 9
Views: 1717

Re: Some encoding questions

I'll try to field some of these, but anyone is welcome to chime in and correct/expand on anything I say: 2. You want AAC as the first soundtrack because it is more compatible with playback devices, as you've found. AC3 passthru is nice to have in case you ever get a 5.1 system, but if you're happy w...
by hunterk
Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Disappointed to see target file size go
Replies: 58
Views: 12122

Re: Disappointed to see target file size go

MeGUI, AVISynth and FFmpeg are all good alternatives and generally have access to the exact same libraries and algorithms as HandBrake (minus the HB devs' patches, custom filters and settings). However, these programs all have a much steeper learning curve than HandBrake and lack HB's fantastic cros...
by hunterk
Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: Batch converting script in ubuntu 10.04
Replies: 3
Views: 1180

Re: Batch converting script in ubuntu 10.04

I wrote this like 2 yrs ago, but you might be able to adapt it to your needs:
http://filthypants.blogspot.com/2009/05 ... cally.html

EDIT: this doesn't do recursive searching, so it's not exactly what you want.
by hunterk
Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Disappointed to see target file size go
Replies: 58
Views: 12122

Re: Disappointed to see target file size go

@match The general equation for filesize is: size = bitrate x time solved for bitrate, we have: bitrate = size (in kilo bits ) / time (in seconds) <-- there are 8 bits in a byte, so we need to multiply our size in bytes by 8 to get it in bits So, for a standard def, 22-min TV show at a desired final...
by hunterk
Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:18 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Disappointed to see target file size go
Replies: 58
Views: 12122

Re: Disappointed to see target file size go

I also use(d) target file size quite a bit and hate to see it go, but average bitrate is still going to be around, right? I know it's an added hassle to divide your desired filesize by the time of the video to get the required average bitrate, but at least it's an option.
by hunterk
Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:59 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: How to reduce "mosquito-noise"?
Replies: 12
Views: 2009

Re: How to reduce "mosquito-noise"?

I think your biggest problem is that you seem to be using the ffmpeg mp4 encoder, which is extremely fast but looks terrible, rather than x264 (slower, but much better quality). If you switch to something like the 'high profile' preset, you should end up with a better-looking file without the "...
by hunterk
Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:38 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: handbrake-gtk uninstallable on ubuntu natty
Replies: 5
Views: 1534

Re: handbrake-gtk uninstallable on ubuntu natty

I have a preliminary package for Natty (AMD64 only; the i386 build fails currently) in my PPA that might work for you:
https://launchpad.net/~hunter-kaller/+archive/ppa

but be aware that it is unsupported and you CANNOT ask for any help here if you run into any problems.
by hunterk
Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: Huge size variations with similar content
Replies: 4
Views: 1090

Re: Huge size variations with similar content

Since it's MST3K, you're also dealing with a lot of older movies, so variations in film graininess could be involved. You might try messing with denoise settings and see if that evens things out.
by hunterk
Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:32 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Blocks appear in pure black areas of a video after encode.
Replies: 1
Views: 705

Re: Blocks appear in pure black areas of a video after encod

You might consider adjusting some of your advanced x264 options, such as increasing the subme and/or adjusting the psy-rd/trellis settings. While psy-trellis is often considered a no-no for animation, it can help with blocking in grainy areas and gradients, so you might give it a try on a short test...
by hunterk
Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Ripping TV shows... interlacing?
Replies: 2
Views: 991

Re: Ripping TV shows... interlacing?

The easiest/safest thing is to turn decombing and detelecine back on and see if that fixes you up. If that doesn't fix all of the artifacting, you might try turning deinterlacing on instead.
by hunterk
Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:44 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: DeInterlacing issue, & noise turning into to block artifacts
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Re: DeInterlacing issue, & noise turning into to block artif

Yeah, you're probably right; denoise certainly sounds like it would be more appropriate :lol: . Removing grain is not something I've ever wanted to do, specifically, but I've noticed that it has been a side effect when I've turned up deblocking, which is why I mention it.
by hunterk
Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: DeInterlacing issue, & noise turning into to block artifacts
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Re: DeInterlacing issue, & noise turning into to block artif

I don't know what to tell you about the interlacing thing, but for the grain issue, you could try either using deblocking to kill the grain entirely or psy-trellis (I've had good luck setting it around 0.5) to keep the grain without the blocking.
by hunterk
Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:58 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: Speeding up encoding - ideas?
Replies: 5
Views: 1372

Re: Speeding up encoding - ideas?

If speed is more important to you than efficiency (i.e., better quality at a given bitrate), you could turn down some of the advanced options to faster/lower-quality settings, such as dropping the subme setting (the most direct speed:quality tradeoff, IIRC), no trellis, etc. If you're using Constant...
by hunterk
Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:54 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC
Replies: 12
Views: 2733

Re: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC

If you're going to be remuxing everything into mkvs anyway, you should be able to re-order the audio tracks so that AC3 is the default, or even remove the AAC track entirely at the same time.
by hunterk
Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:29 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC
Replies: 12
Views: 2733

Re: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC

It's sounding more and more to me like there's not actually a problem with your encodings, you just need to figure out how to tell your WD Live to choose a different audio track. According to a forum post ( http://community.wdc.com/t5/Firmware/No-support-for-more-than-one-audio-track/m-p/16820 ), yo...
by hunterk
Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:00 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC
Replies: 12
Views: 2733

Re: AC3 passthru is picked up as AAC

One possibility is that you used the AppleTV preset for you encodings (did you?), which automatically includes a passthru AC3 soundtrack and an encoded AAC version. If this is the case, your device may be defaulting to the AAC soundtrack instead of the AC3 one. We can't really tell either way from t...
by hunterk
Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:37 pm
Forum: *nix
Topic: HandBrake svn3626 (x86_64) - Crash - Invalid Pointer
Replies: 5
Views: 913

Re: HandBrake svn3626 (x86_64) - Crash - Invalid Pointer

I've had good luck with vobcopy, but I don't really mess with any DVDs with the latest/greatest copy protection schemes, so YMMV.
by hunterk
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:37 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Handbrake is bursting my CPU
Replies: 5
Views: 2399

Re: Handbrake is bursting my CPU

like JohnAStebbins said, HandBrake will grab as much of your cpu is available, though I believe it is supposed to run it at a lower priority than other processes, so it shouldn't be freezing your machine or anything. Anyway, the advanced settings box appears at the bottom of the tab labeled 'Advance...
by hunterk
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:30 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Re: Small Horizontal Slits/Lines on edges of diagonal images
Replies: 3
Views: 1139

Re: Re: Small Horizontal Slits/Lines on edges of diagonal im

You're correct that decomb shouldn't be deinterlacing a frame that doesn't need it, but it could be a false positive in its detection algorithm. If you would like to mess with the parameters, you can find the documentation in the decomb.c source code here (the explanations are right there near the b...
by hunterk
Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:33 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Re: Small Horizontal Slits/Lines on edges of diagonal images
Replies: 3
Views: 1139

Re: Jagged Horizontal Lines on diagonal images

I may be mistaken, but I think those jaggies are the result of a deinterlaced frame, similar to what's going on in this pic from the decomb documentation: http://trac.handbrake.fr/raw-attachment/wiki/Decomb/deinterlaced-progressive.png You can see a number of the diagonal lines (e.g., the table edge...