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Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:16 pm
by plittlefield
Hi Folks,

I am struggling to get an MakeMKV BD rip transcoded the way I want.

For some reason, HB is ignoring 2 pass and dual audio.

Here is a pastebin of the source file, HB command line, and output files shown in avconv and mediainfo.

http://pastebin.com/vu9TLyA6

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Paully

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
MakeMKV 1.10.0
HandBrake 20160716194210-39d0352-master
avconv version 12_dev0-6:12~~git20150809.1542ec9~ubuntu14.04.1
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.67

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:37 pm
by rollin_eng
Could you please post your encode log as well.

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:07 pm
by plittlefield
Is the encode log kept somewhere in particular, or do I just copy and paste the terminal command line output from my screen?

I shall have to redo the test encode if it's not saved anywhere.

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:21 pm
by rollin_eng

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:13 pm
by plittlefield
Got it, thanks. I shall do that soon and post here.

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:34 pm
by Deleted User 11865
You're not setting a video bitrate; the default rate control method (constant rate factor) only requires one pass.

You're passing two audio encoders and audio bitrates, but only one audio track; try --audio 2,2

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:50 pm
by plittlefield
OK, here is the encode log - http://pastebin.com/WsDCkMRm

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:53 pm
by plittlefield
Rodeo wrote:You're not setting a video bitrate; the default rate control method (constant rate factor) only requires one pass.
Ah, that explains it, thank you.

I have watched the 5 min test and it is great quality, so I'm happy to ignore the 2 pass.

Is that OK to do?

Is it really worth the extra time?
Rodeo wrote:You're passing two audio encoders and audio bitrates, but only one audio track; try --audio 2,2
Ah, I shall try this now... third time lucky!

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:57 pm
by Deleted User 11865
No, constant RF (single pass) is the way to go (you may adjust quality via the -q option). Only use 2-pass if you must use average bitrate encoding for some reason.

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:05 pm
by plittlefield
Bingo, problem solved...

--audio 2,2

Code: Select all

[17:58:32]  * audio track 1
[17:58:32]    + decoder: English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (track 2, id 0x2)
[17:58:32]      + bitrate: 1536 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[17:58:32]    + mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II
[17:58:32]    + encoder: AAC (libavcodec)
[17:58:32]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[17:58:32]  * audio track 2
[17:58:32]    + decoder: English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (track 2, id 0x2)
[17:58:32]      + bitrate: 1536 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[17:58:32]    + mixdown: 5.1 Channels
[17:58:32]    + encoder: AC3 (libavcodec)
[17:58:32]      + bitrate: 384 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
Thanks!

:-)

Paully

Re: Ignoring 2 Pass and Dual Audio

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:06 pm
by plittlefield
Rodeo wrote:No, constant RF (single pass) is the way to go (you may adjust quality via the -q option). Only use 2-pass if you must use average bitrate encoding for some reason.
Noted. Cheers.