Trouble importing presets into CLI

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daphatty
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Trouble importing presets into CLI

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Having a bit of newb trouble importing a preset, which was created and exported via Handbrake GUI 1.3.3 on Windows, into my Ubuntu CLI version of Handbrake. Specifically, the command

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HandBrakeCLI --preset-import-file ~/path/to/preset-filename.json 
Results in

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Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
[21:53:15] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[21:53:15] thread 7fc2af2fb700 started ("libhb")
Missing input device. Run HandBrakeCLI --help for syntax.

HandBrake has exited.
Am I just misunderstanding the command? Is this not the way to import custom presets into the CLI version? Or perhaps I should be using this preset differently?

For reference, the preset file is a slightly modified version of HQ 1080p30 using CBR and 23.976fps instead. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Re: Trouble importing presets into CLI

Post by Deleted User 11865 »

Preset files can contain a unlimited number of presets. You need to specify the preset name as well.
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Re: Trouble importing presets into CLI

Post by Deleted User 11865 »

And also, you need to specify an input file and output file too.
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