Supression of Low Disk Space warning

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cNode
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Supression of Low Disk Space warning

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Description of problem or question:
I have a 1.68Gb free disk space and I am trying to compress a video file of 50Mb, it says I have low disk space and can't continue. Surely 1.68Gb is plenty for a 50Mb video compression, I am guessing the program looks at drive % of total available so the larger the hard drive is, the more space free is required regardless of the size of the video. This is inefficient.

How do I suppress/bypass the warning? Also, I have 16Gb of RAM, why doesn't Handbrake just pre-load the entire project into RAM and run from there before creating the output file, instead of spooling directly to the hard disk/temp directory? It would be faster and more efficient. Thanks!

HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.1.2



Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Windows7 Ultimate x64



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HandBrake 1.1.2 (2018090500) - 64bit
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 - 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Ram: 6978 MB, 
GPU Information:
  Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 - 9.17.10.2963
Screen: 1280x800
Temp Dir: C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\Program Files\HandBrake
Data Dir: P:\Augmented\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake

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[10:19:43] hb_init: starting libhb thread

 # Starting Scan ...

[10:19:43] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz
[10:19:43]  - Intel microarchitecture Sandy Bridge
[10:19:43]  - logical processor count: 1
[10:19:43] Intel Quick Sync Video support: yes
[10:19:43]  - Intel Media SDK hardware: API 1.4 (minimum: 1.3)
[10:19:43]  - H.264 encoder: yes
[10:19:43]     - preferred implementation: hardware (any) via D3D11
[10:19:43]     - capabilities (hardware):  vsinfo opt1
[10:19:43]  - H.265 encoder: no
[10:19:43] hb_scan: path=C:\Users\X\Desktop\video.mp4, title_index=0
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image C:\Users\X\Desktop\video.mp4
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV\index.bdmv
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV\BACKUP\index.bdmv
[10:19:43] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.0
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[10:19:43] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\Users\X\Desktop\video.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : mp42
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: isommp42
    creation_time   : 2018-02-07 01:20:46
  Duration: 00:12:17.21, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 491 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) [avc1 / 0x31637661]
      yuv420p, tv, bt470bg/bt709/bt709
      1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 362 kb/s
      30 fps, 90k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-02-07 01:20:46
      handler_name    : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Created on: 02/06/2018.
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) [mp4a / 0x6134706D]
      44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 125 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-02-07 01:20:46
      handler_name    : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Created on: 02/06/2018.
[10:19:43] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[10:19:43] scan: audio 0x1: aac, rate=44100Hz, bitrate=125588 Unknown (AAC) (2.0 ch)
[10:19:43] scan: 10 previews, 1280x720, 30.000 fps, autocrop = 8/10/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[10:19:43] scan: supported video decoders: avcodec qsv
[10:19:43] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)

 # Processing Scan Information ...


 # Scan Finished ...

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s55
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Re: Supression of Low Disk Space warning

Post by s55 »

Low disk space level is definable in preferences -> Advanced

HandBrake already utilises all the Memory it needs. All the processing / buffering is already done in memory. There is no need to stream the entire file into memory. Even slow hard drives are more than fast enough to feed HandBrakes buffers.
I'd also note that all the processing is done on uncompressed video. It's many many times your source file size. (Since it's decoded / uncompressed in memory). A typical bluray would blow up to hundreds of GB of uncompressed data.
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Re: Supression of Low Disk Space warning

Post by mduell »

cNode wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:32 pmI am trying to compress a video file of 50Mb

I have 16Gb of RAM, why doesn't Handbrake just pre-load the entire project into RAM and run from there before creating the output file

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  Duration: 00:12:17.21, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 491 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) [avc1 / 0x31637661]
      yuv420p, tv, bt470bg/bt709/bt709
      1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 362 kb/s
      30 fps, 90k tbn (default)
Your video uncompressed is over 40GB, so you're ~30GB short on RAM to do what you propose anyway.
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