Resize/convert movies m2ts / mkv --› mkv

[TechnoPhil]

Hi there,
this is the first time i write, after many google researches!

I am trying to convert directly from a folder of blue ray 1:1 rip, or directly from a super high quality mkv.

My target is finding the better settings in order to convert movies into mkv (1920x1080 and 1280x720), with 6 channel audio.

What can you suggest me? I can also use the CLI (command line interface) because it is similar to ffmpeg CLI.
After setting HandBrake GUI can i see the corresponding CLI parameters?

I am sorry for my poor english.

Best regards.

Filippo

[mduell]

High Profile preset is a good place to start, just change the output to mkv and disable the filtering if your source doesn't need it.

The Mac GUI is unrelated to the CLI.

[TechnoPhil]

Thank you for your answer! Now i am trying with setting RF 19, i would like to know how is the quality!

I know that the GUI version is not related to the CLI version, but i thought that it could be show the commands (look at the bottom, in the "advanced" and you'll see "Advanced Option String").

[JohnAStebbins]

Since the mac gui isn't a wrapper for the cli, it has no need to generate cli command lines and thus doesn't.

[TechnoPhil]

Ok understood! Thanks!
My test using "RF=19" is finished and the result is good!
But i can't undestand why the subtitles are not available!

Seems that HB cannot convert the HDMV PGS subtitles type! Look at this image!



If i try to convert this files using HB, HandBrake cannot see subtitles!

[JohnAStebbins]

Correct, handbrake does not handle pgs subtutles yet.

[TechnoPhil]

Do you think it will be able to?

[JohnAStebbins]

It's been on my todo list for quite some time. It just never quite reaches the top.

[TechnoPhil]

Ok great! It just never quite reaches the top, but the important thing is that is in the to do list!
HB with some fixes could be the best program in this category, better and better than lots of commercial softwares!
Great!
Thanks!

[TechnoPhil]

It's been on my todo list for quite some time. It just never quite reaches the top.

Hi there,
i am trying to convert a .ts file into a .mp4
I am using HandBrake 0.9.6 version and the application works fine.
My question is: how can i find out the ffmpeg parameters for the conversion?
Can i see them?

If i try this command on my terminal some errors occurs:

for i in *.ts; do ORIGINAL=`basename $i .ts`; NEWNAME=${ORIGINAL}.mp4; ffmpeg -i $i -s 1920x1080 -b:v 2500k -bt:v 4000k -aspect 16:9 -r 25 -vcodec libx264 -ac 2 -ar 44100 -ab 128k -threads 4 $NEWNAME; done


Can you help me?

[TechnoPhil]

Can you help me ?

[Deleted User 11865]

Can you help me ?

HandBrake does not use ffmpeg. It uses the libavcodec and libavformat libraries directly (for demuxing and decoding), and libx264 directly too (for encoding).

[TechnoPhil]

I thought i would use ffmpeg

So how can i see what ffmpeg is doing during the conversion?
I an trying to write out a shell script to convert ts to mp4!

[mduell]

Read the ffmpeg documentation? Ask in an ffmpeg forum?