Dropped video quality while encoding

[Jsano]

Hello,
I used iMovie to export a 20 minute video as a .mov file. I know for sure that it is 1080p60fps. When I have Handbrake scan it, it says: "Source: 1920x1080, Output: 1882x1058". As a result, it loses a slight fraction of the original quality. This normally wouldn't be much of a problem but the issue is, I upload these to Youtube, who knocks it down a full setting (720p60fps) because it doesn't fully fit the 1920x1080. I've tried everything I could think of to raise the output settings back up, but I've had no luck. So could anyone please provide a possible explanation as to why Handbrake does this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am running Handbrake 1.0.7 on a Mac OS X Sierra (10.12.5)

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 (if you need it:) 
[20:53:48] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[20:53:48] scan: audio 0x0: pcm_s16be, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (pcm_s16be) (2.0 ch)
[20:53:51] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 59.940 fps, autocrop = 22/0/38/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[20:53:51] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[20:53:51] macgui: ScanDone state received from fHandle
[20:53:51] macgui: showNewScan: This is a new source item scan

Thank you for reading

[BradleyS]

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autocrop = 22/0/38/0

Looks like you want to disable automatic cropping of black borders. Set cropping to custom and values for all sides to zero.

To help further, we'll need to see the complete encode log.

[BradleyS]

Also, the nightly builds have a new preset you may want to try called "Vimeo YouTube HQ 1080p60". You'll still need to disable autocrop there as well.

[Jsano]

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autocrop = 22/0/38/0

Looks like you want to disable automatic cropping of black borders. Set cropping to custom and values for all sides to zero.

To help further, we'll need to see the complete encode log.

Oh my goodness, Bradley thank you SO MUCH! You are a lifesaver. (I can't believe it was that simple, too...)

[BradleyS]