On some scenes, the output video jumps between being virtually perfect to having blocky sections that were not in the original source. It's as if some threshold is reached and the code decides to change/add a compression mode.
I'm extremely happy with the output of handbrake, except for this one "flaw". If I can determine a way to fix this (like a setting that disables something at the cost of a somewhat higher file size) then I can begin to rip my blu-ray collection.
I've searched the forum/web for a solution (as I'm sure I'm not the first to experience this) but I've had no luck. I'm probably not entering the correct keywords.
Almost all my blu rays seem to do this at some point in the content. Changing from RF 22, to 20 and now to 18 helps but doesn't always/completely stop it from dynamically switching what it's doing. I'm hoping there's a command line switch to disable something that will take care of this.
As an example if you have the series Wild Pacific on blu ray you can see it heavily during the introduction. At 17 seconds in the clouds below the words "Twenty thousand Islands" becomes blocky. At 21 seconds the video snaps to being perfect (all blocks magically disappear at once) even though the scene has barely changed. It happens shortly after the clouds leave the scene. Where the water meets the coastline it changes from blocky to perfect.
I apologize if this has been asked before and I just can't find it.
Here's the activity log of a preview of the series Wild Pacific season 1 episode 1:
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HandBrake svn5254 2013021601
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Ram: 16281 MB, Screen: 1920x1080
Temp Dir: C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\Program Files\Handbrake
Data Dir: C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake\HandBrake\0.9.8.5253
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-i "P:\All\Series 7\Wild Pacific\Wild Pacific s01e01e02e03" -t0 --min-duration=1800 -v
[22:28:52] hb_init: starting libhb thread
HandBrake svn5254 (2013021601) - MinGW x86_64 - http://handbrake.fr
4 CPUs detected
Opening P:\All\Series 7\Wild Pacific\Wild Pacific s01e01e02e03...
[22:28:52] hb_scan: path=P:\All\Series 7\Wild Pacific\Wild Pacific s01e01e02e03, title_index=0
[22:28:59] scan: BD has 11 title(s)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 1
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00000.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:11 (11261 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 2
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00002.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:23 (23056 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 3
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00004.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:59:01 (3541571 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: video id=0x1011, stream type=H.264, format 1080i
[22:28:59] bd: aspect = 1.77778
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x711100, lang=English (DTS), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x1100, lang=English (DTS-HD MA), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: subtitle id=0x1200, lang=English, 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: chap 1 packet=768, 744009 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 2 packet=3431310912, 521087 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 3 packet=5774490624, 389355 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 4 packet=7342539264, 635935 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 5 packet=10158753792, 674940 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 6 packet=13057781568, 575241 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 7 packet=15799856448, 1001 ms
[22:28:59] bd: title 3 has 7 chapters
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 4
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00005.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:59:03 (3543573 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: video id=0x1011, stream type=H.264, format 1080i
[22:28:59] bd: aspect = 1.77778
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x711100, lang=English (DTS), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x1100, lang=English (DTS-HD MA), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: subtitle id=0x1200, lang=English, 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: chap 1 packet=768, 639071 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 2 packet=2700324096, 707973 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 3 packet=6026714688, 450450 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 4 packet=7817746368, 526158 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 5 packet=10224827712, 629829 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 6 packet=12700808064, 589088 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 7 packet=15504755520, 1001 ms
[22:28:59] bd: title 4 has 7 chapters
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 5
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00006.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:58:59 (3539569 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: video id=0x1011, stream type=H.264, format 1080i
[22:28:59] bd: aspect = 1.77778
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x711100, lang=English (DTS), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: audio id=0x1100, lang=English (DTS-HD MA), 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: subtitle id=0x1200, lang=English, 3cc=eng
[22:28:59] bd: chap 1 packet=768, 573039 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 2 packet=2549525760, 597196 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 3 packet=5073491328, 774874 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 4 packet=8570903040, 534667 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 5 packet=11057449344, 369736 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 6 packet=12859992000, 689055 ms
[22:28:59] bd: chap 7 packet=15897590400, 1001 ms
[22:28:59] bd: title 5 has 7 chapters
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 6
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00007.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:18 (18018 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 7
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00008.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:01:22 (82449 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 8
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00009.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:01:23 (83083 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 9
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00010.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:05 (5005 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 10
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00011.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:05 (5005 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] bd: scanning title 11
[22:28:59] bd: playlist 00012.MPLS
[22:28:59] bd: duration is 00:00:05 (5005 ms)
[22:28:59] bd: ignoring title (too short)
[22:28:59] scan: decoding previews for title 3
[22:28:59] scan: title angle(s) 1
Scanning title 3 of 11...
[22:28:59] scan: audio 0x711100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[22:28:59] scan: audio 0x1100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch)
Scanning title 3 of 11...
Scanning title 3 of 11...
Scanning title 3 of 11...
Scanning title 3 of 11...
Scanning title 3 of 11...
[22:29:00] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[22:29:00] stream: 27 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[22:29:00] scan: decoding previews for title 4
[22:29:00] scan: title angle(s) 1
Scanning title 4 of 11...
[22:29:00] scan: audio 0x711100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[22:29:00] scan: audio 0x1100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch)
Scanning title 4 of 11...
Scanning title 4 of 11...
Scanning title 4 of 11...
Scanning title 4 of 11...
Scanning title 4 of 11...
Scanning title 4 of 11...
[22:29:01] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/4, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[22:29:01] stream: 26 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[22:29:01] scan: decoding previews for title 5
[22:29:01] scan: title angle(s) 1
[22:29:01] scan: audio 0x711100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[22:29:01] scan: audio 0x1100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch)
Scanning title 5 of 11...
Scanning title 5 of 11...
Scanning title 5 of 11...
Scanning title 5 of 11...
Scanning title 5 of 11...
Scanning title 5 of 11...
[22:29:02] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[22:29:02] Title is likely interlaced or telecined (5 out of 10 previews). You should do something about that.
[22:29:02] stream: 24 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[22:29:02] libhb: scan thread found 3 valid title(s)
+ title 3:
+ playlist: 00004.MPLS
+ duration: 00:59:01
+ size: 1920x1080, pixel aspect: 1/1, display aspect: 1.78, 29.970 fps
+ autocrop: 0/0/0/0
+ chapters:
+ 1: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:12:24
+ 2: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:08:41
+ 3: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:06:29
+ 4: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:10:36
+ 5: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:11:15
+ 6: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:09:35
+ 7: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:00:01
+ audio tracks:
+ 1, English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng), 48000Hz, 1536000bps
+ 2, English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng)
+ subtitle tracks:
+ 1, English (iso639-2: eng) (Bitmap)(PGS)
+ title 4:
+ Main Feature
+ playlist: 00005.MPLS
+ duration: 00:59:03
+ size: 1920x1080, pixel aspect: 1/1, display aspect: 1.78, 29.970 fps
+ autocrop: 0/0/0/4
+ chapters:
+ 1: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:10:39
+ 2: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:11:48
+ 3: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:07:30
+ 4: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:08:46
+ 5: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:10:30
+ 6: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:09:49
+ 7: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:00:01
+ audio tracks:
+ 1, English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng), 48000Hz, 1536000bps
+ 2, English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng)
+ subtitle tracks:
+ 1, English (iso639-2: eng) (Bitmap)(PGS)
+ title 5:
+ playlist: 00006.MPLS
+ duration: 00:58:59
+ size: 1920x1080, pixel aspect: 1/1, display aspect: 1.78, 29.970 fps
+ autocrop: 0/0/0/0
+ chapters:
+ 1: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:09:33
+ 2: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:09:57
+ 3: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:12:55
+ 4: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:08:55
+ 5: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:06:10
+ 6: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:11:29
+ 7: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:00:01
+ audio tracks:
+ 1, English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng), 48000Hz, 1536000bps
+ 2, English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch) (iso639-2: eng)
+ subtitle tracks:
+ 1, English (iso639-2: eng) (Bitmap)(PGS)
+ combing detected, may be interlaced or telecined
HandBrake has exited.