Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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jblagden
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Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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Description of problem or question:

I recently purchased the Blu-Ray set of Eureka, but the video quality isn't what I was expecting. It's kinda blurry and doesn't look great. It looks kinda like a bad DVD. Does anyone here have this set? How did you improve the quality? Which filters should I use?




Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
Watch episode in video player.



HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.1.0



Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



HandBrake Activity Log ***required*** (see How-to get an activity log)

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[12:59:36] gtkgui: HandBrake 1.1.0 (2018042400) - Linux x86_64 - https://handbrake.fr
[12:59:36] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[12:59:36] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[12:59:36] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[13:00:24] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
[13:00:24]  - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[13:00:24]  - logical processor count: 4
[13:00:24] hb_scan: path=/home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1, title_index=0
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
[13:00:24] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.0
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[13:00:24] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[13:00:24] batch: scanning /home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t02.mkv
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t02.mkv':
  Metadata:
    title           : EUREKA
    encoder         : libmakemkv v1.14.5 (1.3.5/1.4.7) x86_64-linux-gnu
    creation_time   : 2019-10-29T01:18:40.000000Z
  Duration: 00:43:39.91, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31799 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 495.119625
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 01
    Chapter #0:1: start 495.119625, end 965.464500
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0:2: start 965.464500, end 1427.134042
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 03
    Chapter #0:3: start 1427.134042, end 1852.475625
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
    Chapter #0:4: start 1852.475625, end 2151.524375
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
    Chapter #0:5: start 2151.524375, end 2573.445875
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
    Chapter #0:6: start 2573.445875, end 2619.908958
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 07
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 20894953
      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:39.908958333
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 62815
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 6842857121
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001011
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : Surround 5.1
      BPS-eng         : 1894412
      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:39.872000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 245613
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 620389784
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
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      BPS-eng         : 1509000
      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:39.872000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 245613
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 494173356
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001100
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:3(fra): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p
    Metadata:
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:4(fra): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
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      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:5(deu): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p
    Metadata:
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      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:6(deu): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:7(eng): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle, 1920x1080
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 45662
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      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 1506
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:8(fra): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle
    Metadata:
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      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:34.132354166
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 1224
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:9(deu): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle, 1920x1080
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 45330
      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:35.550437500
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 1170
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 14820449
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001202
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:10(fra): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 247
      DURATION-eng    : 00:28:17.841979166
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 4
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 52497
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      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:11(deu): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 1036
      DURATION-eng    : 00:05:37.357854166
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 4
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 43724
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001204
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:18:40
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
[13:00:25] batch: scanning /home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t03.mkv
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t03.mkv':
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    encoder         : libmakemkv v1.14.5 (1.3.5/1.4.7) x86_64-linux-gnu
    creation_time   : 2019-10-29T01:26:09.000000Z
  Duration: 00:43:40.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31799 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 164.706208
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      title           : Chapter 01
    Chapter #0:1: start 164.706208, end 837.044542
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0:2: start 837.044542, end 1265.681083
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 03
    Chapter #0:3: start 1265.681083, end 1635.550583
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
    Chapter #0:4: start 1635.550583, end 2061.142417
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
    Chapter #0:5: start 2061.142417, end 2569.733833
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
    Chapter #0:6: start 2569.733833, end 2620.326042
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 07
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 20987401
      DURATION-eng    : 00:43:40.326041666
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 62825
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 6874229237
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001011
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.5 linux(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-10-29 01:26:09
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p (default)
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      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 245652
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      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 001100
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      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
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    Stream #0:3(fra): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p
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    Stream #0:8(fra): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle
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    Stream #0:10(fra): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle
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      DURATION-eng    : 00:04:51.478687500
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[13:00:25] batch: scanning /home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t04.mkv
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t04.mkv':
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      title           : Chapter 03
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
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      title           : Chapter 07
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[13:00:25] scan: decoding previews for title 1 (/home/joshua/Videos/Eureka/Season 1/Disc 1/EUREKA_t02.mkv)
[13:00:25] scan: audio 0x1: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1 English (DTS-HD MA) (5.1 ch)
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[13:00:29] libhb: scan thread found 4 valid title(s)
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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I would just do a bunch of tests, but my system is on the slow side (Intel i3, 8GB) and buckles even when generating just 15-second previews. I've queued up some short samples to test some different filter levels, but I don't want to spend days or weeks trying to find the right settings. I'm really hoping that someone in this forum has this set and has already found the best filtering setup.

I've queued up single-chapter encodes of an episode with the following filters:
NLMeans - Strong & Lapsharp - Ultralight

NLMeans - Strong

NLMeans - Medium

NLMeans - Strong & Lapsharp - Strong

Lapsharp - Medium

Lapsharp - Strong

NLMeans - Medium & Lapsharp - Medium

NLMeans - Medium & Lapsharp - Light

It'll probably take 5-6 hours for it to finish.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

Post by jblagden »

I really think it would be great if there was a section of the forum where people could post their “recipes” for particularly perplexing discs like Ghostbusters, Lie to Me, and Eureka.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

Post by Woodstock »

"Recipes" change, with things like:

Version of handbrake, including official vs. broken builds (like ubuntu's).
Source of video (DVD, BD, "other").
Preferences and perceptions of the user.

The last is a hard one to account for. Some people prefer artificially sharpened "edges", others not so much.

There are not many good things filters can do on their own to make up for bad sources.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

Post by jblagden »

I also found a resolution to the Eureka encoding problem. I feel kinda stupid for not realizing it, but it turns out that the reason why the picture quality looked the way it did and none of the filter settings I tried helped is because I had my monitors' brightness and contrast too low. I tend to turn down the brightness and contrast at night, and I guess I just forgot to turn them back up this last week. It turns out that there's nothing wrong with the video quality. To make up for lost time, I've got both my desktop and my laptop working on the encoding. They should be done with the first season in about an hour.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

Post by jblagden »

Woodstock wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:12 pm "Recipes" change, with things like:

Version of handbrake, including official vs. broken builds (like ubuntu's).
Source of video (DVD, BD, "other").
Preferences and perceptions of the user.

The last is a hard one to account for. Some people prefer artificially sharpened "edges", others not so much.

There are not many good things filters can do on their own to make up for bad sources.
Sure, but I'm not really talking about presets. From experience, I know presets don't transfer from version to version. But at least in my experience, settings are universal between versions - though it is true that Handbrake sometimes gets better settings over time (i.e. NLMeans). By "recipe", I really just mean a list of settings. For example, my settings for Lie to Me might look something like this:

Code: Select all

 RF18, NLMeans (Medium), Lapsharp (Medium)
But yeah, I kinda figured it would depend on the video source.

You're probably right about certain settings depending on personal preference and perception. I suppose one way to counteract that would be to specify which settings are more-or-less optional, which would be an easy way for someone to realize that some of their settings might just be for them. Another great idea would be to explain which of the more-or-less optional settings are perhaps excessively computationally expensive, particularly when it comes to less-capable machines. Another way to go about it would be for the poster to specify what issues they were trying to solve and which settings they used to solve them - this way,a user can potentially go through the list of recipe posts until they find the one which addresses their issues.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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I wasn't talking about presets, per se, with "changes between versions." There are things in the nightly builds that aren't available in v1.2.x, which could change what "recipe" is optimal. And even stock presets have differences between versions.

You refer to "particularly perplexing discs like Ghostbusters, Lie to Me, and Eureka", but many people didn't find any of them particularly perplexing. You started this topic about Eureka in Bluray format, and how it is "like a bad DVD". If that's the case, then the reviews that say the German BD release was "so much better than the DVD", and "really takes advantage of 1080p!" must be wrong... or you got a different release.

There are already a great number of "handbrake recipes" out there on internet. One of the more popular beginning to messages posted here about problems with encodes is, "I saw a video about using handbrake on YouTube that said I should adjust the videoblaster filter to 11 for best results, but the result looks really bad on my DVD encode." Of course, the recipe was for encoding 120 frames per second game capture, using a 5-years-old version of handbrake, but IT WAS A RECIPE, DONE BY SOMEONE ON INTERNET WHO SAID THEY SPENT DAYS TRYING ALL THE OTHER HOW-TO VIDEOS, AND THEY WERE ALL CRAP, HERE'S TO GET THE BEST RESULT!
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

Post by jblagden »

Woodstock wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:51 am I wasn't talking about presets, per se, with "changes between versions." There are things in the nightly builds that aren't available in v1.2.x, which could change what "recipe" is optimal. And even stock presets have differences between versions.

You refer to "particularly perplexing discs like Ghostbusters, Lie to Me, and Eureka", but many people didn't find any of them particularly perplexing. You started this topic about Eureka in Bluray format, and how it is "like a bad DVD". If that's the case, then the reviews that say the German BD release was "so much better than the DVD", and "really takes advantage of 1080p!" must be wrong... or you got a different release.

There are already a great number of "handbrake recipes" out there on internet. One of the more popular beginning to messages posted here about problems with encodes is, "I saw a video about using handbrake on YouTube that said I should adjust the videoblaster filter to 11 for best results, but the result looks really bad on my DVD encode." Of course, the recipe was for encoding 120 frames per second game capture, using a 5-years-old version of handbrake, but IT WAS A RECIPE, DONE BY SOMEONE ON INTERNET WHO SAID THEY SPENT DAYS TRYING ALL THE OTHER HOW-TO VIDEOS, AND THEY WERE ALL CRAP, HERE'S TO GET THE BEST RESULT!
Alright, then people posting recipes could specify their Handbrake version and/or build number, perhaps with others later updating the thread with their recipe for the latest version of Handbrake.

I guess you didn't read my earlier message about accidentally leaving my monitor's contrast and brightness settings too low from the night before, giving me a false impression of the video quality. I later turned up the brightness and contrast and realized how good the video looked.

Regarding the "videoblaster filter" incident - isn't that more an issue of using the wrong sort of recipe? Which could be avoided simply by having forum threads for specific Blu-Rays? For example, a thread titled "Best Settings for Ghostbusters (4K Optimized release)"?
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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For example, a thread titled "Best Settings for Ghostbusters (4K Optimized release)"?
Nope. What is "Best Settings" for one person, is "Worst Possible" for another. It's highly subjective and highly dependant on environment and requirements.

For the vast majority, using the built-in presets is all that is necessary and there is little to be gained for them deviating.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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jblagden wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:00 amAlright, then people posting recipes could specify their Handbrake version and/or build number, perhaps with others later updating the thread with their recipe for the latest version of Handbrake.
Yea, that would solve it, since users are so well known for reading, carefully considering, and understanding the information presented to them.
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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What would you think if the recipe titled "Best Settings for Ghostbusters (4K Optimized release)" was created by someone who had improperly set their monitor, but tuned the recipe to make it look good on that monitor?

That sort of thing happens, far more often than people think. Turn the contrast up to 11 on a monitor and people complain that the "blacks" are blotchy. The encoder assumes that contrast is going to be at a reasonable level, so it optimizes by allocating more of the color spectrum to lighter areas. You CAN adjust things to make dark areas look pretty good with contrast turned up, at the expense of file size or washing out some of the other colors. That would be an example of "optimized for a Binford 6100 200 inch monitor with contrast set to MELTDOWN mode".
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Re: Best Filters for Eureka Blu-Ray Set

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Woodstock wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:17 pm What would you think if the recipe titled "Best Settings for Ghostbusters (4K Optimized release)" was created by someone who had improperly set their monitor, but tuned the recipe to make it look good on that monitor?

That sort of thing happens, far more often than people think. Turn the contrast up to 11 on a monitor and people complain that the "blacks" are blotchy. The encoder assumes that contrast is going to be at a reasonable level, so it optimizes by allocating more of the color spectrum to lighter areas. You CAN adjust things to make dark areas look pretty good with contrast turned up, at the expense of file size or washing out some of the other colors. That would be an example of "optimized for a Binford 6100 200 inch monitor with contrast set to MELTDOWN mode".
I really starting to see your point. After my incident, I can definitely see how this sort of thing could cause people to use the wrong settings and then post them as if they were the right ones.


P.S. Home Improvement is one of my favorite shows, so I appreciate the Binford reference :D . I've got it on DVD, which of course I copied a few years ago with Handbrake.
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