*** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

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Flo
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Post by Flo »

The Apple TV 3 only has a 100 Mbit Ethernet port, but that's still plenty even for streaming 1080p content. If you're using WLAN, maybe you're on a crowded channel or there's interference. Would also be interesting to know what you're streaming from. Under normal circumstances, buffering should only take a couple of seconds.
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I'm planning to get a time capsule. I imagine that would help?
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Flo wrote:The Apple TV 3 only has a 100 Mbit Ethernet port, but that's still plenty even for streaming 1080p content. If you're using WLAN, maybe you're on a crowded channel or there's interference. Would also be interesting to know what you're streaming from. Under normal circumstances, buffering should only take a couple of seconds.
I'm using a 2011 Macbook Pro-- would it be helpful to connect it and/or the ATV 3 w/ethernet rather than using wifi?
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GarrettL1979 wrote:I'm planning to get a time capsule. I imagine that would help?
Can't see how it would. The Time Capsule can't act as an iTunes server.
GarrettL1979 wrote:I'm using a 2011 Macbook Pro-- would it be helpful to connect it and/or the ATV 3 w/ethernet rather than using wifi?
Most definitely. A wired connection, even at "just" 100 MBit, is nearly always faster and more reliable than wifi, even if it sounds slower on paper.
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Post by nehalem »

Flo wrote:The Apple TV 3 only has a 100 Mbit Ethernet port, but that's still plenty even for streaming 1080p content. If you're using WLAN, maybe you're on a crowded channel or there's interference. Would also be interesting to know what you're streaming from. Under normal circumstances, buffering should only take a couple of seconds.
Oh wow, for some reason I thought it was 1gb. I'm sure 100Mbit is enough I guess (always been fast for me).
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Post by m4dm0nk3y »

GarrettL1979 wrote:If I use the high profile preset with strict anamorphic, but up the RF to 22 will I notice a significant drop off in quality? I am okay with a long encode, so I will try your advanced settings too.
Depends on what you consider "significant". Visual quality expectation is entirely up to you.
The maths obviously say that quality at RF 21 is better than RF 22...
But first, will you ever notice? Depending on your display device, its size, resolution, settings, the distance between you and the screen, ...
And second, will you care? First instance, some people do a picture-by-picture side-by-side comparison and consider any discrepancy just unacceptable and therefore might choose RF 16 or even lower :shock: . Audiophiles with high end audio equipment will only accept DTSHD-MA while some other people will accept PAL sped-up audio re-encoded as Dolby Digital 640kbps. AFAIAC, I am quite picky about smoothness because I'm used to watching Blurays on my LCD which has a "24p" mode... So I do what it takes to manage motion judder (details in a separate thread for those who are interested).
So find whatever visual quality is "best" for you! Once you have defined the target, you'll have to choose how to reach it, mostly a trade-off between encode time and filesize.
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Post by nehalem »

My rips look great at the 22. I'm picky and have tried to find differences. I just can't see them.

Even at 22 it looks so much better than Apples 1080p, which even with better source material is so compressed bright skies and stuff look terrible.
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m4dm0nk3y wrote:
GarrettL1979 wrote:If I use the high profile preset with strict anamorphic, but up the RF to 22 will I notice a significant drop off in quality? I am okay with a long encode, so I will try your advanced settings too.
Depends on what you consider "significant". Visual quality expectation is entirely up to you.
The maths obviously say that quality at RF 21 is better than RF 22...
But first, will you ever notice? Depending on your display device, its size, resolution, settings, the distance between you and the screen, ...
And second, will you care? First instance, some people do a picture-by-picture side-by-side comparison and consider any discrepancy just unacceptable and therefore might choose RF 16 or even lower :shock: . Audiophiles with high end audio equipment will only accept DTSHD-MA while some other people will accept PAL sped-up audio re-encoded as Dolby Digital 640kbps. AFAIAC, I am quite picky about smoothness because I'm used to watching Blurays on my LCD which has a "24p" mode... So I do what it takes to manage motion judder (details in a separate thread for those who are interested).
So find whatever visual quality is "best" for you! Once you have defined the target, you'll have to choose how to reach it, mostly a trade-off between encode time and filesize.
I tried out your settings, and the results are great. Thanks so much for your help!

This is more of a Make MKV question, but you all are very knowledgeable here so I thought I'd ask-- is it best to select DD 3/2+1 within the audio settings for use with an apple tv 3? Does that setting include AAC & AC3? I don't believe apple tv's support TrueHD or DTS-HD audio (and, from my understanding, these are huge files). I am not running surround in our house-- just stereo. I suppose we could do 5.1 in the future though, so I'm imagine DD 3/2+1 would give us that option?
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Hey M4dm0nk3y,

Which thread were you referring to that dealt with issues of micro stuttering/judder? Couldn't find via google or forum search.
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For those who are using the customized settings I suggested earlier in the thread, just would like to let you know that I have been using 8 b-frames for a while now and it works really fine. So since 8 b-frames is what x264 --preset veryslow sets, I'll stick with that from now on.
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m4dm0nk3y wrote:For those who are using the customized settings I suggested earlier in the thread, just would like to let you know that I have been using 8 b-frames for a while now and it works really fine. So since 8 b-frames is what x264 --preset veryslow sets, I'll stick with that from now on.
I've used these settings on a couple of files and must say I love the results overall. Quick question I have though - what exactly (or even generally) would need to be changed if I were backing up an animated movie? I have a Disney collection I'd like to eventually back up for the kids and figured I might as well know what I need to be looking at. Thanks!
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Also, to quickly chime in on the file size stuff going on in the iTunes store, go look at a movie like The Prestige... The 1080p is actually a smaller file than the 720p version (3.94GB vs. 4.20GB). They've obviously cooked up something pretty good on the compression side that I'd imagine could only be accomplished with the master source.
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IIRC, The Prestige was full of very dark scenes. It would be interesting to see comparison screenshots of those in 720p and 1080p, particularly with regards to shadowy areas.

The higher compression of the store-bought 1080p files does come at a cost, even in cases where the 1080p versions aren't smaller than their 720p counterparts. There's certainly more color banding to be observed, along with a lack of grain and fine details. It's clear that there's more at work than just the "magic" of High Profile. They also made a conscious choice to further lower the quality in order to offer 1080p encodes that are only subtly larger (or in your example, even slightly smaller) than their 720p counterparts.
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Post by Vinny67 »

Firstly, please excuse my ignorance on this subject.

I've been encoding using the 'iPad' preset, with 'Width' changed to 1920 and 'Constant Quality' set to RF:22.
This produces a file that takes 30% longer to encode and is only 80% of the size of one created using the 'Normal' preset with 'Constant Quality' set to RF:20.

Can any of the more savvy people here tell me if this is Technically wrong?
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Vinny67 wrote:Can any of the more savvy people here tell me if this is Technically wrong?
Nothing wrong with it as long as you are happy.

However the ipad3 can handle more than the original ipad, thus people are using more advanced settings.
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Flo wrote:IIRC, The Prestige was full of very dark scenes. It would be interesting to see comparison screenshots of those in 720p and 1080p, particularly with regards to shadowy areas.

The higher compression of the store-bought 1080p files does come at a cost, even in cases where the 1080p versions aren't smaller than their 720p counterparts. There's certainly more color banding to be observed, along with a lack of grain and fine details. It's clear that there's more at work than just the "magic" of High Profile. They also made a conscious choice to further lower the quality in order to offer 1080p encodes that are only subtly larger (or in your example, even slightly smaller) than their 720p counterparts.
Yeah, I'd figure as much and I'm not about to buy it again in iTunes to find out (the BD is on sale at Best Buy for $8 if anyone's interested :) love that movie)... Either way, using m4dm0nk3y's settings (at 20.5 rf) and only including DD 3/2.1 passthrough and a PLII mixdown (basically like iTunes) produces superb results in a 5.2 GB file (just a ~GB bigger than iTunes' über-compressed version). The only drawback is a pretty slow encode... ~12hrs at an avg of ~4.6fps on a quad-core i5 with 16GB of RAM. But hey, we were warned.
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jspeciner wrote:
m4dm0nk3y wrote:For those who are using the customized settings I suggested earlier in the thread, just would like to let you know that I have been using 8 b-frames for a while now and it works really fine. So since 8 b-frames is what x264 --preset veryslow sets, I'll stick with that from now on.
I've used these settings on a couple of files and must say I love the results overall. Quick question I have though - what exactly (or even generally) would need to be changed if I were backing up an animated movie? I have a Disney collection I'd like to eventually back up for the kids and figured I might as well know what I need to be looking at. Thanks!
Never mind... Found what I was looking for and more (including the genesis of your much more simply explained settings) here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=19426
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Hey all,
Was wondering if I could get your thoughts on something. I've been using the following settings for New iPad compatible encodes:
high profile + 4 ref frames at RF=20 plus the string below.

b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=60:ref=4:direct=auto:me=umh:subq=10:merange=24:psy-rd=1.0,0.15:analyse=all:trellis=2:deblock=-1,-1

90% of my encodes seem to be playing flawlessly, but I've noticed a scene in Casino Royale which causes the iPad to studder horribly with these settings (file plays perfectly on a mac so it's not a bad encode).

Question is, do we A, feel confident that iPad 3rd gen can handle 4 ref frames, and B, that it can handle -1,-1 deblocking? If so what else would be a drag on processing power? Could raising the constant quality value to 21 or 22 improve playback?

Please excuse the lack of an activity log, I've encoded 10+ blurays since this one so I'm assuming that info's long gone.

EDIT: Just to clarify, source is Blurays brought into handbrake via MakeMKV

EDIT2: Did some more testing. I'm using the iPad with a GoFlex Satellite drive to stream HD video. Works flawlessly for most of the movies I've tested, but this particular scene won't stream smoothly. Plays perfectly when stored directly on the device. I'm assuming this is an issue of the bitrate being to high to stream over wifi? Would raising the RF value solve that? Going to try and test it but would love any suggestions you guys might have.
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Post by dil1989 »

Hi,

I've tried reading through all these posts and the FAQ and the guides to try and answer a question I have about file sizes so I'm turning to you guys to help me solve this. I just created an mp4 of Hop & Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from mkv files. Tattoo is almost an hour longer and has much more movement and darker scenes (which is why I assume the mkv file was around 45GB) while Hop was about 25GB (mkv). I used the exact same settings (RF18, 1080p, High Profile) and somehow the Tattoo file came out around 3.91 GB and the Hop movie came out at 15GB. As I said before, the settings were exactly the same. I also compared the Tattoo mp4 to the blu-ray and it was identical, no pixelation, you couldn't tell the difference. So how in the world is it that the file size was less than 4GB even though it was by far the darker, more action packed (not to mention an hour longer) and the quality was impeccable while the Hop mp4 was 15GB? The only difference I saw was that when I right clicked on the mp4 files and selected "get info" the finder window says that the Hop movie total bit rate was 21,300 while the Dragon Tattoo info says it's total bit rate was 3,301. I guess what I don't understand is how the bitrates can be so drastically different if I had the same settings and also how the Dragon Tattoo file looks flawless considering the file size (it's even a smaller size than the iTunes version). Is there some other way to control the total bitrate? Because if so, I certainly wouldn't mind having all my movies bit rate around 3,300 so I can have impeccable, yet small in size, movie files. Can anyone explain what's going on here? Thanks! Below are the logs, by the way...

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HandBrake Activity Log for /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.m4v: 2012-04-13 03:55:57 -0600
Handbrake Version: 0.9.6 x86_64 (2012022800)

[03:55:57] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 0
[03:55:57] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Getting Audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob ...
[03:55:57] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Returned getting audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob
[03:55:57] macgui: getNextPendingQueueIndex next pending encode index is:2
[03:55:57] macgui: scanning specifically for title: 1
[03:55:57] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.mkv, title_index=1
libbluray/bdnav/index_parse.c:157: indx_parse(): error opening /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.mkv/BDMV/index.bdmv
libbluray/bluray.c:1471: nav_get_title_list(/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.mkv) failed (0x12d9d7e00)
[03:55:57] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[03:55:57] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.mkv':
  Metadata:
    title           : HOP
  Duration: 01:35:08.70, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3072 kb/s
    Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 330.872200
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 00
    Chapter #0.1: start 330.872200, end 463.087622
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 01
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0.3: start 586.752822, end 924.381778
    Metadata:
      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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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 07
    Chapter #0.8: start 1932.764156, end 2182.013156
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 08
    Chapter #0.9: start 2182.013156, end 2598.512578
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 09
    Chapter #0.10: start 2598.512578, end 2865.612733
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 10
    Chapter #0.11: start 2865.612733, end 3120.909444
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 11
    Chapter #0.12: start 3120.909444, end 3492.113622
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 12
    Chapter #0.13: start 3492.113622, end 3963.668022
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 13
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 14
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 15
    Chapter #0.16: start 4631.752111, end 4967.504200
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 16
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    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 17
    Chapter #0.18: start 5215.543667, end 5380.541822
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 18
    Chapter #0.19: start 5380.541822, end 5708.703000
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 19
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: dca (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 1536 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : 3/2+1
    Stream #0.2(spa): Audio: dca (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 768 kb/s
    Metadata:
      title           : 3/2+1
    Stream #0.3(fra): Audio: dca (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 768 kb/s
    Metadata:
      title           : 3/2+1
    Stream #0.4(eng): Subtitle: pgssub (default)
    Stream #0.5(spa): Subtitle: pgssub
    Stream #0.6(fra): Subtitle: pgssub
    Stream #0.7(spa): Subtitle: pgssub
    Stream #0.8(fra): Subtitle: pgssub
[03:55:57] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[03:55:57] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[03:55:57] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[03:55:57] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[03:55:57] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[03:55:57] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[03:55:57] scan: audio 0x1: DCA, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[03:55:57] scan: audio 0x2: DCA, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=768000 Espanol (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[03:55:57] scan: audio 0x3: DCA, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=768000 Francais (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[03:55:58] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 20/20/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[03:55:58] scan: title (0) job->width:1920, job->height:1040
[03:55:58] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[03:55:58] macgui: ScanDone state received from fQueueEncodeLibhb
[03:55:58] macgui: Preset: Custom
[03:55:58] macgui: processNewQueueEncode number of passes expected is: 1
[03:55:58] macgui: Start / Stop set to chapters
[03:55:58] macgui: prepareJob exiting
[03:55:58] 1 job(s) to process
[03:55:58] starting job
[03:55:58] sync: expecting 136896 video frames
[03:55:58] job configuration:
[03:55:58]  * source
[03:55:58]    + /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.mkv
[03:55:58]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 20
[03:55:58]    + container: matroska,webm
[03:55:58]    + data rate: 3072 kbps
[03:55:58]  * destination
[03:55:58]    + /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/HOP_t00.m4v
[03:55:58]    + container: MPEG-4 (.mp4 and .m4v)
[03:55:58]      + 64-bit formatting
[03:55:58]      + chapter markers
[03:55:58]  * video track
[03:55:58]    + decoder: vc1
[03:55:58]    + frame rate: same as source (around 23.976 fps)
[03:55:58]    + strict anamorphic
[03:55:58]      + storage dimensions: 1920 * 1080 -> 1920 * 1040, crop 20/20/0/0, mod 16
[03:55:58]      + pixel aspect ratio: 1 / 1
[03:55:58]      + display dimensions: 1920 * 1040
[03:55:58]    + encoder: H.264 (x264)
[03:55:58]      + options: ref=1:weightp=1:subq=2:rc-lookahead=10:trellis=0:8x8dct=0
[03:55:58]      + quality: 18.00 (RF)
[03:55:58]  * audio track 1
[03:55:58]    + decoder: English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (track 1, id 0x1)
[03:55:58]      + bitrate: 1536 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[03:55:58]    + mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II
[03:55:58]    + encoder: AAC (CoreAudio)
[03:55:58]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[03:55:58] reader: first SCR 0 id 0x0 DTS 0
[03:55:58] encx264: min-keyint: 24, keyint: 240
[03:55:58] encx264: encoding with stored aspect 1/1
[03:55:58] encx264: Encoding at constant RF 18.000000
x264 [warning]: --psnr used with psy on: results will be invalid!
x264 [warning]: --tune psnr should be used if attempting to benchmark psnr!
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
Stream with high frequencies VQ coding
[03:59:36] vc1: "Chapter 01" (2) at frame 7942 time 29782260
[04:01:06] vc1: "Chapter 02" (3) at frame 11111 time 41677920
[04:02:20] vc1: "Chapter 03" (4) at frame 14076 time 52807770
[04:06:09] vc1: "Chapter 04" (5) at frame 22171 time 83194380
[04:09:09] vc1: "Chapter 05" (6) at frame 29055 time 109035180
[04:12:52] vc1: "Chapter 06" (7) at frame 37270 time 139872240
[04:14:48] vc1: "Chapter 07" (8) at frame 41497 time 155739330
[04:17:04] vc1: "Chapter 08" (9) at frame 46349 time 173952540
[04:19:50] vc1: "Chapter 09" (10) at frame 52325 time 196384950
[04:24:24] vc1: "Chapter 10" (11) at frame 62310 time 233866170
[04:27:20] vc1: "Chapter 11" (12) at frame 68714 time 257905170
[04:30:12] vc1: "Chapter 12" (13) at frame 74836 time 280885590
[04:34:25] vc1: "Chapter 13" (14) at frame 83735 time 314290260
[04:39:47] vc1: "Chapter 14" (15) at frame 95042 time 356733900
[04:43:22] vc1: "Chapter 15" (16) at frame 102612 time 385149780
[04:47:23] vc1: "Chapter 16" (17) at frame 111060 time 416861460
[04:51:13] vc1: "Chapter 17" (18) at frame 119110 time 447079140
[04:54:04] vc1: "Chapter 18" (19) at frame 125056 time 469398960
[04:55:57] vc1: "Chapter 19" (20) at frame 129012 time 484248780
[04:57:55] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[04:57:56] work: average encoding speed for job is 36.816158 fps
[04:57:56] sync: got 136872 frames, 136896 expected
[04:57:56] vc1-decoder done: 136872 frames, 0 decoder errors, 0 drops
[04:57:56] render: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[04:57:56] render: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
x264 [info]: frame I:1729  Avg QP:17.20  size:300614  PSNR Mean Y:45.89 U:46.19 V:48.64 Avg:46.25 Global:45.91
x264 [info]: frame P:84276 Avg QP:20.16  size:130974  PSNR Mean Y:42.69 U:44.00 V:47.05 Avg:43.28 Global:42.98
x264 [info]: frame B:50867 Avg QP:21.78  size: 69300  PSNR Mean Y:41.77 U:43.36 V:46.60 Avg:42.43 Global:41.84
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 30.1% 58.9%  6.7%  4.3%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 29.7%  0.0% 70.3%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4: 25.8%  0.0%  6.3%  P16..4: 31.6% 17.7% 12.3%  0.0%  0.0%    skip: 6.3%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4: 10.6%  0.0%  1.0%  B16..8: 25.8% 10.3%  1.6%  direct:30.8%  skip:19.9%  L0:21.4% L1:30.3% BI:48.3%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 90.9% 82.7% 62.1% inter: 56.1% 42.4% 13.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 15% 10% 58% 16%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 15% 29%  8%  7%  7%  7%  6%  7%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 58% 16% 19%  7%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.0% UV:0.6%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9671542 (14.835db)
x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:42.387 U:43.789 V:46.903 Avg:42.998 Global:42.546 kb/s:21136.64
[04:57:56] mux: track 0, 136872 frames, 15082783488 bytes, 21136.57 kbps, fifo 1024
[04:57:56] mux: track 1, 267596 frames, 117243984 bytes, 164.30 kbps, fifo 2048
[04:57:56] libhb: work result = 0
And this one is for Dragon Tattoo

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HandBrake Activity Log for /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.m4v: 2012-04-13 13:23:09 -0600
Handbrake Version: 0.9.6 x86_64 (2012022800)

[13:23:09] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 0
[13:23:09] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Getting Audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob ...
[13:23:09] macgui: createQueueFileItem: Returned getting audio from prepareAudioForQueueFileJob
[13:23:09] macgui: getNextPendingQueueIndex next pending encode index is:3
[13:23:09] macgui: scanning specifically for title: 1
[13:23:09] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.mkv, title_index=1
libbluray/bdnav/index_parse.c:157: indx_parse(): error opening /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.mkv/BDMV/index.bdmv
libbluray/bluray.c:1471: nav_get_title_list(/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.mkv) failed (0x13a03bc00)
[13:23:09] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[13:23:09] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.mkv':
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      title           : Chapter 02
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      title           : Chapter 03
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      title           : Chapter 13
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[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] add_ffmpeg_subtitle: unknown subtitle stream type: 0x17006
[13:23:09] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[13:23:09] scan: audio 0x1: DCA, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[13:23:09] scan: audio 0x2: AC-3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=640000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch)
[13:23:09] scan: audio 0x3: AC-3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=640000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch)
[13:23:09] scan: audio 0x4: DCA, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 Francais (DTS) (5.1 ch)
[13:23:11] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 140/142/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[13:23:11] scan: title (0) job->width:1920, job->height:800
[13:23:11] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[13:23:11] macgui: ScanDone state received from fQueueEncodeLibhb
[13:23:11] macgui: Preset: Custom
[13:23:11] macgui: processNewQueueEncode number of passes expected is: 1
[13:23:11] macgui: Start / Stop set to chapters
[13:23:11] macgui: prepareJob exiting
[13:23:11] 1 job(s) to process
[13:23:11] starting job
[13:23:11] sync: expecting 227521 video frames
[13:23:11] job configuration:
[13:23:11]  * source
[13:23:11]    + /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.mkv
[13:23:11]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 16
[13:23:11]    + container: matroska,webm
[13:23:11]    + data rate: 4352 kbps
[13:23:11]  * destination
[13:23:11]    + /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_t01.m4v
[13:23:11]    + container: MPEG-4 (.mp4 and .m4v)
[13:23:11]      + 64-bit formatting
[13:23:11]      + chapter markers
[13:23:11]  * video track
[13:23:11]    + decoder: h264
[13:23:11]    + frame rate: same as source (around 23.976 fps)
[13:23:11]    + strict anamorphic
[13:23:11]      + storage dimensions: 1920 * 1080 -> 1920 * 798, crop 140/142/0/0, mod 16
[13:23:11]      + pixel aspect ratio: 1 / 1
[13:23:11]      + display dimensions: 1920 * 798
[13:23:11]    + encoder: H.264 (x264)
[13:23:11]      + options: ref=1:weightp=1:subq=2:rc-lookahead=10:trellis=0:8x8dct=0
[13:23:11]      + quality: 18.00 (RF)
[13:23:11]  * audio track 1
[13:23:11]    + decoder: English (DTS) (5.1 ch) (track 1, id 0x1)
[13:23:11]      + bitrate: 1536 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[13:23:11]    + mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II
[13:23:11]    + encoder: AAC (CoreAudio)
[13:23:11]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[13:23:11] reader: first SCR 0 id 0x0 DTS 0
[13:23:11] encx264: min-keyint: 24, keyint: 240
[13:23:11] encx264: encoding with stored aspect 1/1
[13:23:11] encx264: Encoding at constant RF 18.000000
x264 [warning]: --psnr used with psy on: results will be invalid!
x264 [warning]: --tune psnr should be used if attempting to benchmark psnr!
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
Stream with high frequencies VQ coding
[13:27:10] h264: "Chapter 01" (2) at frame 14247 time 53449650
[13:32:31] h264: "Chapter 02" (3) at frame 31795 time 119320470
[13:35:18] h264: "Chapter 03" (4) at frame 40884 time 153438300
[13:39:27] h264: "Chapter 04" (5) at frame 54907 time 206077140
[13:43:35] h264: "Chapter 05" (6) at frame 69081 time 259282800
[13:46:43] h264: "Chapter 06" (7) at frame 79305 time 297661140
[13:49:24] h264: "Chapter 07" (8) at frame 87911 time 329965920
[13:53:10] h264: "Chapter 08" (9) at frame 99797 time 374582970
[13:56:30] h264: "Chapter 09" (10) at frame 109647 time 411557400
[14:00:08] h264: "Chapter 10" (11) at frame 120076 time 450705240
[14:04:38] h264: "Chapter 11" (12) at frame 133548 time 501275790
[14:08:33] h264: "Chapter 12" (13) at frame 146142 time 548550540
[14:16:01] h264: "Chapter 13" (14) at frame 171061 time 642090240
[14:22:56] h264: "Chapter 14" (15) at frame 193795 time 727427970
[14:26:39] h264: "Chapter 15" (16) at frame 206104 time 773632890
[14:32:18] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[14:32:19] work: average encoding speed for job is 54.848835 fps
[14:32:19] sync: got 227497 frames, 227521 expected
[14:32:19] h264-decoder done: 227497 frames, 0 decoder errors, 0 drops
[14:32:19] render: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[14:32:19] render: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
x264 [info]: frame I:3452  Avg QP:14.33  size:110058  PSNR Mean Y:50.65 U:51.86 V:52.95 Avg:51.10 Global:50.79
x264 [info]: frame P:153788 Avg QP:17.17  size: 18391  PSNR Mean Y:48.44 U:50.63 V:51.82 Avg:49.14 Global:48.85
x264 [info]: frame B:70257 Avg QP:18.44  size:  7293  PSNR Mean Y:47.06 U:49.28 V:50.49 Avg:47.77 Global:47.49
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 47.4% 32.9%  3.7% 15.9%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 54.6%  0.0% 45.4%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4: 24.6%  0.0%  1.0%  P16..4: 27.2%  8.4%  3.6%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:35.2%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  3.8%  0.0%  0.1%  B16..8: 16.5%  3.9%  0.3%  direct:15.3%  skip:60.2%  L0:38.9% L1:50.5% BI:10.6%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 35.4% 45.4% 12.9% inter: 9.2% 20.5% 0.4%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 49% 22% 23%  7%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 25% 22% 22%  5%  6%  5%  5%  5%  5%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 60% 17% 21%  2%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.5% UV:0.7%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9883063 (19.320db)
x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:48.044 U:50.233 V:51.426 Avg:48.747 Global:48.404 kb/s:3136.98
[14:32:19] mux: track 0, 227497 frames, 3720536012 bytes, 3136.88 kbps, fifo 2048
[14:32:19] mux: track 1, 444775 frames, 195139967 bytes, 164.53 kbps, fifo 4096
[14:32:19] libhb: work result = 0
Last edited by TedJ on Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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TedJ
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Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Post by TedJ »

Three things come to mind.
  1. Hop has a larger frame than GwtDT as it is a 1.85:1 ratio vs. 2.40:1, so you're looking at a frame size that's 30% larger.
  2. Animation contains many more hard edges, which can cause bitrate spikes on constant quality encoding.
  3. Your chosen RF is excessive for 1080p encodes - RF 23-21 is more suitable for this resolution.
Variation in file size/bitrate isn't just a side effect of constant quality encoding, it's the essence of it. You're aiming for a chosen quality metric, not some arbitrary bitrate.
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Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Post by dil1989 »

Thanks. I'll try changing the RF. I have been since tried two other films - the descendants and my week with Marilyn. The same thing happened. My week with Marilyn was around 4.6GB and the descendants was 14.5GB. In this case, the frames are the same size.
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Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Post by Flo »

Both Hop and The Descendants have fairly heavy grain. So with your low RF values, you're wasting a lot of bitrate on accurately preserving noise.
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Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Post by dil1989 »

Would the heavy grain truly account for a 9-10GB difference though? Also, how can you tell how much grain a movie has? (Specifically, I mean, so i can adjust the RF). I've since continued to try movies and the ONLY difference I've noticed, so far, is that on the back of every movie case that ends up in the 12GB+ range it is marked as a dual-layer blu ray. Would that matter at all?
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Re: *** AppleTV 3 and the New iPad (Presets) ***

Post by Flo »

dil1989 wrote:Would the heavy grain truly account for a 9-10GB difference though?
At an RF of 18, sure. Most people here use 22 or higher for HD encodes.
dil1989 wrote:Also, how can you tell how much grain a movie has? (Specifically, I mean, so i can adjust the RF).
Simply looking at the movie, or screenshots of it, would be the easiest way. Film grain is fairly easy to identify.

Take a look at these two screenshots of Predator. The first one shows a scene with the grain intact, the second one shows the same scene with the grain digitally removed.

Saving Private Ryan and the first Jurassic Park are good examples of movies with heavy graining.
dil1989 wrote:I've since continued to try movies and the ONLY difference I've noticed, so far, is that on the back of every movie case that ends up in the 12GB+ range it is marked as a dual-layer blu ray. Would that matter at all?
A dual layer BD alone isn't conclusive evidence. The space could be taken up by extras or additional audio tracks, or the movie could simply be inefficiently compressed.
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