Move letterbox black bars to bottom (crop and pad blu ray rips)

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jcwillia1
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Move letterbox black bars to bottom (crop and pad blu ray rips)

Post by jcwillia1 »

Description of problem or question:

I have a home theater where height is an issue. I would like to project 2.35:1 movies at the top of the 16:9 range instead of in the middle.

Is there a flag that I can use in handbrake to create 1920x1080 movies where the top of the frame is the movie and the bottom is blank?

I think this would fool plex into thinking it's projecting a 1920x1080 image but the bottom third would just be black. (I would mask this with fabric on my screen)


Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):

unsure if can be reproduced


HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):

any


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

Win10


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not applicable - looking for suggestions
Last edited by jcwillia1 on Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

Post by Deleted User 11865 »

We do have a padding filter now, so it should be possible. Haven't been keeping up with latest developments though, I'm not sure if it's exposed in the graphical user interface yet.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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If your source is letterboxed (black bars top and bottom) you could try cropping only the top bar.

Otherwise, you will need to use the pad filter from the command line interface (see the --help). Eventually it will be available in the graphical interface, but this is dependent on a coming overhaul of the dimensions tab that could be months or years out.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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can someone provide an example of what the CLI should be in order for this to work? I'm a relative newbie with this although I do have some experience working in DOS (20 years ago)
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

Post by BradleyS »

Sure. If your source is letterboxed 1920x1080, the automatic cropping will remove the black borders. Then pad with black again to 1920x1080 pixels and orient the image to be at the top (plus 2 pixels offset because of a bug in the current pad filter).

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HandBrakeCLI -i source_file --preset-import-gui --preset="Fast 1080p30" --pad="width=1920:height=1080:y=2" -o destination_file
You may need additional options if you're working from a disc. Descriptions of the CLI parameters are part of the --help, which is also here: https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/1.1.0/cli/cli-guide.html

Good luck. I'll do my best to answer further questions.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

Post by jcwillia1 »

BradleyS wrote: Fri May 18, 2018 3:36 pm Sure. If your source is letterboxed 1920x1080, the automatic cropping will remove the black borders. Then pad with black again to 1920x1080 pixels and orient the image to be at the top (plus 2 pixels offset because of a bug in the current pad filter).

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HandBrakeCLI -i source_file --preset-import-gui --preset="Fast 1080p30" --pad="width=1920:height=1080:y=2" -o destination_file
You may need additional options if you're working from a disc. Descriptions of the CLI parameters are part of the --help, which is also here: https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/1.1.0/cli/cli-guide.html

Good luck. I'll do my best to answer further questions.
thank you - so to do this the easiest way possible, rip using makemkv to mkv from disc, then run your script below?

does the "30" in 1080p30 matter? Most of my stuff is 24 or 23.976 or whatever nonsense...

also does the "fast" part matter? I want a pure blu-ray transfer so if it needs to take a bit longer to transfer every bit, so be it.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

Post by s55 »

HandBrake doesn't do pure bluray transfers. It's going to re-encode the content always. There is no passthru support.

Framerates are always peak, so it doesn't matter.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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s55 wrote: Sat May 19, 2018 12:39 pm HandBrake doesn't do pure bluray transfers. It's going to re-encode the content always. There is no passthru support.

Framerates are always peak, so it doesn't matter.
ok so how do I re-encode to full blu-ray bit rate? or does the provided string do that?
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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That's the last thing you want to do. It also doesn't maintain quality of the bluray doing that.
H.264 is lossy, not lossless compression. Every time you run it, you lose some quality.

Your best bet is to accept quality loss and use CRF of around 20~21 (most people won't be able to tell the difference at this level anyway)
So, the Fast Preset is probably fine, but if you can tolerate slower encodes, do choose the HQ or Super HQ versions as they are a better optimised at the expense of speed.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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--preset=“Super HQ 1080p30 Surround” should work more than fine for your needs.
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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BradleyS wrote: Sat May 19, 2018 3:16 pm --preset=“Super HQ 1080p30 Surround” should work more than fine for your needs.
Ok thanks. All of my stuff is inaccessible at the moment (basement construction). I might try this with a DVD with different settings obviously .
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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from a different forum :

" Handbrake says the quality is "lossless" when RF=0"

where would I use that in the string provided?
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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I don't have access to my BR drive so I tried it with a DVD - didn't work...

ok I did something wrong because the bottom bar is there but there's no top bar and the bottom bar isn't big enough - it didn't pad out properly...

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.48]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\jcwil>cd "C:\Program Files\HandBrake\Handbrake CLI"

C:\Program Files\HandBrake\Handbrake CLI>HandBrakeCLI -i "D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv" --preset-import-gui --preset="Super HQ 1080p30 Surround" --pad="width=720:height=405:y=2" -o "C:\Users\jcwil\Videos\title00.mkv"
[18:38:13] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[18:38:13] thread 5c88120 started ("libhb")
HandBrake 1.1.0 (2018040700) - MinGW x86_64 - https://handbrake.fr
4 CPUs detected
Opening D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv...
[18:38:13] CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 v3 @ 3.20GHz
[18:38:13]  - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[18:38:13]  - logical processor count: 4
[18:38:13] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[18:38:13] hb_scan: path=D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv, title_index=1
Scanning title 1 of 1, 0.00 %udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV\index.bdmv
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV\BACKUP\index.bdmv
[18:38:14] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[18:38:14] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv':
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    Chapter #0:30: start 8087.712967, end 8764.505750
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    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main)
      yuv420p, tv, 720x480 [PAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], 7500 kb/s, PAR 186:157 DAR 279:157
      29.97 fps, 1k tbn
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      48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 384 kb/s (default)
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[18:38:14] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[18:38:14] scan: audio 0x1: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=384000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch)
[18:38:14] scan: 10 previews, 720x480, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 58/62/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 32:27
Scanning title 1 of 1, preview 10, 100.00 %[18:38:14] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
+ Using preset: Super HQ 1080p30 Surround
+ title 1:
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[18:38:14] 1 job(s) to process
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[18:38:14]  * source
[18:38:14]    + D:\Video\HP7_DEATHLY_HALLOWS_PART_1\title00.mkv
[18:38:14]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 31
[18:38:14]    + container: matroska,webm
[18:38:14]  * destination
[18:38:14]    + C:\Users\jcwil\Videos\title00.mkv
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[18:38:14]      + preset:  veryslow
[18:38:14]      + options: ref=5:bframes=5
[18:38:14]      + profile: high
[18:38:14]      + level:   4.0
[18:38:14]      + quality: 18.00 (RF)
[18:38:14]  * audio track 1
[18:38:14]    + decoder: English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (track 1, id 0x1)
[18:38:14]      + bitrate: 384 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[18:38:14]    + mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II
[18:38:14]    + encoder: AAC (libavcodec)
[18:38:14]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[18:38:14]  * audio track 2
[18:38:14]    + decoder: English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (track 1, id 0x1)
[18:38:14]      + bitrate: 384 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[18:38:14]    + AC3 Passthru
[18:38:14] sync: expecting 262672 video frames
[18:38:14] encx264: min-keyint: 30, keyint: 300
[18:38:14] encx264: encoding at constant RF 18.000000
[18:38:14] encx264: unparsed options: ref=5:bframes=5:level=4.0:b-adapt=2:direct=auto:analyse=all:me=umh:merange=24:subme=10:trellis=2:vbv-bufsize=31250:vbv-maxrate=25000:rc-lookahead=60
x264 [info]: using SAR=32/27
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0
[18:38:14] sync: first pts video is 0
[18:38:14] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 2970
[18:38:14] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 2970
[18:38:14] sync: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 4 time 11946
Encoding: task 1 of 1, 0.03 %[18:38:15] 3.002267s: Video -> Film
Encoding: task 1 of 1, 0.10 %
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Re: Bizarre request - move letterbox black bars to bottom

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You need height 480 in the pad string.

Do not use RF 0; it does not do what you think and your file sizes will be much larger than the originals.
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BradleyS wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 11:50 pm You need height 480 in the pad string.

Do not use RF 0; it does not do what you think and your file sizes will be much larger than the originals.
roger on #2

on #1 why is it 480? 720/16 * 9 = 404?

edit that checks out - still don't understand.
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The source is anamorphic at 720x480 stored pixels and 640x480 displayed pixels, black bars and all. You only want the picture part to be 16:9, and the storage dimensions with the new letterboxing to match the original.
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the file got cut down from 5GB to 1.5GB - isn't there any setting we can use to make it more of a pass through?
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Why do you want a bigger file?

Is there something wrong with the new video?
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rollin_eng wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 9:52 am Why do you want a bigger file?

Is there something wrong with the new video?
ok so I don't know anything about video compression but to me, if the file is smaller, that means that data was removed.

I'm blowing these movies up to 12' wide and playing the audio through a 7 channel surround system. I want it to be as close to perfect as humanly possible. Any sort of compression, video or audio, is bound to leave some artifact that will be noticeable. This is a nonsense argument with a DVD but less so with blu-ray and even less with UHD.

The real solve is that I need a PJ with better vertical shift (i.e. Epson 4000) but in the meantime, I was hoping to find a shortcut.
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Do you see artifacts in the encode?
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rollin_eng wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 10:21 am Do you see artifacts in the encode?
I don't have access to my theater Yet - basement construction

Ill have to test that later
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Super HQ 480p30 Surround for DVD. Beyond that it’s mostly academic. The file size reduction you’re seeing is the difference between a 1990s video codec and a much more modern codec.
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BradleyS wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 10:23 am Super HQ 480p30 Surround for DVD. Beyond that it’s mostly academic. The file size reduction you’re seeing is the difference between a 1990s video codec and a much more modern codec.
Someone on a different Forum suggested upgrading My Encodes to h265?
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Everyone is gung-ho on h265. Does your projector system support it? If not, it's a useless suggestion.

Not to mention that h265 isn't significantly better than h264 at lower resolutions. DVDs will not benefit as much as BDs will.
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Woodstock wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 12:50 pm Everyone is gung-ho on h265. Does your projector system support it? If not, it's a useless suggestion.

Not to mention that h265 isn't significantly better than h264 at lower resolutions. DVDs will not benefit as much as BDs will.
Everything is routing through plex on my PC to my Xbox so I assume the answer is yes to both.

The DVD was just for testing purposes. All of my rips are BR
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