Making MKV file smaller in less time

[John Wick]

Hi,

i already make an mkv file from Battleship , it is 45 GB large.
I tryed to make it smaller with the Matroska h.265 mkv 2160p 60 preset (change nothing) . After 24 hours they only have 25% of completing the file, i cancel it or is this true that it will take 4 days to completing it?

Can something told me the best settings for handbrake to make the mkv (45 GB) file smaller , maybe 15-20 GB in less time.

Handbrake version i use 1.3.0
Windows 10

Thank you very much ....

[rollin_eng]

Could you please post your HB logs, instructions can be found here:

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/hel ... y-log.html

[John Wick]

Here are my log files...

https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 1.txt.html
https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 2.txt.html

I find a preset for 1080p encoding and thsi works fine for me, this is the first time i try to encode UHD.

thx a lot..

[Deleted User 11865]

4 times as many pixels, 4 times as long to encode

[John Wick]

4 times as many pixels, 4 times as long to encode

The time for encode an 1080p (22GB) to 8GB takes 1,5 hour.
So you say it "4 times longer" must be arround 6 hours but i take 4 days ?

how can i do it better ?

[rollin_eng]

Try changing the encoder to x264, then change the speed as needed.

[Deleted User 11865]

Here are my log files...

https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 1.txt.html
https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 2.txt.html

I find a preset for 1080p encoding and thsi works fine for me, this is the first time i try to encode UHD.

thx a lot..

Those logs show the encode started at 13:34:18 and finished at 15:15:21, that's less than two hours.

[rollin_eng]

Here are my log files...

https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 1.txt.html
https://www.file-upload.net/download-13 ... 2.txt.html

I find a preset for 1080p encoding and thsi works fine for me, this is the first time i try to encode UHD.

thx a lot..

Those logs show the encode started at 13:34:18 and finished at 15:15:21, that's less than two hours.

I think he is saying the 4k presets are too slow compared to 1080 ones, this is probably due to them using x265.

[John Wick]

Try changing the encoder to x264, then change the speed as needed.

Thx that helped a lot , it took 5 hours and i get a 10 GB file .

Thank you very much for help to everyone