Doing an encode of the 4K HDR and 1080P version of the same movie, with very similar settings, produces files which are near the same size. I noticed this with Infinity War (7.96 GB for 4K, 7.17 GB for 1080P) and Frozen II (4.97 GB for 4K, 4.21 GB for 1080P). Constant Quality settings are used, with 4K being set to 20 and 1080P set for 22, so the 1080P film should be much smaller.
Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
Have Rips of 4kHDR and 1080P Blu-rays of the same movie, and encode both using the respective profiles attached.
HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.3.1 (2020010400)
Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Windows 10 Pro 1909
HandBrake Activity Log ***required*** (see How-to get an activity log)
This is for the 1080P encode. I don't believe I have the log for the 4KHDR encode.
https://pastebin.com/mdnwe1eu
Here is the media info for the 4K according to MKVtoolnix:
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1080P Backup
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