Do encoding options really affect anything if quality is RF0? I mean, lossless is lossless right? If my intention is to hand off the resultant video to another program for additional processing and I don't care about encoding efficiency (read: size), should I just run at Ultrafast and be done with it as quickly as possible? Or is there a downside to that?
(BTW, I did search for this, but the terms in the search generate hundreds of useless results.)
Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
N/A
HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.3.1 x64
Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Win10Pro x64
HandBrake Activity Log
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HandBrake 1.3.1 (2020010400)
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19041.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Ram: 8169 MB,
GPU Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M - 23.21.13.8857
Screen: 1920x1080
Temp Dir: C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: X:\Installers\HandBrake-1.3.1-x86_64-Win_GUI
Data Dir: C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake
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# Starting Encode ...
[04:27:09] base preset: Phish [480] (Modified)
[16:27:09] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[16:27:09] Starting work at: Mon Jul 20 16:27:09 2020
[16:27:09] 1 job(s) to process
[16:27:09] json job:
{
"Audio": {
"AudioList": [
{
"Bitrate": -1,
"DRC": 0.0,
"Encoder": "flac16",
"Gain": 0.0,
"Mixdown": 4,
"NormalizeMixLevel": false,
"Samplerate": 0,
"Track": 0,
"DitherMethod": 0
}
],
"CopyMask": [
"copy:aac",
"copy:ac3",
"copy:dtshd",
"copy:dts",
"copy:eac3",
"copy:flac",
"copy:mp3",
"copy:truehd"
],
"FallbackEncoder": "ac3"
},
"Destination": {
"ChapterList": [
{
"Name": "Chapter 1"
}
],
"ChapterMarkers": true,
"AlignAVStart": false,
"File": "N:\\Music\\Phish.vid\\orig\\ph1995-06-19 [full, deint, crop].mkv",
"Mp4Options": {
"IpodAtom": false,
"Mp4Optimize": false
},
"Mux": "mkv"
},
"Filters": {
"FilterList": [
{
"ID": 4,
"Settings": {
"mode": "7"
}
},
{
"ID": 12,
"Settings": {
"crop-bottom": "0",
"crop-left": "116",
"crop-right": "116",
"crop-top": "0",
"height": "480",
"width": "622"
}
},
{
"ID": 6,
"Settings": {
"mode": "0"
}
}
]
},
"PAR": {
"Num": 1,
"Den": 1
},
"Metadata": {},
"SequenceID": 0,
"Source": {
"Angle": 1,
"Range": {
"Type": "chapter",
"Start": 1,
"End": 1
},
"Title": 1,
"Path": "N:\\Music\\Phish.vid\\orig\\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].mkv"
},
"Subtitle": {
"Search": {
"Burn": false,
"Default": false,
"Enable": false,
"Forced": false
},
"SubtitleList": []
},
"Video": {
"Encoder": "x264",
"Level": "auto",
"TwoPass": false,
"Turbo": false,
"ColorMatrixCode": 0,
"Options": "rc-lookahead=60:merange=64",
"Preset": "medium",
"Profile": "auto",
"Quality": 0.0,
"QSV": {
"Decode": false,
"AsyncDepth": 0
}
}
}
[16:27:09] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
[16:27:09] - Intel microarchitecture Sandy Bridge
[16:27:09] - logical processor count: 8
[16:27:09] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[16:27:09] hb_scan: path=N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].mkv, title_index=1
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
src/libbluray/disc/disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].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
src/libbluray/bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].mkv\) failed
[16:27:09] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
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
[16:27:09] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.3.9 + libmatroska v1.5.2
creation_time : 2020-06-18T04:39:30.000000Z
Duration: 03:18:04.98, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 629 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 854x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 427:240], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 516729
DURATION-eng : 03:18:04.965000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 356193
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 767664026
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v41.0.0 ('Smarra') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-18 04:39:30
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 110299
DURATION-eng : 03:18:04.978000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 594249
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 163863000
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v41.0.0 ('Smarra') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-18 04:39:30
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
[16:27:09] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[16:27:09] scan: audio 0x1: opus, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1 English (Opus) (2.0 ch)
[16:27:09] scan: 10 previews, 854x480, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 0/0/114/116, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1
[16:27:09] scan: supported video decoders: avcodec qsv
[16:27:09] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[16:27:09] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[16:27:09] Skipping vfr filter
[16:27:09] work: compression level not specified, track 1 setting compression level 5.00
[16:27:09] work: only 1 chapter, disabling chapter markers
[16:27:09] job configuration:
[16:27:09] * source
[16:27:09] + N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, interlaced].mkv
[16:27:09] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1
[16:27:09] + container: matroska,webm
[16:27:09] + data rate: 629 kbps
[16:27:09] * destination
[16:27:09] + N:\Music\Phish.vid\orig\ph1995-06-19 [full, deint, crop].mkv
[16:27:09] + container: Matroska (libavformat)
[16:27:09] * video track
[16:27:09] + decoder: h264
[16:27:09] + filters
[16:27:09] + Decomb (mode=7)
[16:27:09] + Crop and Scale (width=622:height=480:crop-top=0:crop-bottom=0:crop-left=116:crop-right=116)
[16:27:09] + source: 854 * 480, crop (0/0/116/116): 622 * 480, scale: 622 * 480
[16:27:09] + Output geometry
[16:27:09] + storage dimensions: 622 x 480
[16:27:09] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1
[16:27:09] + display dimensions: 622 x 480
[16:27:09] + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[16:27:09] + preset: medium
[16:27:09] + options: rc-lookahead=60:merange=64
[16:27:09] + profile: auto
[16:27:09] + level: auto
[16:27:09] + quality: 0.00 (RF)
[16:27:09] + color profile: 1-1-1
[16:27:09] * audio track 1
[16:27:09] + decoder: English (Opus) (2.0 ch) (track 1, id 0x1)
[16:27:09] + samplerate: 48000 Hz
[16:27:09] + mixdown: Stereo
[16:27:09] + dither: none
[16:27:09] + encoder: FLAC 16-bit (libavcodec)
[16:27:09] + samplerate: 48000 Hz
[16:27:09] + compression level: 5.00
[16:27:09] sync: expecting 356193 video frames
[16:27:09] encx264: min-keyint: 30, keyint: 300
[16:27:09] encx264: encoding at constant RF 0.000000
[16:27:09] encx264: unparsed options: rc-lookahead=60:merange=64
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264 [info]: profile High 4:4:4 Predictive, level 3.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[16:27:09] sync: first pts video is 0
[16:27:09] sync: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 1 time 0
[16:27:09] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 540