Ffmpeg copy handbrake settings 1080p#

Thanks to the MKV container, some of my files have 10 different audio tracks and 12+ captions/subtitles inside a single file to go with the video. When HiDef video became more and more standard, I switched to h.264/ac3/mkv, but that audio format doesn't playback on all my devices, so I add aac audio tracks and leave the AC3 inside as well. Years ago, I was looking for the 'most compatible, extensible, usable, video format' to backup my home and TV recordings. Yep - this is one of those 'simple questions' that isn't simple because different groups/organizations have different agendas. Each of those results is fluid based on the input. All of this is about finding the right trade-off between file size, file resolution and watchability. Anything less than 19 is overkill (IMHO) and anything over 22 shows so many artifacts that I find the video unwatchable. If you must transcode, the defaults for handbrake are reasonable.

Ffmpeg copy handbrake settings 1080p#

Encoding a low-resolution input file with very high quality settings designed for a pristine 1080p video is a complete waste. Darker video different from a beach day video. Romance video would be encoded differently than high-action video. That command will be relatively fast because it just copies and compresses the audio/video into the mkv container no transcoding.Īlso - 'best' settings change based on the content. To copy the video and audio in a mp4 container into an mkv container, just use mkvmerge. mkv has some tools that will manipulate MKV containers - like mkvmerge and mmg (the GUI version). Much less processing with the copy since the video, audio, subtitles are just copied from 1 container to another.

It is the difference between a 30 sec copy and a 45 min transcode.

Don't think handbrake supports that, but avconv and ffmpeg both do. You can put many different types of encoded video and audio into each and taking existing video/audio from one container to another is fairly easy.