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Handbrake settings are hard. A few years ago I did a project that involved finding the appropriate settings to use[1]; it took me several weeks to go through al

Handbrake settings are hard. A few years ago I did a project that involved finding the appropriate settings to use[1]; it took me several weeks to go through all of the settings, look them up, figure out what they did, and test them to see what the correct value was. Some of the settings are (or were) really poorly documented--for example, why wouldn't you want iPod 5G support? Well, apparently it "breaks compatibility with certain players," though I couldn't find any data on which players would break. [1]: http://www.linestarve.com/blog/post/rendering-html5-video-with-handbrake/ http://www.linestarve.com/blog/post/rendering-html5-video-wi...

tracker1 10y ago
That's because the effects are hard... in general, I find it much easier than trying to fiddle with ffmpeg or similar. I tend to rip most things with one of two configs I have.. one for br/1080p, another for DVD, and I have a tweaked DVD for bad content (Think Babylon 5)... It took a while to find settings I generally like. I've also taken to letting things run for h.265, since I'm pretty concerned about the space on my nas. If you aren't trying to match YIFY on your sizes, then you can get away with being a bit more loose on your configs.