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dandy724-Jan-24 7:54

4-Jan-24 7:54

I'll have a VM doing the encoding job, and I'm hoping I can just queue up a bunch of them using common settings. I can't say I really care much about encoding time; I care more about the output (I realize I'll lose the benefit of any sort of hardware acceleration by doing it in a VM).

Have you found a generic setting that works "well enough" for most MPEG-4 480p input?

Clumpco4-Jan-24 20:29

Clumpco

4-Jan-24 20:29

If you're encoding to h265 a video bitrate of about a 1000 kb/s should be quite sufficient.
Profile: Main@L3.1@Main. YUV 4:2 Blush | :O

. 8 bit depth.
AC3 should do for your sound needs, though using the original mp2 for simple 2-channel audio tracks could save some time at the expense of slightly larger file size.

It should be possible (with VMWare) to assign a graphics card in pass-through mode to a VM (or even a GPU on a multiple GPU card). If you already have on-board graphics you could simply add an NVidia card for encoding via VM.

Hope this helps

So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8

dandy725-Jan-24 3:27

5-Jan-24 3:27

Clumpco wrote:
If you're encoding to h265 a video bitrate of about a 1000 kb/s should be quite sufficient.
Profile: Main@L3.1@Main. YUV 4:2 . 8 bit depth.

That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for, thanks

Clumpco wrote:
AC3 should do for your sound needs, though using the original mp2 for simple 2-channel audio tracks could save some time at the expense of slightly larger file size.

Encoding time is a non-issue, my VM host is already running 24/7, if I can batch a bunch of videos and just let do its thing even for a month, I'll be happy.

hevisko4-Jan-24 22:09

hevisko

4-Jan-24 22:09

HandBrake.fr been my goto and simplest/easiest by far IMHO multi platform and CLI/batch also Wink | ;)

Phil Hodgkins4-Jan-24 22:46

Phil Hodgkins

4-Jan-24 22:46

Some notes about general conversion:

Choose a quality setting/target average bitrate appropriate for the source format.
Make sure that decombing is on (prevents the horizontal comb-like jagged edges)
Sound data can be passed through unaffected by the video conversion (which could prevent sync problems).

Specifically about Handbrake, it does everything I want and it's been my go to for years. It's sometimes hard how to find how to do something just by looking at the options available in the app (sound passthru being an example) but it is so widely used that you'll find help in the forums.

dandy725-Jan-24 3:32

5-Jan-24 3:32

Phil Hodgkins wrote:
Make sure that decombing is on (prevents the horizontal comb-like jagged edges)

Thanks Phil. Those nuggets of knowledge is exactly why I posted. I think I know exactly what you're talking about; problem is, I never would've guessed the "decombing" setting is what I would need to look at.

Phil Hodgkins5-Jan-24 4:28

Phil Hodgkins

5-Jan-24 4:28

It's always nice to be appreciated Smile | :)

Member 130945974-Jan-24 23:52

Member 13094597

4-Jan-24 23:52

I'm currently doing this with a bunch of .iso files. The following seems to be a basicly competent application from what I can tell (it's what I've been using). I haven't watched a movie through yet, so I can't promise no audio sync drift, but what is nice about it is that you can select a zillion .iso files and leave it to go, rather than doing it one by one. And it seems to make good choices regarding aspect ratio etc. I've been using its MP4 option. Known downsides: help seems to be incomplete, no command line interface, uses original .iso disc names even if file has previously been renamed. Haven't tried to rip with a folder based source, I'm afraid.

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dandy725-Jan-24 3:33

5-Jan-24 3:33

Thanks for that. Responses so far have all been leaning heavily towards Handbrake, but it's good to keep another option in my back pocket.

Kent K9-Jan-24 4:42

Kent K

9-Jan-24 4:42

The part about your experience with an out of synch thing happening. . .that would seem to be due to the player IMO. I say this because you say that skipping around doesn't exhibit the delay, which says to me that the files must have the correct information (timing info for audio and video) because how could it not?

dandy729-Jan-24 5:20

I recently bought a new toilet brush

9-Jan-24 5:20

Kent K wrote:
because how could it not?

That's a mystery to me - I don't understand it. I tend to stick with VLC as my player of choice, but I believe I got the same results with other players. Hard to tell, as - like I said - it tends to drift over time, so it's not like I sat through the same 2-hour movie multiple times just to see what works/doesn't work.

The longer the content, the more obvious the drift effect. So it wasn't enough to just let a 10-minute clip play out with different players.

And thanks for getting back to me on this topic. I got a lot of responses about the conversion itself, but nobody mentioned anything about the audio/video drift, which was my main concern.

I've yet to start the process.

honey the codewitch3-Jan-24 6:54

honey the codewitch

3-Jan-24 6:54

Long story short, I'm going back to paper.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

dandy723-Jan-24 8:33

3-Jan-24 8:33

[Paraphrasing George Carlin]

I brush my teeth, my pits, my crotch, my a**hole...and to save time, sometimes I use the same brush for all.

The actual bit.

modified 3-Jan-24 14:39pm.

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 9:55

3-Jan-24 9:55

I miss George

dandy723-Jan-24 10:11

3-Jan-24 10:11

I do too.

We need him more than ever.

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 10:12

3-Jan-24 10:12

Also Hunter S Thompson... His political writing... Smile | :)

pkfox3-Jan-24 10:45

pkfox

3-Jan-24 10:45

see my signature

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 12:37

3-Jan-24 12:37

Kenneth Haugland3-Jan-24 17:32

Kenneth Haugland

3-Jan-24 17:32

Silly man, you need this instead:
Xylospongium - Wikipedia[^]

BernardIE53173-Jan-24 21:25

BernardIE5317

3-Jan-24 21:25

Windows on a stick[^]

Is there an issue?

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 6:40

3-Jan-24 6:40

Hi All,
Trying to post a question and get Quote:

Quote:
There was an internal error creating the item.

Umm Huh, try a repost to see if it's the web our end a few moment ago I got

Quote:
easy tiger you are reposting to often

...I know

has his own way with error messages ("there is no spoon" springs to mind) but... WTF | :WTF:

Also the Preview doesn't work?

Richard MacCutchan3-Jan-24 6:43

Richard MacCutchan

3-Jan-24 6:43

Is the question too long, too short, contains odd characters ... ?

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 7:09

3-Jan-24 7:09

Nope, just some code in the proper tags.

honey the codewitch3-Jan-24 7:02

honey the codewitch

3-Jan-24 7:02

I had that same issue yesterday.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 7:10