#HandBrake

Marcus Adamsgerowen
2025-11-29

If you're encoding content with in and haven't been using enable-variance-boost=1 , you need to start. All the tinkering I've done with varying CRF values, adding or removing film grain, etc. to try and fix low-contrast areas when transcoding my Blurays has been negated by this option, even in content with lots of film grain and dark scenes.

Basically it's:

- CRF 20
- Preset 3
- enable-variance-boost=1

I've shared my Handbrake preset here:

cloud.marcusandash.net/s/maALf

2025-11-28

First moves towards a home server - test-ripping a DVD on Handbrake.

It all works fine and I've sorted the file structure for Jellyfin compatibility.

First DVD ripped? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitc

#DVD #Handbrake #Jellyfin #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #DouglasAdams

2025-11-23

Tạo công cụ nén video hàng loạt trên macOS chỉ với một cú click!
HandBrake Batch Compressor (HBC) giúp nén video dễ dàng và an toàn.
#nén_video #macOS #HandBrake #HBC #video_compressor #nén_hàng_loat # macOS_tool #mở_nguồn #free_tool #videoediting #nén_video_macOS #công_cụ_nén_video

reddit.com/r/opensource/commen

2025-11-15

Endlich ist Wochenende.

Ich habe die letzten Tage nach der Arbeit nichts mehr auf die Reihe bekommen. Jetzt kann ich das Wochenende endlich nutzen, um mal nachzuarbeiten.
​:blobcatuwu:​

Ich starte gemütlich, indem ich die fertig komprimierten Filme in
#Jellyfin bringe und neue Filme in die #Handbrake Warteschlange werfe. Dann gibts noch neue Musik von #Monstercat die in #Funkwhale möchte.

Für heute und morgen muss ich Wäsche zusammenlegen, Arbeitsklamotten waschen, mein Zimmer in Ordnung bringen, einen Finanzplan erstellen, Verträge raussuchen und eventuell Holz hacken. Bis dahin ist sicher wieder Montag, naja.
​:blobcat_daradara:​

2025-11-07

Tom’s Hardware: How to rip your DVDs with Handbrake — preserve your DVD library before bit rot claims another victim. “One of the best tools for preserving your physical media is Handbrake, a free toolkit for video conversion, DVD, and Blu-ray ripping. Handbrake works with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and this guide will show you how to rip a DVD simply and easily. We’ll be using a Windows 11 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/07/toms-hardware-how-to-rip-your-dvds-with-handbrake-preserve-your-dvd-library-before-bit-rot-claims-another-victim/

2025-11-04

Lỗi khởi động Handbrake sau khi nâng cấp, lỗi mount symlink. Handbrake không thể khởi động sau khi nâng cấp từ 24.09.1 lên 25.10.1 #Handbrake #LỗiKhởiĐộng #NângCấp #Docker #Synology #NFS #LỗiMount #SymlinkError #HandbrakeError

reddit.com/r/selfhosted/commen

𝗣𝗠𝗝 ⚫pmj@social.pmj.rocks
2025-11-04

der neue scheduler in #linux kernel 6.12+ ist schon xtrem geil, vorallem wenn man mit #virtualisierung arbeitet
das rendern mit #handbrake in meiner windows VM ist mit der gleichen CPU ca 5-10% schneller und meine server VM läuft gefühlt auch stabiler

2025-11-02

@vkc nice video. Another thing that brothers me about streaming is ownership. Like you i buy dvd's in thriftstores, rip them with #MakeMkv convert them with #Handbrake and play the movies on the device of my choice. It's a bit cumbersome, but it's mine.

2025-11-02

Durch meine 12tb Festplatte ist endlich genug Platz für alle Filme da, die wir hier rumliegen haben. Erstmal alles in #Handbrake schmeißen. #Jellyfin freut sich auf neues Futter 😌

7 Filme sind bereits in der Komprimier-Warteschlange drinnen.

OKD :fedora: :kde: 🚴 📷patnat@social.tchncs.de
2025-11-02

Spaß mit forced subtitles nur für Text, NICHT für Ton.

Mal wieder mit Handbrake experimentieren...

#handbrake

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-10-30

🚨 NEWSFLASH: Don't let your mom near that software! 🚨 Apparently, the average Joe shudders at the thought of anything that isn't a one-click Facebook upload. 😱 and its terrifying interface are leading the charge in this tech horror show, leaving "normal" people running for the hills. 😂
danieldelaney.net/normal/

Marcus Adamsgerowen
2025-10-29

So while ripping a DVD set of "Invader Zim" I experimented a little and actually found that using to upsample it from 8 to 10 bit and adding some slight artificial film grain synthesis with actually made the resulting file look slightly "better" than the source (in my opinion at least), which was kinda noisy in its own right and even had some compression artifacts here and there.

Hopefully the image compression on Mastodon doesn't eliminate the details I'm trying to highlight.

The source fileThe AV1 outputA comparison of the same spot in both versions.  On the left is the source and the edge of the building has some weird compression artifacts or distortion going on, while the AV1 output with film grain synthesis added has managed to mask or clean up those artifacts, producing a better looking image.
2025-10-27

Can anyone recommend a GUI batch video converter for #Linux?

My current project is compressing old TV recordings from MPEG2 TS to more efficient codecs. I'm currently using #HandBrake, which I like except I don't think it has an option to convert every file in the same folder with the same settings. I can add them manually but I'd like to automate that.

The ideal tool comes with good defaults but the option to change settings where I want to.

Better hashtag suggestions also welcome. Thanks

Marcus Adamsgerowen
2025-10-27

So, observation. In , when encoding with , moving my "Preset" slider from 6 up to 4 reduced the encoding framerate to 20-30 fps, but produces quality comparable to or better than preset 6 (the difference is pretty small when transcoding 4k Blurays to 1080p), but also results in a slightly smaller filesize.

2025-10-26

Ich war bereits fleißig. 9 Filme für #Jellyfin habe ich bereits in die #Handbrake Warteschlange geschmissen. Damit hat der PC wieder zu arbeiten und kann ganz nebenbei die Bude ein bisschen aufwärmen 😁

Guten Morgen zusammen und einen schönen Sonntag wünsche ich.
😌

The Fury 🐧💻❗️🔥:verified:thefyuuri@infosec.exchange
2025-10-25

I ended up adding #handbrake to the #ubuntu side of my formerly only Windows 10 #asus laptop. I hadn't used handbrake in a few years, but it still gets the job done when it comes to ripping DVDs.

I tried out converting disc 1 of Season 2 of The Simpsons to #mp4 and plopping it on my #plex server. It came out great. In 4:3 as nature intended.

Non of that stretched image crap that Disney does, nor paying Disney to watch it. I have the first 8 seasons on DVD, why pay a shite company to stream what I already own and can stream myself? #linux #fuckdisney

2025-10-21

Nyt myös #Linux-versio #Handbrake-videotranskooderista on taas sataprosenttisesti käännetty. Oli jäänyt toviksi unohduksiin. #Windows- ja #macOS-versioihin palaan tuonnempana. #kotoistaminen #kääntäminen #l10n #floss
handbrake.fr/

2025-10-21

@AnhedoniaIsReal
What works for me is to transcode all to h.264 for the video, stereo AAC for the audio and converting HDR to SDR in an mp4 container.
That way there is no transcoding on the fly done on my 4GB rpi5.

jellyfin.org/docs/general/clie

Marcus Adamsgerowen
2025-10-21

So I'm experimenting with turning up the preset slider on to a slower setting (from 6 to 4) for my future encodes. I'm redoing a couple of movies from their discs with identical settings except just having changed the Preset slider and it's interesting, despite the encode taking longer (half to 2/3 the encode speed) and presumably preserving more image quality, the files actually end up a little smaller with a slightly lower bitrate. I'll have to do some visual comparisons.

kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮kernpanik@chaos.social
2025-10-12

@janamarie Just an idea … Have you tried #Handbrake for video compression? I used it for some work-related projects, and was quite happy with the quality I could achieve at reasonably small file sizes.

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