Handbrake settings

[ericande]

I'm hoping to encode some of my videos for the EVO before it comes. Anyone know the best settings for Handbrake to use for the Evo?

 

[cesjr02]

There was a previous thread discussing this. I believe the general consensus is we'll just have to wait and see. If you're going for the best quality possible or the smallest file size at watchable quality, there will be a huge difference.

For mine, I set the resolution to 720 by (whatever it ends up being) 480, 466 etc. Keep in mind your maximum vertical pixels will be 480 for DVD content. Quality you can mess with but I checked the constant quality setting and I'm getting large files with high bitrate. (They look great but will the Evo handle the playback? We'll see.)

 

[Phil Nickinson]

And check out Jerry's post on videos.

 

[ericande]

And check out Jerry's post on videos.

I saw that but I'm getting odd files that don't work and handbrake has very detailed options that I have no clue what they mean.

 

[legacy]

For mine, I set the resolution to 720 by (whatever it ends up being) 480, 466 etc. Keep in mind your maximum vertical pixels will be 480 for DVD content. Quality you can mess with but I checked the constant quality setting and I'm getting large files with high bitrate. (They look great but will the Evo handle the playback? We'll see.)

You should be setting it to 800 (the horizontal resolution of the Evo's screen) and checking the "keep aspect ratio" button. Will do a more detailed writeup once we have the phone and can test a couple of bitrates.


If you want a good jumping off spot to convert now, check the Iphone preset and change the horizontal resolution to 800 and check the "keep aspect ratio" button. Make sure your audio track is set to english (or whichever language you're looking for), and convert it. You shouldn't need to change any other settings.

Once we have the phone, we'll be able to mess with the bitrate and other settings to see if we can get a smaller file size. Going from an HD source, using the settings I listed above your file should be between a gig and 2.5gig.

 

[cesjr02]

You should be setting it to 800 (the horizontal resolution of the Evo's screen) and checking the "keep aspect ratio" button. Will do a more detailed writeup once we have the phone and can test a couple of bitrates.


If you want a good jumping off spot to convert now, check the Iphone preset and change the horizontal resolution to 800 and check the "keep aspect ratio" button. Make sure your audio track is set to english (or whichever language you're looking for), and convert it. You shouldn't need to change any other settings.

Once we have the phone, we'll be able to mess with the bitrate and other settings to see if we can get a smaller file size. Going from an HD source, using the settings I listed above your file should be between a gig and 2.5gig.

Most DVD source material has a max resolution of 720/704?480. How do you bump to 800, upscaling?

I assumed, for example with Avatar I ended up with a resolution of 720x400 (16:9) won't the Evo automatically fill the screen?

When I use handbrake it won't allow me to set the horizontal resolution higher than the source material, unless I'm doing something wrong.

 

[fr4nk1yn]

I started the other thread. I have a couple more DVD back-ups under my belt since then.
I used the normal setting, no need for iPhone compatibility ditching my Pre.

My first video used the default settings BUT I chaanged constant quality to 65%, IIRC.
The 2 hour DVD camou out to 2.6gb. The latest DVD was 1hour 40 min, and came out to 927mb with 61% constant quality, which is the default.
I'm doing classics so the sharpness is hard to really measure but there's no pixelation.

I'm happy with the default "Normal" settings quality and file size.

 

[legacy]

Most DVD source material has a max resolution of 720/704?480. How do you bump to 800, upscaling?

I assumed, for example with Avatar I ended up with a resolution of 720x400 (16:9) won't the Evo automatically fill the screen?

When I use handbrake it won't allow me to set the horizontal resolution higher than the source material, unless I'm doing something wrong.

I only have source material with higher than DVD resolution.

If you want to keep the default aspect ratio (so things don't look streched out), you may end up with black bars...

You're right about DVD resolution though. No need to set it any higher.

 

[ericande]

legacy, do you use .mp4 or .m4v?

 

[cesjr02]

I don't mind letter-boxing, will the Evo stretch the video to fill the horizontal? (Like the iPhone/iPod Touch, does) I just don't want pillarboxed video.

 

[ericande]

I followed the settings on this post: HandBrake • View topic - H.264 on Portable Devices

On my computer it looks great. I'm going to try it again with a 720p rip and see how it looks and what the size is. Hopefully it looks good on the phone!