Handbrake problem, please help.

[PonyoBellanote]

Hello, so I work with Handbrake to try to re-encode my videos. For example, a movie that is a MPEG-4 Visual with profile Advanced Simple@L5, my Blu-ray does not play it. So I try to encode it to a H264 MP4, because my player accepts that, and encode it to H264/AVC HP 4.0. So I do that, and encode it.. and even though it's resized and on my computer plays, and shows on MediaInfo that it has changed... why my Blu-ray still doesn't reads it like it never changed? It happens with any tipe of re-encoding I make with Handbrake.

If you find a solution I'd be very grateful since I really need to re-encode to lower profiles so my Blu-ray can play, also resizing.


Here I show the media info of both files, the first from the original, the second, the re-encoding.


General
Complete name : E:\download\a.p..avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.67 GiB
Duration : 1h 29mn
Overall bit rate : 2 676 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2540/release


Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 29mn
Bit rate : 2 443 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Original display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.466
Stream size : 1.53 GiB (91%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)


Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 144 MiB (8%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms



General
Complete name : E:\download\AUSTIN POWERS DE UNA VEZ POR TODAS Y AHORA EN 5.1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 956 MiB
Duration : 1h 35mn
Overall bit rate : 1 406 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:09:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:13:58
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.9 2013052900


Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 35mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 083 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.974 fps
Maximum frame rate : 23.981 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.206
Stream size : 736 MiB (77%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:09:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:13:58
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.601


Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 35mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 83ms
Stream size : 218 MiB (23%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:09:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-08 17:13:56

[hech54]

Complete name : E:\download\AUSTIN POWERS DE UNA VEZ POR TODAS Y AHORA EN

Just buy the DVD or Blu Ray and stop breaking the forum rules.

[PonyoBellanote]

Complete name : E:\download\AUSTIN POWERS DE UNA VEZ POR TODAS Y AHORA EN

Just buy the DVD or Blu Ray and stop breaking the forum rules.

Just because the file is situated in my download folder does it have to mean that it was downloaded? That's where I put my rips.

[Kerry56]

B_pyramid=2 may be causing problems in your standalone player. Change this to b_pyramid=0 and see if it helps.

I'd also change from variable framerate to constant framerate.

[PonyoBellanote]

B_pyramid=2 may be causing problems in your standalone player. Change this to b_pyramid=0 and see if it helps.

I'd also change from variable framerate to constant framerate.

Thanks a lot, but how do I do that..?

[Kerry56]

Set Handbrake to use High Profile, Mp4 output.

Go to the Video tab and put a mark in the circle for Constant Framerate. Under Optimize Video, put a check mark in the box next to Use Advanced Tab Instead. Open the Advanced tab and next to the Pyramidal B-Frames, change from Normal (default) to Off.

Since you are starting with AC3 audio, and want that in the output, make sure you have AC3 passthrough selected in the Audio tab. But you seem to know how to use that already.

[PonyoBellanote]

Set Handbrake to use High Profile, Mp4 output.

Go to the Video tab and put a mark in the circle for Constant Framerate. Under Optimize Video, put a check mark in the box next to Use Advanced Tab Instead. Open the Advanced tab and next to the Pyramidal B-Frames, change from Normal (default) to Off.

Since you are starting with AC3 audio, and want that in the output, make sure you have AC3 passthrough selected in the Audio tab. But you seem to know how to use that already.

Thanks again, but if I use that advanced setting how will I change to profile to the one I want?


And kind of, thanks for the advise. I just want the audio in AC3 of the original video intact.

[Kerry56]

Perhaps I should have said High Profile preset? This sets the encoder to use the same framerate as the input and default 20 CRF.

Looking at the change in the encoder commands, you could probably just add this line: b-pyramid=none
There is a box under Optimize Video for extra options where you could do this instead of using the Advanced tab control.

[johns0]

Why are you ripping your original dvd and encoding to avi using Advanced Simple@L5 and then re-encoding to mp4?Use your original dvd to rip from and encode straight to mp4.

[Kerry56]

Perhaps I should have said High Profile preset? This sets the encoder to use the same framerate as the input and default 20 CRF.

Looking at the change in the encoder commands, you could probably just add this line: b-pyramid=none
There is a box under Optimize Video for extra options where you could do this instead of using the Advanced tab control.

No, I just did a test, and it didn't override the b-pyramid command.

Edit: This is really easier to do in Vidcoder.