Best h.264 setting for optimal size/quality with handbrake.

[frickfrock99]

Right now I'm using handbrake, it's not too bad and it's served me fairly well.

But since I've starting recording in 1280x720, I wanted to make sure I could get the best quality to size ratio.

Any particular settings I can tweak?

Thank you in advance!

[V1de0Luvr]

I use Q=23 for acceptable quality with HandBrake on 720p material, with frame rate reduced to 29.97. For better quality I use Q=21. The default Q=20 makes it too big.

[jagabo]

There is no "best" setting. It's all trade-offs. You decide for yourself what trade-offs you want. Size v. quality v. encoding time.

[frickfrock99]

There is no "best" setting. It's all trade-offs. You decide for yourself what trade-offs you want. Size v. quality v. encoding time.

Well, time isn't a big deal, as much as it takes.
As long as both the quality and the size are superb

[Xpenguin17]

CRF19 is the best choice under high quality settings (more refs, higher RDO, trellis=2). The stronger the settings, the lower CRF you can go without risking oversizing.