Encoding for smooth playback on TV

[Nossty]

Hi.

Since I went off to college, I took most of my movie collection with me. What I want to do is rip a small part of my blu-ray collection, put it on a 64gb flash drive and send it back to my brother so he'll have something to watch.

I'm planning to downscale to 720@5GB depending on the film, in a .mkv container with handbrake. The only problem is, I've never done this before, so I don't know at which point his old Sony Bravia (KDL-32EX700) will stop playing the file smoothly.

Can I use subme10 & trellis=2?
Are 8 bframes and 8 refs too much?
Is there a way to know if the TV can play HE-AAC audio?
Anything else I should look out for?
Thanks in advance!

[sneaker]

Can I use subme10 & trellis=2?
Are 8 bframes and 8 refs too much?

You can use basically any subme, trellis and bframes. refs are usually limited by level. I would recommend to choose High Profile level 4.0. That should work on basically any SmartTV.

Is there a way to know if the TV can play HE-AAC audio?

Look into manual or ... simply test it? If in doubt use AC3. It's the most compatible. Or does it only support MP4 container? Then stereo LC-AAC is most compatible. It's not worth going down to HE-AAC if you are using stereo and 5 GB files. 90% of file size is video anyways.

What file systems does the TV support? Not all support NTFS and FAT32 is limited to 4 GB files.

[JVRaines]

According to Sony:

USB viewer supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT file systems.
USB playback of the following photo file formats is available:
- JPEG (JPEG format files with the extension “.jpg” and conforming to DCF or Exif)
- RAW (ARW/ARW 2.0 format files with the extension “.arw”) (For preview only.)
- MPO (files with the extension “.mpo”)
Only the panoramic JPEG files in the following horizontal/vertical sizes can be scrolled. (If the JPEG file is edited on a PC, etc., scroll may not be possible.)
- For horizontal scroll: 4912/1080, 7152/1080, 3424/1920, 4912/1920, 12416/1856, 8192/1856, 5536/2160, 3872/2160, 10480/4096
- For vertical scroll: 1080/4912, 1080/7152, 1920/3424, 1920/4912, 1856/12416, 1856/8192, 2160/5536, 2160/3872, 4096/10480
USB playback of the following music file formats is available:
- MP3 (files with the extension “.mp3” that have not been copyrighted)
- WAV (files with the extension “.wav”)
USB playback of the following video file formats is available:
- AVCHD (files with the extension “.mts” or “.m2ts”)
- MP4 (AVC) (files with the extension “.mp4”)
- MP4 (MPEG4) (files with the extension “.mp4”)
- MPEG1 (files with the extension “.mpg”)
- MPEG2 (files with the extension “.mpg”)
Video files are located in the following folder structure (hierarchal position):
/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00000.MTS
/PRIVATE/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00000.MTS
/MP_ROOT/100ANV01/MAHA0001.MP4
Note
Avoid losing your files by backing up all your media files stored on a USB device. Sony cannot accept responsibility for lost or damaged data stored on a USB device.
Depending on the file, playback may not be possible even when using the supported formats.

[Cauptain]

Hi.

Since I went off to college, I took most of my movie collection with me. What I want to do is rip a small part of my blu-ray collection, put it on a 64gb flash drive and send it back to my brother so he'll have something to watch.

I'm planning to downscale to 720@5GB depending on the film, in a .mkv container with handbrake. The only problem is, I've never done this before, so I don't know at which point his old Sony Bravia (KDL-32EX700) will stop playing the file smoothly.

Can I use subme10 & trellis=2?
Are 8 bframes and 8 refs too much?
Is there a way to know if the TV can play HE-AAC audio?
Anything else I should look out for?
Thanks in advance!

Avoid HANDBRAKE if Sony TV (Various others of course). Will have problems with playback.

For Bluray rip, use RIPBOT264 with profile 4.0 or 4.1. Only this.



Claudio

[Nossty]

Thank you all for your feedback. So I reckon I'll have to a) Keep the filesize at 4GB since FAT32 b) Put everything in an .mp4 container since no .mkv support c) High@L4.0 for the ref frames limit d) I guess I'll go with the standard LC-AAC@160kbps which is fine

[JVRaines]

The TV accepts exFAT, so there is no practical file size limit.