Re-Encode HD HEVC to UHD H.264 MKV / Change Resolution

[Dabuss55]

I have a HEVC MKV with a 1904x816 resolution that I'd like to re-encode to 4k (3808x1632 according to my calculations).

What's the best way to do this? I'd like to have the quality remain the same and retain the MKV format. I've found that with most HD videos if I play them in MPC with MadVR enabled they tend to lag to the point they end up stalling my PC in full screen, but if I right-click, go into the 'pan and scan' options and decrease the height or the width once it plays fine with the filters / upscaling enabled. If I convert them to 4k they play perfectly fine in their original size. This time I have a slight issue because I've never had to convert an HD HEVC MKV file to 4K.

1) The overall bitrate is 4027 kb/s so I'm not sure what to make it to not lose quality in H.624.
2) I use VideoSolo to convert my videos which allows me to convert to 4K H.264 MKV, but only 4K HEVC MP4. I don't mind going to MP4 if there's not a loss in quality.
3) Is there a program / site I can use to find out what 4027 kb/s HEVC equals in H.264?
4) Is there a better program that allows me to easily change nothing but the resolution and keep the MKV format with re-encoding? I have VideoSolo, Handbrake, and Avidemux but these programs are a tad tedious to work with. I know some things about editing videos, but the options I'm given just hurt my brain.

Here's the video information:

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General
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 79.5 MiB
Duration : 2 min 45 s
Overall bit rate : 4 027 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2018-05-15 02:26:28
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.0.0 ('Coming Up For Air') built on Jan 20 2013 09:52:00
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
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Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L5@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2 min 45 s
Width : 1 904 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
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Codec ID : A_AAC-2
Duration : 2 min 45 s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 18 ms
Title : English 5.1 Surround
Language : English
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[sneaker]

You should fix your playback problems. If it's renderer performance lower madvr settings or use a simpler renderer. The quality hit will be lower than re-encoding to 4K at 4000 kbps. Do you have a 4K display?

[Dabuss55]

Nope, I'm playing videos on a 1080 display. I understand what you're saying, but it's weird. First off, here are my MadVR settings:

Image Enhancements
- Enhance Detail: 4.0
- LumaSharpen: 4.50
- AdaptiveSharpen: 0.3

ChromaScaling:
- NGU - Sharp, very high quality
- Activate SuperRes filter - 4

Image Downscaling:
- DXVA2 (Copyback)

Image Upscaling:
- NGU Sharp
- Very High
- Double Again
- Let MadVR Decide

If I have a basic 720p video with the original pan and scan settings and my MadVR settings then it lags like that until I decrease the frame h/w.
If I upscale by re-encoding that video to lets say 1080p and play it with the same original pan and scan settings and my MadVR settings then it works perfectly fine. No adjustments needed at all and the image looks great. I've been up-converting my HD to UHD and they look great on my display. It's kind of like an artificial 4k HDR vs authentic 4K HDR. A very very miniscule amount of artifacts (Aliasing), but compared to my actual 4K television there's not that much of a difference and my CPU can handle it really well. I'm not sure what's causing the lag (maybe it is the renderer settings) but it's weird because it's everything below 4K that's having an issue. The 4K's play fine.

I do find it difficult finding which settings in my Codec Tweak Tool to adjust and which internal / external filters to check / uncheck in MPC. Right now I'm using LAV Filters that also have confusing settings. It's all just too much, haha.

[Dabuss55]

Oh and my renderer settings in MadVR match what I've found on here under topics like, "best MadVR settings" so I'm not sure which ones to check and uncheck to figure out the issue.

[sneaker]

Those settings seem extremely high/placebo. Create an empty folder with the name "ShowRenderSteps" in the madvr folder. Then start playing a problematic file and press ctrl+j to see the OSD with the stats. There you can see were most GPU time is spend.
Personally, I would just reset madvr settings (run "restore default settings.bat" with admin rights). If the picture isn't sharp enough you can play a bit with the image enhancement filters.

Again: it doesn't make sense to re-encode at 4000 kbps instead of lowering renderer settings. The difference between e.g. lanczos and NGU upscaling will be much lower than the difference between two generations of encodes. And of course you won't waste all your time and money re-encoding everything.