Recommended HandBrake Settings for BlueRay

[happyrugger]

So I'm newer to converting DVDs and BlueRay to MP4. I've been solidly converting my DVDs to MP4 using Handbrake and MakeMKV (sometimes MKV is needed first). I'm trying to keep it simple with HandBrake settings so, for DVDs, I've standardized on the Super HQ 1080p30 Surround preset and this results in 1GB-2GB MP4 files on average. This is good enough for me and plays well on small (phone/tablet) and larger screens (50-60 inch TV).

So, now I need to move to my Blue-Ray Collection (using MakeMKV then Handbrake) and, using the same preset, I'm getting very large files - 5-10+GB. I know BlueRay is way more data, and will result in larger files, but I'd like a recommendation on a HandBrake preset, or specific settings in handbrake, that should result in a 2-4GB MP4 file that will be of equal or better quality to my DVD conversion work so far and play well on everything from my phone/tablet to my large TV.

Any help is appreciated. I'd prefer a preset recommendation, or specific settings to create my own present (based on your recommendations).

THANK YOU!!

[aedipuss]

get a bigger hard drive and live with the files sizes if you are at all interested in quality. or go your route and have crappy low quality files.

[_Al_]

To have 2-4GB average per movie and not degrade quality watching it on 50" screen , regular watching distance, you'd need to downscale to 1280x720 and having a good TV to watch it on.

That setting could be CRF 18 --tune film.

So as was pointed out, that is not archival but deliberate quality downgrade just for the sake of viewing it or convenient storage.

If it is a movie with camera being steady all the time and actors just talk all the time, you might get away leaving resolution higher and CRF would not go too high for you, but those are guesses. You might end up with 5-6 gigs per movie anyway.

For some people it is a hobby, selecting proper filters, especially getting rid of noise, or encoding different part of movies with different quality rate factors, you can get better results but if you look closely, details are usually gone anyway if you use filtering for example. There is no limit how much to iron it out, smooth out image, so sometimes if they just do it a little bit more they'd end up having cartoon out of their movies, yet boasting how that movie or series is compressed. But details are gone. So again no drastic miracles can happen here. Not mentioning that it becomes some other movie, different visuals, something else than creators had in mind. Except cartoons, I guess.