FFMPEG x265 encoding wrong settings for some sources

[tony95]

I am trying to encode a file with this command line
ffmpeg -i "source.mp4" -c:v libx265 -preset slow -crf 23.8 -vf scale=1920:-1:flags=lanczos -x265-params ref=6:bframes=5:no-sao=1:no-strong-intra-smoothing=1:cutree=0:aq-mode=3:deblock=-1,-1:rskip=0:rc-lookahead=80:subme=1:numa-pools=16:frame-threads=4 -c:a copy -movflags faststart output.mp4

Some files are coming back with very different encoding setting. Even the CRF is wrong in mediainfo. I am seeing a warning when this happens that says
[mp4 @ 00000148a5247040] track 1: codec frame size is not set
I googled this and no one seems to mention this warning as causing a problem

I am using a fairly recent build: ffmpeg version 2021-10-03-git-2761a7403b-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 10.3.0 (Rev5, Built by MSYS2 project)

SOURCE MEDIAINFO:
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 32 min 43 s
Bit rate : 20.5 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.099
Stream size : 4.69 GiB (100%)
Writing library : x264 core 157 r2969 d4099dd
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=50 / keyint_min=5 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=25.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Codec configuration box : avcC

X265 OUTPUT MEDIAINFO:
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L4@Main
Codec ID : hev1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 32 min 43 s
Bit rate : 5 186 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 0)
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.100
Stream size : 1.19 GiB (100%)
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=50 / keyint_min=5 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=25.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Color range : Limited
Codec configuration box : hvcC

These encoding settings seem to match the source instead of my encoder settings. Some files encode fine with the exact same settings, but don't have the warning message "codec frame size is not set". I have changed settings around quite a few times and same result for the problem files. If it only happened once I would think a problem with the source but it has happened to 2 of the last 4 files I encoded, so I must be missing something. It might just be incorrect metadata in the output, but I don't know for sure. Please help

Edit: This is not happening in Handbrake

[tony95]

Even encoding
ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -c:v libx265 -preset veryfast -crf 23.8 -c:a copy output.mp4
Is giving the wrong encode setting in MediaInfo

Edit: Tried different build, same problem

Please help

[tony95]

Apparently this is a bug in the August 2021 build, I am rolling back to the July build, seems to resolve the issue.

[ProWo]

-crf 23.8?
I think no decimals are allowed...

[tony95]

-crf 23.8?
I think no decimals are allowed...

This works fine, if you use more than 1 decimal place it rounds up to the nearest tenth. It is an issue with the metadata made in the August build.