Newbee trouble with handbrake. My Blu-ray rips end up grainy and noisy.

[ForgerL]

Hi everyone,

I've started ripping my Blu-ray collection with MakeMKV and I'm trying to figure out how to use Handbrake to shrink the file size.

So far, I've been experimenting with the Filters tab, Encoder Tunes, and Advanced Options in Handbrake, but my conversions always turn out worse than the example file. By "worse," I mean there's a lot of grain and noise in my Blu-ray rips, while the example looks much cleaner and sharp.

I'm relatively new to video encoding and eager to learn more. I could go into more detail about the specific settings I’ve tried, but none of them seem to give me the quality I want, so I’d prefer to ask for advice. A lot of the terminology is still new to me, so I’m not entirely sure how to describe the issue I'm encountering.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[ProWo]

You BR-rip is 23.976 fps, your example 25 fps.

Post pics with the settings you made in handbrake here.

[ForgerL]

Sure, the images are the general settings I normally use.

The advanced options of the general settings. I put "limit-sao; bframes=6; psy-rd=1.5; aq-mode=3"

[Santiago]

Try Shutter Encoder. It is a free program.

[ProWo]

Sure, the images are the general settings I normally use.
I also attached one video "Cut1" modifying only the advanced options of the general settings. I put "limit-sao; bframes=6; psy-rd=1.5; aq-mode=3"

On the video tab set constant framerate instead of variable framerate.
Try also an encode without any advanced options; This allows the encoder to select the optimal setting itself.

[ForgerL]

At 25 FPS and without advanced options it not enough

[ProWo]

Here it is. At 25 FPS and without advanced options. It is still not like the "Example" file.

Where you got 25 fps?
The br rip is 23.976 fps.

[ForgerL]

I selected the option of constant framerate in handbrake and set it to 25FPS

[ProWo]

I selected the option of constant framerate in handbrake and set it to 25FPS, for making it as the example. No worries, I'll leave it with the "same as source".

This seems good to me.
However, for compatibility reasons, I would use 8 bits instead of 10.

[ForgerL]

Thank you for your help,ProWo, but I’m still trying to make it look good.

[ProWo]

My goal is to make the result look as good as the example file.

I think these subtle (and minor) differences are caused by the lower bitrate.
Example.mkv has a higher bitrate than Cut3_CTFPS_no_adv_options.mkv.
Reduce the Quality value from 17 to 12 (lower value = better quality) and then compare the results.

BTW
Example.mkv is encoded with x264 and Cut3_CTFPS_no_adv_options.mkv with hevc (x265).

[ForgerL]

I used RF14 because with RF12 the file size ended up being slightly larger than the original. Even though the issues are less noticeable now, they’re still present. Currently, the file takes up more space and looks less visually appealing to me. Video encoding is definitely challenging! I also tried H.264 as a comparison, but I found it to be slightly inferior to H.265.