Have you always wanted to start encoding,  but have absolutely no idea what to do. Then ask your questions here.

Of course all TG rules apply.

i would love to know how to code a tv in to chapter i have a tv show on dvd and it the full show right so what i want to do is break it in to seasons like season 1 season 2 and so on but remember  this is a dvd  what program do i need to do this  and yes i look on you tube and i did a google search  for help  on this to  if you understand what im talking about could you make a step by step video on the program i need and how to do this

Originally posted by sims0729

i would love to know how to code a tv in to chapter i have a tv show on dvd and it the full show right so what i want to do is break it in to seasons like season 1 season 2 and so on but remember  this is a dvd  what program do i need to do this  and yes i look on you tube and i did a google search  for help  on this to  if you understand what im talking about could you make a step by step video on the program i need and how to do this

I'm a noob at this but I did find this

http://handbrake.fr/

It's free and it has

These features

Outputs:

File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV

Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-4 and MPEG-2, VP8, VP9 and Theora

Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis

Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Even more features

Title / chapter and range selection

Batch Scan and Queueing of encodes

Chapter Markers

Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)

Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding

Support for VFR and CFR

Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling

Live Static and Video Preview

Maybe it helps you on the way.

https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm?trackID=navmenu

DvdFab, it's the swiss army knife of encoding

Thanks Alien4

If any body need any help regarding MeGUI & Handbrake encoding, especially to reduce size with best quality or keep the maximum quality with suitable size, i can help with that.

Thread has been subscribed. Thanks Mafketel for adding this thread to help sweet users & newbies around. :)

Originally posted by SaM

If any body need any help regarding MeGUI & Handbrake encoding, especially to reduce size with best quality or keep the maximum quality with suitable size, i can help with that.

Thread has been subscribed. Thanks Mafketel for adding this thread to help sweet users & newbies around. :)

I don't have experience with MeGUI, but I have done a lot of encoding using handbrake.

To get the size and quality I would strongly recommend using 2 pass encoding with an average bitrate,

the first pass allowing the encoding software to determine where to use a higher bitrate.

I have to point out that the encoding takes twice as long, so if you have slow machine this a

major consideration.

The average bitrate you select should be determined by the resolution that you are encoding,

720P requires a higher average bitrate than SD for instance. If you are completely lost as to what

average bitrate to use I would suggest you grab a copy of infomedia, this will allow you to

look at bitrates on other peoples encodes and get some idea.

Last edited by RedBaron58 on 2018-07-09 21:37:10

Thanks RedBaron58  MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. You can Download It Here Alternatively most uploaders will provide the info in the torrent description

Originally posted by LRS

Thanks RedBaron58  MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. You can Download It Here Alternatively most uploaders will provide the info in the torrent description

Also available for android

RedBaron58 Thanks, i completely agree with you, but i mostly done single pass for 1080p and 720p, and i like Handbrake due to x265 encoding to decrease file size, for x264 megui was and always will my first choice :)

Mediainfo can be viewed if you install K-Lite Codec Pack, it is required for encoders usually, so right click and click > Mediainfo < it will do the deed.!

Last edited by Prom3th3uS on 2018-07-09 22:41:03

There are 2 other pieces of software I use one is AviDemux and the other is VideoReDo TVsuite v5, this because I do a lot of

TVrip from .ts files downloaded of satelite and an editting function is a must for all those ads lol

I understand what you are saying x265 encodes take a lot of time and processing, so 2 passes would be a lot

Would love to know how to rip from amazon or netflix as have subs with both and also quite  few cracked subs and would love to rip from them and share stuff but all software I have found are non starters (please dont say playon tv) as would like uhd and hd 720p just does not do it for me

Originally posted by RikT

Would love to know how to rip from amazon or netflix as have subs with both and also quite  few cracked subs and would love to rip from them and share stuff but all software I have found are non starters (please dont say playon tv) as would like uhd and hd 720p just does not do it for me

RB posted this before your question... could help...

Quote:There are 2 other pieces of software I use one is AviDemux and the other is VideoReDo TVsuite v5, this because I do a lot of

TVrip from .ts files downloaded of satelite and an editting function is a must for all those ads lol

I understand what you are saying x265 encodes take a lot of time and processing, so 2 passes would be a lot

Originally posted by RikT

Would love to know how to rip from amazon or netflix as have subs with both and also quite  few cracked subs and would love to rip from them and share stuff but all software I have found are non starters (please dont say playon tv) as would like uhd and hd 720p just does not do it for me

I think what you are asking is about capturing streamed material, there are various applications that can perform this,

but the one I use is called "TubeDigger". It has 2 modes download and record and does work with some encrypted streams.

I have not tried it on Amazon and Netflix as don't have accounts on either, but it works on BBC iplayer, putlockers and most sites

I visit.

love the latest handbrake... 1.1.1 for mac is what I use

Originally posted by Barishnikov

love the latest handbrake... 1.1.1 for mac is what I use

I recently upgraded to this version myself (Windows Version) and I am impressed, setting up custom presets is a lot easier :)

Great for batch conversions

Last edited by RedBaron58 on 2018-08-11 14:15:45

I've tried handbrake, makemkv, and MEGui...  and had no luck with BluRay css copyright stuff.. so tried cracked version of DvDFab and it worked, but I'm still not satified... am I missing the 'Handbrake, makemkv and  MEGui for dummies guides'? Any comments are helpful..

Originally posted by Rav3n007

I've tried handbrake, makemkv, and MEGui...  and had no luck with BluRay css copyright stuff.. so tried cracked version of DvDFab and it worked, but I'm still not satified... am I missing the 'Handbrake, makemkv and  MEGui for dummies guides'? Any comments are helpful..

RedFox AnyDVD HD should work, you can get a 21 day free evaluation copy

https://www.redfox.bz/en/download.html

You use AnyDVD to copy the disc to your hard drive and then use Handbrake to do the encode for you.

There are older copies of AnyDVD on a site that is very close to home for you, but as you are asking

about BluRay the newer evaluation copy might give more joy

Just trying to find and use a non 1-button push app... No offense to anyone. But if I have to, I'll use one.

Thanks RB & HB

Last edited by Rav3n007 on 2019-02-13 00:01:37

whats an average fps encoding rate for crf 18-21 x265 with out changing resolution?