[erickp]

Hello,

I'm trying to create the best possible file, short of DVD Rip. Although the files I get are pretty good. I do get some files where the audio seems off and the video looks a tad bit grainy. Not sure if it's ME or something I can adjust in Handbrake. Any help or suggestion would be appreciated. Below are the settings that I usually use.

Handbrake OUTPUT SETTINGS:

VIDEO:
Format: MKV
Video Codec: H.264 (x264)
Framerate (FPS): Same as source
Constant quality: 64%
Denoise: OFF
Detelecine: YES
Dinterlace: OFF
Deblock: OFF
Decomb: 1:2:6:9:80:16:16

AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
Source: English (AC3) (5.1 ch)
Audio Codec: AAC (faac)
Mixdown: Dolby Surround
Samplerate: 48 Khz
Bitrate: 128
DRC: 1.00

ADVANCED:
Reference Frames: 6
Mixed References: ON
B-Frames: 3
Direct Prediction: Default (spatial)
Weigted B-Frames: ON
Pyramidal B-Frames: ON
Motion Estimation Method: Uneven Multi-Hexagon
Motion Estimation Range: Default (16)
Subpixel Motion Estimation: 9
Analysis: ALL / 8x8 DCT: ON
Deblocking: 0 - 0
Trellis: 2
No fast-P-Skip: ON
No DCT-Decimate: OFF
CABAC Entropy Coding: ON


Thank you!
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[cgc]

I use 1800Kbps h.264 w/ AAC and fast de-interlace for most of my encode/transcodes.

[64stang06]

I've been importing videos using the Apple TV setting, and haven't notice any issues with it.

[mduell]

"best possible file [short of an exact copy]" is not meaningful. What are your bitrate/complexity/encode time/playback device constraints?