My ultimate Handbrake settings
After many months (on and off) of testing, reading, deliberating, scratching my head and waiting I’m finally happy that I’ve found the perfect settings for encoding video with Handbrake for playback on my Mac and AppleTV.
For general DVD quality movies:
- File format/Codecs: MP4 AVC
- Encoder: x264 (h.264 Main profile, options: me=umh;no-fast-pskip=1)
- Quality: 62% Constant quality
- Picture settings: Anamorphic (if available)
- Audio: Stereo, 44.1 KHz, 128 kbps
This should result in an approximate rip speed of 18 frames per second on first generation Macbook Pro.
For TV (4:3) formatted animation:
- File format/Codecs: MP4 AVC
- Encoder: x264 (h.264 iPod)
- Quality: 50% constant quality
- Picture settings: 640 x 480
- Audio: Stereo, 44.1 KHz, 128 kbps
This will also playback on a 5G video iPod as well as being a fairly optimal compromise between quality and file-size.
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