Using Handbrake to Encode Blu-Rays for the Roku
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Published: 2014-04-27
Using Handbrake to Encode Blu-Rays for the Roku

This post is a sibling of my earlier post Using Handbrake to Encode DVDs for the Roku and contains the settings I use for Blu-Ray movies. The instructions apply to Handbrake 0.9.9.

Once again, start with the High Profile preset and then make the following changes:

  • In Output Settings:
    • Set Container = Mp4
    • Ensure Large File Size is checked
    • Ensure Web Optimized is checked
    • Ensure iPod 5G Support is unchecked
  • In Picture:
    • Set Anamorphic = Strict (all Blu-Rays I’ve seen are 1920x1080)
    • Set Cropping = Automatic.
  • In Filters:
    • Set Detelecine = Off
    • Set Decomb = Fast
    • Set Deinterlace = Off
    • Set Denoise = Off
    • Set Deblock = Off
    • Ensure Grayscale is unchecked
  • In Video:
    • Set Video Codec = H.264 (x264)
    • Set Framerate (FPS) = Same as source
    • Set Constant Framerate
    • Set Quality = Constant Quality of RF:20
    • Set Optimise Video = Use Advanced Tab instead
  • In Audio:
    • Create two audio tracks. The first audio track will have:
      • Source = AC3 5.1 (which is what you should have ripped from your DVD)
      • Codec = AAC (faac)
      • Bitrate = 160
      • Samplerate = Auto
      • Mixdown = Stereo
      • DRC = 1.5
      • Gain = 0
    • The second audio track will have:
      • Source = AC3 5.1
      • Codec = AC3 Passthru
  • In Subtitles, keep everything empty. I do not handle subtitles.
  • In Chapters:
    • Ensure Create chapter markers is checked
  • In Advanced:
    • In Encoding:
      • Set Reference Frames = 3 (Default)
      • Set Maximum B-Frames = 3 (Default)
      • Ensure CABAC is checked
      • Ensure 8×8 Transform is checked
      • Ensure Weighted P-Frames is checked
      • Set Pyramidal B-Frames = Normal (Default)
    • In Analysis:
      • Set Adaptive B-Frames = Optimal
      • Set Adaptive Direct Mode = Automatic
      • Set Motion Est Method = Hexagon (Default)
      • Set Subpixel Motion Est = 7: RD in all frames
      • Set Motion Est Range to 16
      • Set Partition Type = Most (Default)
      • Set Trellis = Encode Only (Default)
    • In Psychovisual:
      • Set Adaptive Quant Strength = Middle
      • Set Rate Distortion = Middle
      • Set Psychovisual Trellis = Leftmost Setting
      • Ensure No DCT-Decimate is unchecked
      • Set Deblocking = 0 (Default), 0 (Default)
    • In x264 Encoder Options, set it to b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50:direct=auto