Hi,
I am having some problems converting over-the-air standard definition HDHomeRun cartoon recordings (MPEG2) to H.264 MKV files. I’ve played around with several of the settings on Handbrake but I still get some lines around the edges. I realize that this forum may not be the best play to ask for help but I’m hoping someone where may have encountered the same problem or know of a good solution. Obviously, this is my first time posting on this forum so please let me know if I need to provide more information or I’m doing something incorrectly. Thank you for the help..
Here is a picture of the lines:
Here are the settings:
Here is my activity log:
Handbrake Version: 1.3.3 (2020061500)
[19:24:43] gtkgui: Preset: /General/Super HQ 480p30 Surround
[19:24:43] Starting work at: Tue Apr 13 19:24:43 2021
[19:24:43] 1 job(s) to process
[19:24:43] json job:
{
“Audio”: {
“AudioList”: [
{
“Bitrate”: 160,
“CompressionLevel”: -1.0,
“DRC”: 0.0,
“DitherMethod”: “auto”,
“Encoder”: “av_aac”,
“Gain”: 0.0,
“Mixdown”: “stereo”,
“NormalizeMixLevel”: false,
“PresetEncoder”: “av_aac”,
“Quality”: -3.0,
“Samplerate”: 0,
“Track”: 0
},
{
“Bitrate”: 0,
“DRC”: 0.0,
“Encoder”: “copy:ac3”,
“Mixdown”: “none”,
“PresetEncoder”: “copy:ac3”,
“Quality”: -3.0,
“Samplerate”: 0,
“Track”: 0
}
],
“CopyMask”: [
“copy:aac”,
“copy:ac3”
],
“FallbackEncoder”: “av_aac”
},
“Destination”: {
“AlignAVStart”: true,
“ChapterList”: [
{
“Duration”: {
“Hours”: 0,
“Minutes”: 30,
“Seconds”: 17,
“Ticks”: 163538832
},
“Name”: “Chapter 1”
}
],
“ChapterMarkers”: false,
“File”: “/media/nwsurfer/Data/Ripped/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.m4v”,
“InlineParameterSets”: false,
“Mp4Options”: {
“IpodAtom”: false,
“Mp4Optimize”: false
},
“Mux”: “m4v”
},
“Filters”: {
“FilterList”: [
{
“ID”: 3,
“Settings”: {
“block-height”: “16”,
“block-thresh”: “40”,
“block-width”: “16”,
“filter-mode”: “2”,
“mode”: “3”,
“motion-thresh”: “1”,
“spatial-metric”: “2”,
“spatial-thresh”: “1”
}
},
{
“ID”: 4,
“Settings”: {
“mode”: “7”
}
},
{
“ID”: 6,
“Settings”: {
“mode”: 2,
“rate”: “27000000/900000”
}
},
{
“ID”: 12,
“Settings”: {
“crop-bottom”: 0,
“crop-left”: 0,
“crop-right”: 0,
“crop-top”: 0,
“height”: 480,
“width”: 704
}
}
]
},
“Metadata”: {
“Name”: “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Pu”
},
“PAR”: {
“Den”: 33,
“Num”: 40
},
“SequenceID”: 0,
“Source”: {
“Angle”: 0,
“Path”: “/media/nwsurfer/Data/TV Shows/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.ts”,
“Range”: {
“End”: 1,
“Start”: 1,
“Type”: “chapter”
},
“Title”: 1
},
“Subtitle”: {
“Search”: {
“Burn”: true,
“Default”: false,
“Enable”: true,
“Forced”: true
},
“SubtitleList”:
},
“Video”: {
“ColorFormat”: 0,
“ColorMatrix”: 6,
“ColorPrimaries”: 6,
“ColorRange”: 1,
“ColorTransfer”: 1,
“Encoder”: “x264”,
“Level”: “3.1”,
“Options”: “ref=5:bframes=5”,
“Preset”: “veryslow”,
“Profile”: “high”,
“QSV”: {
“AsyncDepth”: 4,
“Decode”: false
},
“Quality”: 16.0,
“Tune”: “”,
“Turbo”: false,
“TwoPass”: false
}
}
[19:24:43] CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i5-4258U CPU @ 2.40GHz
[19:24:43] - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[19:24:43] - logical processor count: 4
[19:24:43] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[19:24:43] hb_scan: path=/media/nwsurfer/Data/TV Shows/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.ts, title_index=1
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /media/nwsurfer/Data/TV Shows/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.ts
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(/media/nwsurfer/Data/TV Shows/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.ts/) failed
[19:24:43] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can’t open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[19:24:43] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
[19:24:43] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:24:43] Found the following PIDS
[19:24:43] Video PIDS :
[19:24:43] 0x100 type MPEG2 (0x2) (PCR)
[19:24:43] Audio PIDS :
[19:24:43] 0x101 type AC3 (0x81)
[19:24:43] 0x102 type AC3 (0x81)
[19:24:43] 0x103 type AC3 (0x81)
[19:24:43] Subtitle PIDS :
[19:24:43] Other PIDS :
[19:24:43] stream id 0x101 (type 0x81 substream 0x0) audio 0x101
[19:24:43] stream id 0x102 (type 0x81 substream 0x0) audio 0x102
[19:24:43] stream id 0x103 (type 0x81 substream 0x0) audio 0x103
[19:24:43] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[19:24:43] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:24:43] scan: audio 0x102: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=128000 English (AC3) (1.0 ch) (128 kbps)
[19:24:43] scan: audio 0x103: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=128000 English (AC3) (1.0 ch) (128 kbps)
[19:24:43] scan: audio 0x101: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=192000 English (AC3) (2.0 ch) (192 kbps)
[19:24:43] stream: 6 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[19:24:43] scan: 10 previews, 704x480, 29.970 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 40:33
[19:24:43] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[19:24:43] Skipping subtitle scan. No suitable subtitle tracks.
[19:24:43] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[19:24:43] Skipping crop/scale filter
[19:24:43] job configuration:
[19:24:43] * source
[19:24:43] + /media/nwsurfer/Data/TV Shows/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.ts
[19:24:43] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1
[19:24:43] * destination
[19:24:43] + /media/nwsurfer/Data/Ripped/The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That (2010) - S01E36 - Digging the Deep; Puddle Puzzle.m4v
[19:24:43] + container: MPEG-4 (libavformat)
[19:24:43] + align initial A/V stream timestamps
[19:24:43] * video track
[19:24:43] + decoder: mpeg2video
[19:24:43] + bitrate 200 kbps
[19:24:43] + filters
[19:24:43] + Comb Detect (mode=3:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=1:spatial-thresh=1:filter-mode=2:block-thresh=40:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[19:24:43] + Decomb (mode=39)
[19:24:43] + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[19:24:43] + frame rate: 29.970 fps → peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[19:24:43] + Output geometry
[19:24:43] + storage dimensions: 704 x 480
[19:24:43] + pixel aspect ratio: 40 : 33
[19:24:43] + display dimensions: 853 x 480
[19:24:43] + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[19:24:43] + preset: veryslow
[19:24:43] + options: ref=5:bframes=5
[19:24:43] + profile: high
[19:24:43] + level: 3.1
[19:24:43] + quality: 16.00 (RF)
[19:24:43] + color profile: 6-1-6
[19:24:43] * audio track 1
[19:24:43] + decoder: English (AC3) (2.0 ch) (192 kbps) (track 1, id 0x101)
[19:24:43] + bitrate: 192 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[19:24:43] + mixdown: Stereo
[19:24:43] + dither: triangular
[19:24:43] + encoder: AAC (libavcodec)
[19:24:43] + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[19:24:43] * audio track 2
[19:24:43] + decoder: English (AC3) (2.0 ch) (192 kbps) (track 1, id 0x101)
[19:24:43] + bitrate: 192 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[19:24:43] + AC3 Passthru
[19:24:43] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes
[19:24:43] sync: expecting 54458 video frames
[19:24:43] encx264: min-keyint: 30, keyint: 300
[19:24:43] encx264: encoding at constant RF 16.000000
[19:24:43] encx264: unparsed options: ref=5:bframes=5:level=3.1:b-adapt=2:direct=auto:analyse=all:me=umh:merange=24:subme=10:trellis=2:vbv-bufsize=17500:vbv-maxrate=17500:rc-lookahead=60
x264 [info]: using SAR=40/33
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.1
[19:24:43] sync: first pts video is 0
[19:24:43] sync: first pts audio 0x101 is 0
[19:24:43] sync: first pts audio 0x101 is 0
[20:07:41] hb_ts_stream_decode - eof
[20:07:41] hb_ts_stream_decode - eof
[20:07:41] reader: done. 2283 scr changes
[20:07:48] work: average encoding speed for job is 20.881746 fps
[20:07:48] comb detect: heavy 32169 | light 7610 | uncombed 14107 | total 53886
[20:07:48] decomb: deinterlaced 32169 | blended 7610 | unfiltered 14107 | total 53886
[20:07:48] vfr: 53886 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[20:07:48] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[20:07:48] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[20:07:48] stream: 53888 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[20:07:48] ac3-decoder done: 56190 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:07:48] ac3-decoder done: 56190 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:07:48] mpeg2video-decoder done: 53886 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:07:48] sync: got 53886 frames, 54458 expected
[20:07:48] sync: framerate min 14.985 fps, max 29.970 fps, avg 29.968 fps
[aac @ 0x7fc218019f40] Qavg: 198.349
x264 [info]: frame I:373 Avg QP:10.99 size: 57450
x264 [info]: frame P:14091 Avg QP:15.31 size: 20238
x264 [info]: frame B:39422 Avg QP:20.81 size: 5990
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 3.4% 6.2% 15.0% 25.2% 20.7% 29.5%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 27.3% 41.6% 31.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 5.7% 9.1% 2.3% P16..4: 31.5% 11.5% 9.6% 1.0% 0.4% skip:29.0%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.7% 0.9% 0.3% B16..8: 33.7% 7.4% 2.1% direct: 3.9% skip:51.1% L0:46.5% L1:40.0% BI:13.4%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:50.7% inter:49.9%
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:100.0% temporal:0.0%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 38.5% 63.3% 51.8% inter: 15.1% 17.4% 9.3%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 65% 23% 7% 5%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 11% 50% 4% 3% 4% 4% 5% 5%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 11% 17% 7% 10% 10% 9% 9% 9%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 45% 28% 21% 6%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.5% UV:1.6%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 61.5% 5.9% 17.0% 8.0% 7.0% 0.5% 0.0%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 76.2% 16.4% 5.8% 1.6%
x264 [info]: ref B L1: 94.8% 5.2%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2414.76
[20:07:48] mux: track 0, 53886 frames, 542730948 bytes, 2414.69 kbps, fifo 2048
[20:07:48] mux: track 1, 84286 frames, 36116752 bytes, 160.69 kbps, fifo 4096
[20:07:48] mux: track 2, 56190 frames, 43153920 bytes, 192.00 kbps, fifo 2048
[20:07:48] Finished work at: Tue Apr 13 20:07:48 2021
[20:07:48] libhb: work result = 0
I didn’t see it on the HD recordings so I thought I was doing something wrong. Thank you so much for the quick reply!