# Handbrake Settings **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 22, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216 "2017-02-22T23:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wilsontray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/67e7ee/32.png) [@wilsontray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wilsontray)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/1 "2017-02-22T23:17:25Z")
Hey, so I have been ripping a lot of my blu ray collection so I can put them on my Plex Server… I also had a hard drive get corrupted so I lost a chunk of my collection so I need to re rip and encode them… Since this happened I have decided I will also back up the encoded file so I can save time in the future if this happens again. Since its been awhile since Ive done this I noticed the .265 codec is more supported now and having tested 1 movie with it, it seemed to play on all my TVs without any real issues. Switching to this codec will also aid me more in backing up the files, as I figured I have TONS of old DVD R blanks sitting around I’ll use those to back up the files… which sets my goal at adjusting handbrake so I can achieve decent quality on my movies while setting a goal on file size to under 4.7gb Since I am an amateur at handbrake I figured I should run these setting by someone to make sure I am not doing something stupid that I will regret later. I left picture and filters tabs alone Video Tab: Video Codec: H.265 FPS: 30 (Constant Framerate) Optimize video: Medium Speed Encoder Tune: None Fast Decode Unchecked Encoder Profile: Auto Extra Options had this in it: strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0 I left that alone Quality: Constant Quality: I currently have it at 20, will move up to 23 or so if file sizes get too large Then Audio Tab: I just Clear everything out and go Auto Passthru since I have no clue really what Im doing there so I try to play it safe Subtitles: I just throw the english subtitle in, if there are foreign parts I find that translation track then I burn that in Chapters I leave alone And finally the container I pick is .MKV So does anyone see any obvious problems I will regret later? Id rather get it right now then waste the time it will take to encode these movies… I dont mind the slow encodes but I would rather not have to do the same movie many times 🙂 Thanks for the help ---
**Author:** ![spikemixture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/spikemixture/32/7233_2.png) [@spikemixture](https://forums.plex.tv/u/spikemixture)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/2 "2017-02-23T03:27:01Z")
I suggest you download vidcoder . It’s free, uses handbrake backend and much more user friendly. ---
**Author:** ![wilsontray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/67e7ee/32.png) [@wilsontray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wilsontray)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/3 "2017-02-23T05:19:28Z")
I’ll check it out, Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/4 "2017-02-23T12:14:35Z")
> @wilsontray said: > … I noticed the .265 codec is more supported now and having tested 1 movie with it, it seemed to play on all my TVs without any real issues. Be careful here. You may paint yourself into a corner by encoding to H.265. Have you watched your server cpu load while playing a H.265 file? Have you tried to play on all TVs at once? Are you 100% positive that you never, ever want to play media via remote connection, on different devices than your Tvs? ---
**Author:** ![spikemixture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/spikemixture/32/7233_2.png) [@spikemixture](https://forums.plex.tv/u/spikemixture)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/5 "2017-02-23T12:59:08Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > > > @wilsontray said: > > … I noticed the .265 codec is more supported now and having tested 1 movie with it, it seemed to play on all my TVs without any real issues. > > Be careful here. You may paint yourself into a corner by encoding to H.265. Absolutely !! ---
**Author:** ![wilsontray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/67e7ee/32.png) [@wilsontray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wilsontray)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/6 "2017-02-23T17:59:06Z")
True, I guess I didnt think about that… I know my server can handle 2 TVs running the same time, which is the most its ever had to do but I guess I didnt think about the remote connections… I still want to try to aim to keep my files under 4.7gb I just was worried about the quality loss that would signify in .264 as atm most my movies end up between 5-6gb in .264 ofc I am not at all experienced with handbrake so I may of been doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![arobe79](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/arobe79/32/4090_2.png) [@arobe79](https://forums.plex.tv/u/arobe79)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/7 "2017-02-23T18:24:03Z")
Change your constant quality to 21 or 22 and set speed of encode to slow or slowest. For Blu Ray this gives me files that range from 3-6GB and I really see no quality loss. The slower encode speed gives better quality with smaller files. More time to chew on the data to give you the best output file. ---
**Author:** ![spikemixture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/spikemixture/32/7233_2.png) [@spikemixture](https://forums.plex.tv/u/spikemixture)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/8 "2017-04-01T06:45:23Z")
Get Vidcoder and u can set a profile to make your files any size . Try 2,3,4gb or whatever and see what you like. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/handbrake-settings/181216/9 "2020-01-07T22:48:33Z")