On 03 Dec 2015, at 19:52, D <dcmhoybdp...@web.de> wrote:

> On 03.12.2015 18:37, Henk D. Schoneveld wrote:
>> On 03 Dec 2015, at 16:43, D <dcmhoybdp...@web.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 02.12.2015 16:12, Moritz Barsnick wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 15:56:41 +0100, D wrote:
>>>>> Maybe it's possible with the -CLI version. I wonder what settings the
>>>>> GUI creates and forwards to x264, so I could take them and just add
>>>>> "-threads n" and see how it scales.
>>>> (lib)x264 inserts information about its complete settings into a
>>>> private part of the stream, as a human-readable string. Either use
>>>> mediainfo, which exposes this, or simply:
>>>> $ strings < file.mp4 | grep x264
>>>> 
>>>> You will get something like this:
>>>> $ strings < someoddfileifound.mp4 | grep x264
>>>> x264 - core 142 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2014 - 
>>>> http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 
>>>> analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 
>>>> me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 
>>>> fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=3 lookahead_threads=1 
>>>> sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 
>>>> constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 
>>>> weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 
>>>> intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 
>>>> qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck constructing a command line from that. ;-) At least you can
>>>> compare settings, perhaps only two or three differ.
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>> First I tried the GUI, enabled the Advanced tab and added threads but it 
>>> was ignored.
>>> Then I tried the CLI:
>>> $ time HandBrakeCLI -i a.mp4 -o b.mp4 -e x264 -q 23 --x264-preset ultrafast 
>>> --encopts 
>>> cabac=1:ref=3:deblock=1:0:0:analyse=0x3:0x113:me=hex:subme=7:psy=1:psy_rd=1.00:0.00:mixed_ref=1:me_range=16:chroma_me=1:trellis=1:8x8dct=1:cqm=0:deadzone=21,11:fast_pskip=1:chroma_qp_offset=-2:threads=6:lookahead_threads=1:sliced_threads=0:nr=0:decimate=1:interlaced=0:bluray_compat=0:constrained_intra=0:bframes=3:b_pyramid=2:b_adapt=1:b_bias=0:direct=1:weightb=1:open_gop=0:weightp=2:keyint=300:keyint_min=30:scenecut=40:intra_refresh=0:rc_lookahead=40:rc=abr:mbtree=1:bitrate=1000:ratetol=1.0:qcomp=0.60:qpmin=0:qpmax=69:qpstep=4:ip_ratio=1.40:aq=1:1.00
>>> but about half of the settings were ignored.
>> The reason for his is that part of your options are contradictions.
>> If you instruct x264 to use -q 23 then rc=abr doesn’t make sense as bitrate 
>> 1000 doesn’t. Last instruction overrides the former one. q=23 means use the 
>> amount of bits needed to get this quality level, you can’t afterwards say 
>> use 1000k as bitrate. It’s the same as asking drive my car at 160km/h but 
>> don’t use more then 3ltr per 100km distance. It’s one or the other. And 
>> there are more contradictions in your command, study them and use what is 
>> important to you.
> Thanks. The settings are 1 to 1 taken over from $ strings < b.mp4 | grep x264 
> after it was created by HandBrake. Basically also the same what Moritz posted 
> ("[...] .org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 [...] aq=1:1.00"). Also, removing 
> "-q" doesn't make it better.
Of course not, because bitrate 1000 disables -q 23
>>> Anyway HandBrake is offtopic and I don't think it makes sense to try get it 
>>> running. Better to get straight x264 running. If someone is interested in 
>>> porting these commands to x264 that would be nice. I think often adding a 
>>> "--" before the name should work, I tried this with a few commands, but 
>>> some commands were unknown to x264.
>>> Anyway the scaling, as we figured out a few emails ago, is a x264 problem, 
>>> not ffmpeg's, so it's "solved" here. Thanks everyone.
>>>> Moritz
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