
What I need is to take whatever is inside that stupid MKV wrapper and extract it. I know it must be simple, but clearly I am blind.
#BLURAY TO MKV MP4 USING XMEDIA RECODE HOW TO#
I have looked into this so many times and cannot find how to do it. Everything is about coverting and shrinking and that is not what I want.

Same settings as above but I tried changing the scaling mode to bicubic spiline, and it seems that the quality is close to that of handbrake even if it is a bit slower to convert and the final file is bigger than the first two.Can anyone explain how to use VLC to transcode? The settings are endless and NONE look correct. I used the setting you suggested then I changed the reference frames = 2 to reference frames = 4 and I also set this Color primaries : BT.709 If you want to pursue further, you'll have to post some sample of the source and output videos Here are the pictures zoom in at 150% to see the differences I can't see a difference during normal playback speeds. That's the only thing I see that deviates from the "medium" preset. You could try setting video/b-frames/B-pyramid = normal, Writing library : x264 core 163 r3059 b684ebe0Įncoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / 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=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=30 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=14000 / vbv_bufsize=14000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00įormat/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexityįormat profile : settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Framesįormat settings, Reference frames : 2 framesĮncoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x131 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / 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=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=0 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=239 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=2400 / vbv_bufsize=14000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=3:1.00

Writing application : HandBrake 1.4.0 2021071800įormat profile : settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Framesįormat settings, Reference frames : 4 frames Or you can post a short clip taken from the files themselves. Or if you still have the files, open them with mediainfo, put it in text view, and post the info here. For example, the preset and quality value.

I made a screenshot of the same video converted with both handbrake and xmedia recode I noticed by zooming in on the image that the xmedia recode image is more opaque and blurry, maybe I have to set some other settings to get a video quality similar to Handbrake? Best place to start is comparing the x264 settings within each program.
