Get more details from transcode-video
While working on my massive Blu-ray ripping comparison, I wanted more information about what some of the transcode-video presets were doing. That is, if you pick --target big, exactly what settings are being used to rip the video?
It turns out there's --dry-run option for transcode-video that will tell you exactly that. (I've added some line breaks for readability here.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 | $ transcode-video --dry-run --target big --mp4 Miss_Peregrine\'s_Home.mkv HandBrakeCLI --input=Miss_Peregrine\'s_Home.mkv --output=Miss_Peregrine\'s_Home.mp4 --markers --encoder=x264 --crop=0:0:0:0 --strict-anamorphic --rate=30 --pfr --encoder-preset=medium --encoder-profile=high --encoder-level=4.0 --quality=1 --audio=1,1 --aencoder=ca_aac,ac3 --encopts=vbv-maxrate=8000:vbv-bufsize=16000:crf-max=25:qpmax=34 |
What's neat is that you can also use this to see what the default options are for transcode-video when you don't supply it with any options. Just use the --dry-run parameter option but leave off any of the presets (i.e. --target big), and the output will show you the defaults.
In addition, you can use it on already-ripped media to get their details as well, regardless as to how you ripped the movie.
In a related vein, I was having issues with the above rip, because I thought that the surround sound track wasn't being ripped. Again, thanks to Don, I learned about a second command line option for transcode-video that reveals exactly what's in a ripped video.