Staxrip noob questions

Th3RadMan · 5th February 2020, 11:31

I'm brand new to Staxrip, so when I took a look at the options list and got hit with... where do I start

First I'll start with my goal, transcode 4k blu rays to H.265 for space storage with as little video degradation as possible. Of course saying 'as little degradation' will make some people say then just don't transcode, however, other than the loss of HDR, when I was using handbrake, I managed to get extremely good quality with H.265 file sizes. You couldn't tell which video looked worse with my settings. That was comparing using a sdr monitor, so the color looked the same. But now that I have seen the light of a 10 bit pipeline, I want to take advantage.

So my question is this, what needs to be adjusted in the huge list of options to get the best quality to size videos. I'm not afraid of having 2 systems run 24/7 as I'm used to having 24-36hr transcode times per 4k movie on HB.

So far I have changed the preset to slow and mode to quality, with a value of 18. For video I don't know what else needs to be touch. Additionally for audio, I don't want anything to be transcoded, just pass through. Do I just set it to Copy/Mux the audio I want? I swear somewhere I read you want all or non under 'Demux Audio'... but I'm not sure.

Any help?

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Th3RadMan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 2	Staxrip noob questions I'm brand new to Staxrip, so when I took a look at the options list and got hit with... where do I start First I'll start with my goal, transcode 4k blu rays to H.265 for space storage with as little video degradation as possible. Of course saying 'as little degradation' will make some people say then just don't transcode, however, other than the loss of HDR, when I was using handbrake, I managed to get extremely good quality with H.265 file sizes. You couldn't tell which video looked worse with my settings. That was comparing using a sdr monitor, so the color looked the same. But now that I have seen the light of a 10 bit pipeline, I want to take advantage. So my question is this, what needs to be adjusted in the huge list of options to get the best quality to size videos. I'm not afraid of having 2 systems run 24/7 as I'm used to having 24-36hr transcode times per 4k movie on HB. So far I have changed the preset to slow and mode to quality, with a value of 18. For video I don't know what else needs to be touch. Additionally for audio, I don't want anything to be transcoded, just pass through. Do I just set it to Copy/Mux the audio I want? I swear somewhere I read you want all or non under 'Demux Audio'... but I'm not sure. Any help?