THandBrake 1.2 - Batch GUI for Handbrake

[ozok]

THandBrake (formerly Smallx264) is a batch GUI for Handbrake.

--Features
-Select between multiple audio/subtitle tracks or select all
-If subtitle file (srt) with same name as source exists, it can be soft-coded to output.
-Device profiles (Android, iPod etc)
-User profiles
-Preview option
-Portable version available
-Video Filters
-Manual or auto cropping

https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/smallx264/screenshots/2014-06-30%2018_35_30-THandBrake%201.2.png

You can download setup from here (https://sourceforge.net/projects/smallx264/).

Suggestions and bug reports are, as always, welcome.

Please note that this program uses the latest HandBrakeCLI build, so there can be problems. You can always download a different build, rename files properly and copy them to the program folder. As long as there are no command changes, it should work without a problem.

[fantasmanegro]

maybe preview???

[detmek]

No choice for CRF mod in GUI? I added -q 20 in Other options for CRF encoding (it doesn't work always?!) but GUI option would be better. And how to add subtitles? Should those be muxed into input file? Or I can add external subtitles too?
BTW, very simple and nice looking GUI.

[ozok]

I'll add quality option in the next release. Srt files must be same name as video (video.mov video.srt). Internal subtitles are not processed only external srt ones. I'll edit first post so it explains it.

@fantasmanegro preview like in TX264? A clip with length of 10-20 sec?

[detmek]

Yes, it works if movie and subtitles have the same name. Thanks. So, I will just need quality option as I don't use bitrate based encoding. DVD can be encoded if it is ripped with MakeMKV, right (I didn't test)?

[docholliday]

it doesn't have Auto Crop...

[detmek]

it doesn't have Auto Crop...

Other options.

[ozok]

@detmek if you can encode it with offical gui, it should work with this one too.

[ozok]

Update:

--0.1.1
-Added: Constant quality option (thx to detmek)
-Added: Option to add a folder
-Added: FPS options
-Added: Smallx264 will remember last opened directory
-Fixed: Windows 7 taskbar progress wasn't reseted after stopping
-Updated: AlphaSkins to 8.15

[detmek]

Thanks. It works just fine with CRF mod. Lame encoder uses V settings, right? If I set Lame 128kbs MediaInfo reports output audio as VBR. Fine with me, I preffer VBR but want to be sure.

[ozok]

No, only bitrate is passed. I do not know why mediainfo shows it like that.

[detmek]

You are right, its MediaInfos fault. But, I noticed two things:
1. If I set MP4 as output format, audio will always be encoded with AAC, no matter what format I choose and there is no warrning.
2. If I choose Vorbis for audio and MKV output, audio will be encoded to mp3.

[ozok]

Sorry for delayed response detmek. I'll look into these problems.

[ozok]

@detmek i cannot reproduce neither of the problems.
1. I can select container as MP4 and audio codec as Lame.
2. I can get vorbis audio in MKV container.

[detmek]

Here is what I get:
Settings for MKV (MKV selected in Advanced options):
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/mkv.png
MediaInfo log (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/Diablo3-1encode.mkv.txt)
Settings for MP4 (MP4 selected in Advanced options):
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/mp4.png
MediaInfo log (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/Diablo3-1encode.mp4.txt)
Links to test files:
Original (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/Diablo3-1.mkv)
MKV (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/Diablo3-1encode.mkv)
MP4 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19804113/Forumi/Fajlovi/doom9/Smallx264test/Diablo3-1encode.mp4)

[ozok]

Update:

--0.2.0
-Added: Preview (thx to fantasmanegro)
-Added: HandBrake log
-Added: Change log, commandlines button
-Added: Changed skin
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.16

[ozok]

I still cannot reproduce the problem. I set the same settings and i can get proper results. 0.2.0 includes HandBrake output log, maybe you may find something useful there.

[detmek]

I installed new version over older one and it works as it should - lame in mp4 and vorbis in mkv. Although, I installed v0.1.1 over the first version. Maybee that created a problem.
BTW, thanks for output log. It is very usefull option to see x264 stats.

[magsoud]

1) Problem in Resolution, my video Resolution 800x336
Change to 1280x... with keep aspect ratio ticked!
but output video Resolution 1072x488
Please Add This Command:
--width 1280 --loose-anamorphic

2) Please Add 2pass - Fast 1Pass
Command:
--two-pass --turbo

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[detmek]

1) Problem in Resolution, my video Resolution 800x336
Change to 1280x... with keep aspect ratio ticked!
but output video Resolution 1072x488
Please Add This Command:
--width 1280 --loose-anamorphic

2) Please Add 2pass - Fast 1Pass
Command:
--two-pass --turbo

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--input "C:\New folder\Diablo3-1.mkv" --output "C:\Diablo3-1.mkv" --encoder x264 --x264-preset superfast --x264-tune film --x264-profile high --vb 1500 --two-pass --turbo -w 1080 --loose-anamorphic --crop autocrop --aencoder vorbis --ab 128 --mixdown stereo
Fast First pass is there.
It seams that GUI passes wrong resize parametars. -w 1080 iz for 1280x720, -w 1280 is for 1440x1080 and -w 1440 is for 1920x1080. If you choose 1080x720 in dropdown meni GUI passes just -w, without resolution.

[ozok]

@detmek and @magsood, please try this exe: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9617171/SmallX264.7z. As detmek said, GUI passed commands wrong.

@jq963152 you can also try exe above, it adds level option.

"New skin" should have been "Changed skin", i actually did not add skin, just changed it.
I am using AlphaControls LE. It is a component for Delphi.
exe above has "Disable skinning" button in "Advanced options" window.
I'll look into nightly builds.

[detmek]

Thanks. It seems to work just fine. I also tested it with latest Handbrake nightly build and so far I have no problems.

[magsoud]

@ozok, Add "2pass - Fast 1Pass".

[ozok]

@magsood "--two-pass --turbo" is already used if two pass is selected. Do you want an option to disable it?

[ozok]

Update:
--0.2.1
-Added: "Level" option (thx to jq963152)
-Added: Option to disable skinning (thx to jq963152)
-Added: "Auto" item for profiles, presets etc (thx to jq963152)
-Added: Balloon hint will show up when encoding is done
-Added: Option to see info about selected file
-Fixed: Problems with video sizes (thx to magsood and detmek)
-Fixed: Preview button was not disabled during an encode
-Updated: HandBrakeCLI to nightly build svn5219 (thx to jq963152)

[magsoud]

@magsood "--two-pass --turbo" is already used if two pass is selected. Do you want an option to disable it?
http://s55.img-up.net/2pass3228.jpg

[ozok]

Update:
--0.3.0
-Added: "Fast first pass" option
-Added: Menu
-Added: A few minor GUI improvements
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.17
-Updated: HandBrakeCLI to nightly build svn5243

[fantasmanegro]

Update:

Questions...

Selected Resolution is store or display?

When keep aspect ratio is checked, output height can be update in resolution combobox?

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[ozok]

I do not know what you mean by store or display but these are the commands for two cases:

Keep aspect ratio checked:
--width 512 --loose-anamorphic

Keep aspect ratio not checked:
-w 512 -l 384 --custom-anamorphic

Even if you can select height when "keep aspect" is checked, only width value will be used.

[fantasmanegro]

I do not know what you mean by store or display but these are the commands for two cases:

Keep aspect ratio checked:
--width 512 --loose-anamorphic

Keep aspect ratio not checked:
-w 512 -l 384 --custom-anamorphic

Even if you can select height when "keep aspect" is checked, only width value will be used.

Handbrake stores one resolution and display another one according to aspect ratio

And you have predefined resolutios in combobox, for example 16:9 aspect ratio if i pick 640 x 480 and check keep aspect ratio the combobox displays 640 x 480... is there a way to display 640 x 360 when keep aspect is checked ?



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[ozok]

You should not worry about it. HandBrake calculates height itself according to aspect ratio and width.

[Pharaoh i7]

ive always been curious about this is there anyway to incorporate Nero encoder for audio to mux with handbrake cli so users can have options for he aac

[detmek]

If i set resolution and check Keep aspect ratio encoded picture is OK but if I do not check Keep aspect ratio after encoding picture is distorted. Smallx264 (or HandBrakeCLI) does not set correct pixel aspec ratio for encoder. Can this be changed so the GUI can set correct pixel aspect ratio for encoder?

[ozok]

ive always been curious about this is there anyway to incorporate Nero encoder for audio to mux with handbrake cli so users can have options for he aac
You can use TX264 with Nero but it uses x264. It can be done by replacing x264 with HB in the tool chain, but it is out of the scope of Smallx264.

If i set resolution and check Keep aspect ratio encoded picture is OK but if I do not check Keep aspect ratio after encoding picture is distorted. Smallx264 (or HandBrakeCLI) does not set correct pixel aspec ratio for encoder. Can this be changed so the GUI can set correct pixel aspect ratio for encoder?
If you do not check keep aspect, HB most probably encodes to that given width and height values. So it's possible that your video gets distorted. I don't if there is a way to both select widthxheight and define a different aspect ratio.

[detmek]

...
I don't if there is a way to both select widthxheight and define a different aspect ratio.

Well, there is parametar: --pixel-aspect xx:yy to use with --custom-anamorphic. This will pass correct SAR for x264 encoder. But, I think that GUI needs to calculate and set this parametar.

[fantasmanegro]

Well, there is parametar: --pixel-aspect xx:yy to use with --custom-anamorphic. This will pass correct SAR for x264 encoder. But, I think that GUI needs to calculate and set this parametar.

I guess this will be out of "easy" gui... in that case it will be helpfull to:

If keep aspect ratio off

Show 640x480

If keep aspect ratio on

Show 640xHEIGHT where HEIGHT is calculated by handbrake according to source aspect ratio...

That is what i was asking for...

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[magsoud]

@ozok
Add Original Video Bitrate.
http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13272&d=1360689170

[detmek]

@masgood Why? What is the usefulness of the original bitrate? It won't keep the quality.

[magsoud]

@masgood Why? What is the usefulness of the original bitrate? It won't keep the quality.
To change the resolution only in some movies with normal bitrate!

[detmek]

There is no such thing as normal bitrate. If you change a resolution you have to recompress. And when you recompress, with same or even higher bitrate you will have quality loss. So there is no point in having/keeping original bitrate.

[ozok]

Update:
--0.4.218
-Added: User profiles
-Fixed: In some cases size commands were used unnecessarily
-Fixed: Channel option was not saved
-Updated: HandBrake to svn5311
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.20

[ozok]

Update:
--0.5.0
-Added: New GUI layout and skin
-Fixed: Moving items caused problems in some cases
-Updated: HandBrake to svn5389
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.31

[dlarge]

hi Ozok,

i really love this nice and easy to use tool. I have seen a little issue if i use CRF encoding, the 2-pass button is avaiable. i think this settings are better if you greyed out this button if the user work with crf encoding.;)

have you planning new features in the next version. i missed the job feature for different settings at more files?

cheers dlarge500:D

[ozok]

@dlarge thx for the bug report, I'll fix it with next release.

I don't have much in mind for new features, auto-update, audio track selection and some bug fixes maybe.

[ozok]

Update:
--0.6.0
-Added: Options to select between audio and subtitle tracks
-Added: Device presets (Android, iPod etc)
-Added: Auto-update checker
-Added: Update checker will now ask user if they want to visit homepage
-Added: A new progress window
-Added: Total progress will be updated smoothly
-Added: Changed skin
-Fixed: Two pass options were still available even if user selected quality (thx to dlarge)
-Updated: HandBrake to svn5454

[ozok]

hi Ozok,
...
i missed the job feature for different settings at more files?
...

I missed that comment. This is a batch gui, so same settings are applied to all files.

[ozok]

Update:

--0.7.0
-Added: Option to burn-in internal subtitles
-Added: Sampling rate option
-Added: Popup menu to file list
-Added: About window instead of messagebox
-Fixed: Preview gave "index out of range" error
-Fixed: Preview didn't create proper preview file
-Updated: madExcept to 4.0.7

[ozok]

Update:
--0.8.0
-Added: Seperate 32bit and 64bit builds
-Added: Option to select all audio/subtitle streams
-Added: Option to hide/show settings
-Added: When done Smallx264 will give a sound warning
-Added: Audio options, DRC and gain
-Added: MediaInfo will be used to show file info
-Added: A few UI changes
-Added: Passed time will shown during encoding
-Fixed: Closing info window didn't reset info list
-Fixed: Removed "+" from audio/sub track lists
-Fixed: Level option wasn't saved
-Fixed: Samsug profiles didn't set correct resolution
-Updated: HandBrake to 0.9.9

[duplakappa]

Hello ozok, great software, it has more options than handbrake! *.* I have this problem, I cant encode videos to a high10 profile, I selected the option but i think that in the second pass the option is ignored...
Thanks.

[ozok]

Sorry I must have forgotten to remove them. HandBrake cannot encode to 10bit at the moment, so you should ignore these profiles. I will remove them asap.