
I find this bitrate to be a good compromise between quality and size. I set the bitrate (not the file size) to 15,000 kbps. The YouTube author for some reason reduces his 4K rips to 2K, I didn't want that, so I turned this off.Ģ. With Staxrip, I use the instructions from the YouTube video, with the following modifications:ġ. This may have changed, but I have been incredibly happy with the results from Staxrip. Something about it reducing it to 8-bit, processing the file, and converting it back to 10-bit (basically you lose the 8-bit color of the original file). As of the last time I checked, even the nightly builds of Handbrake were not capable of 10-bit color.

I use StaxRip following these instructions with a bit of tweaking. Is this what I should expect going forward with UHD movies? Is there a better option then Handbrake? What are some of the the people here doing? I know there are probably many opinions and options out there as there but any suggestions would be great to see if this process can be significantly improved other than going out and buying some new Super Computer. I am using the Nightly Handbrake release and the default setting for Fire TV 2160p60 HEVC Surround profile and Handbrake is telling me the complete the encoding will be about 30 hours. As a comparison The Last Jedi Blu-Ray rip encoded in a little over 3 hours using Handbrake. My first rip yesterday was The Last Jedi and after 42 minutes I have a nice 49.3GB file that I extracted of the 4K disc. The drive was manufactured in 2018 and 3.02 wouldn't read the 4K disc. After following the fantastic guide posted here in the forums by TeddyRaspin and after only a few slight hiccups I successfully was able to downgrade the drive from firmware 3.02 to 3.01. My encoding times went from 8 or 10 hours on my old iMac to 2 or 3 hours per Blu-Ray movie on the workstation.įast forward to today, I recently added a new Asus BW-16D1HT drive to see if I could rip UHD movies. When I started getting into Blu-Ray's I purchased an older Dell Precision Workstation running dual quad core Xeon processors with 32GB ram and running Windows 10 Pro to help speed up the Handbrake process.

I run a Plex Media Server so I encode all my rips using Handbrake and the default High Profile setting. I am new the forum but have been a MakeMKV users for over 10 years ripping DVD's, Blu-Ray's and now attempting 4K UHD.
