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Encoding

Handbrake 1.8.2 (2024081000)
Video.svt-av1 10 bit fast decode Preset 5 crf 15
Audio.eac3 passtrough
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File

Video: AV01 1920x960 23.976fps [V: av1 main, yuv420p10le, 1920x960 [default]]
Audio: DD+ 48000Hz 6ch 768kbps [A: Surround [eng] (eac3 atmos, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 768 kb/s) [default]]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: English [eng] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: SDH [eng] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Arabic [ara] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Bulgarian [bul] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Chinese (Simplified) [chi] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Chinese (Traditional) [chi] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Czech [cze] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Danish [dan] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: German [ger] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Greek [gre] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Spanish (Latin America) [spa] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Spanish (Spain) [spa] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Estonian [est] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Finnish [fin] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: French (Canada) [fre] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: French (France) [fre] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Hebrew [heb] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Hindi [hin] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Hungarian [hun] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Indonesian [ind] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Italian [ita] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Japanese [jpn] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Korean [kor] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Lithuanian [lit] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Latvian [lav] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Malay [may] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Dutch [dut] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Norwegian [nor] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Polish [pol] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Portuguese [por] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Portuguese (Brazil) [por] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Russian [rus] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Slovak [slo] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Slovenian [slv] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Swedish [swe] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Tamil [tam] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Telugu [tel] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Thai [tha] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Turkish [tur] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Ukrainian [ukr] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Vietnamese [vie] (ass)]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [S: Cantonese (Traditional) [chi] (ass)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

General
Unique ID                      : 206760110779714064048398728634210157422 (0x9B8C8C8273D7BD70FB728C0C189F836E)
Complete name                  : Shrinking.s02e06.web.sdr.1080p.av1.5.1.e-ac3.vmaf97-Rosy.mkv
Format                         : Matroska
Format version                 : Version 4
File size                      : 826 MiB
Duration                       : 34 min 23 s
Overall bit rate               : 3 357 kb/s
Frame rate                     : 23.976 FPS
Movie name                     : Shrinking.s02e06.web.sdr.1080p.av1.5.1.e-ac3.vmaf97-Rosy
Encoded date                   : 2024-11-13 20:13:00 UTC
Writing application            : mkvmerge v88.0 ('All I Know') 64-bit
Writing library                : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1
Cover                          : Yes
Attachments                    : cover.jpg

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AV1
Format/Info                    : AOMedia Video 1
Format profile                 : Main@L4.0
Codec ID                       : V_AV1
Duration                       : 34 min 23 s
Bit rate                       : 2 576 kb/s
Width                          : 1 920 pixels
Height                         : 960 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 2.000
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0 (Type 0)
Bit depth                      : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.058
Stream size                    : 634 MiB (77%)
Default                        : Yes
Forced                         : No
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709

Audio
ID                             : 2
Format                         : E-AC-3 JOC
Format/Info                    : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object Coding
Commercial name                : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                       : A_EAC3
Duration                       : 34 min 22 s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 768 kb/s
Channel(s)                     : 6 channels
Channel layout                 : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                     : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode               : Lossy
Stream size                    : 189 MiB (23%)
Title                          : Surround
Language                       : English
Service kind                   : Complete Main
Default                        : Yes
Forced                         : No
Complexity index               : 16
Number of dynamic objects      : 15
Bed channel count              : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration      : LFE
Dialog Normalization           : -25 dB
compr                          : -0.28 dB
dialnorm_Average               : -25 dB
dialnorm_Minimum               : -25 dB
dialnorm_Maximum               : -25 dB
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Source

Shrinking S02E06 In a Lonely Place 2160p ATVP WEB-DL DDP5 1 H 265-NTb.mkv

Video: HVC1 3840x1920 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.0, yuv420p10le, 3840x1920 [default]]
Audio: DD+ 48000Hz 6ch 768kbps [A: English [eng] (eac3 atmos, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 768 kb/s) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: SDH [eng] (subrip) [hearing impaired]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Arabic [ara] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Bulgarian [bul] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Chinese (Simplified) [chi] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Chinese (Traditional) [chi] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Czech [cze] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Danish [dan] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: German [ger] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Greek [gre] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Spanish (Latin America) [spa] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Spanish (Spain) [spa] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Estonian [est] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Finnish [fin] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: French (Canada) [fre] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: French (France) [fre] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Hebrew [heb] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Hindi [hin] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Hungarian [hun] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Indonesian [ind] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Italian [ita] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Japanese [jpn] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Korean [kor] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Lithuanian [lit] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Latvian [lav] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Malay [may] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Dutch [dut] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Norwegian [nor] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Polish [pol] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Portuguese [por] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Portuguese (Brazil) [por] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Russian [rus] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Slovak [slo] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Slovenian [slv] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Swedish [swe] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Tamil [tam] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Telugu [tel] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Thai [tha] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Turkish [tur] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Ukrainian [ukr] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Vietnamese [vie] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Cantonese (Traditional) [chi] (subrip)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

General
Unique ID                      : 126003440498266731558097780902060461387 (0x5ECB61421E693FEAA2FC7DD085F98D4B)
Complete name                  : Shrinking S02E06 In a Lonely Place 2160p ATVP WEB-DL DDP5 1 H 265-NTb.mkv
Format                         : Matroska
Format version                 : Version 4
File size                      : 5.13 GiB
Duration                       : 34 min 23 s
Overall bit rate               : 21.4 Mb/s
Frame rate                     : 23.976 FPS
Writing application            : mkvmerge v84.0 ('Sleeper') 64-bit
Writing library                : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : HEVC
Format/Info                    : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                 : Main 10@L5@High
Codec ID                       : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                       : 34 min 23 s
Bit rate                       : 20.6 Mb/s
Width                          : 3 840 pixels
Height                         : 1 920 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 2.000
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.116
Stream size                    : 4.94 GiB (96%)
Default                        : Yes
Forced                         : No
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709

Audio
ID                             : 2
Format                         : E-AC-3 JOC
Format/Info                    : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object Coding
Commercial name                : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                       : A_EAC3
Duration                       : 34 min 22 s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 768 kb/s
Channel(s)                     : 6 channels
Channel layout                 : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                     : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode               : Lossy
Stream size                    : 189 MiB (4%)
Language                       : English
Service kind                   : Complete Main
Default                        : Yes
Forced                         : No
Complexity index               : 16
Number of dynamic objects      : 15
Bed channel count              : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration      : LFE
Dialog Normalization           : -25 dB
compr                          : -0.28 dB
dialnorm_Average               : -25 dB
dialnorm_Minimum               : -25 dB
dialnorm_Maximum               : -25 dB
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Ab-av1

Sample encode     → sample-encode -i "c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --crf 20  
Source resolution → crf-search -i "c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 98
1080p Downscale   → crf-search -i "c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 96 --vfilter "scale=-1:1080"
720p Downscale    → crf-search -i "c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 96 --vfilter "scale=-1:720"  
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Tools

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FFmpeg
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Mkvtoolknix
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Scenerulez
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VVV-virtualvolumeview
Xnconvert
Xnview mp
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References

1. Dolby, 2023. What are Dolby Vision profiles and levels? [Online]
2. Ozer, J., 2017. Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video. Doceo Publishing.
3. Sayood, K., 2017. Introduction to Data Compression. 5th Edition.
4. Ozer, J., 2021. What is CBR, VBR, CRF, Capped-CRF? Rate Control Modes Explained.
5. Rassool, Reza. VMAF Reproducibility: Validating a Perceptual Practical Video Quality Metric.
6. Kah, A. e al. Fundamental relationships between subjective quality, user acceptance, and the VMAF metric for a quality-based bit rate ladder design for over-the-top video streaming services.
7. Boldrin, M. 2008. Against Intellectual Monopoly.