Handbrake profile for ripping DVDs that play on Roku without transcoding
I use Handbrake to rip DVDs into a format that will play without transcoding on a Roku TV (via Jellyfin). The main trick was to avoid anamorphic formats (pixel aspect ratio that's not 1:1), like the DVD format itself.
Here's a copy-paste of the entry from my ~/.config/ghb/presets.json file:
{
"ChildrenArray": [
{
"AlignAVStart": true,
"AudioCopyMask": [
"copy:aac"
],
"AudioEncoderFallback": "av_aac",
"AudioLanguageList": [],
"AudioList": [
{
"AudioBitrate": 160,
"AudioCompressionLevel": -1.0,
"AudioDitherMethod": "auto",
"AudioEncoder": "av_aac",
"AudioMixdown": "stereo",
"AudioNormalizeMixLevel": false,
"AudioSamplerate": "auto",
"AudioTrackDRCSlider": 0.0,
"AudioTrackGainSlider": 0.0,
"AudioTrackQuality": 1.0,
"AudioTrackQualityEnable": false
}
],
"AudioSecondaryEncoderMode": true,
"AudioTrackSelectionBehavior": "first",
"ChapterMarkers": true,
"ChildrenArray": [],
"Default": true,
"FileFormat": "av_mp4",
"Folder": false,
"FolderOpen": false,
"InlineParameterSets": false,
"MetadataPassthrough": true,
"Mp4iPodCompatible": false,
"Optimize": false,
"PictureAllowUpscaling": false,
"PictureAutoCrop": true,
"PictureBottomCrop": 0,
"PictureChromaSmoothCustom": "",
"PictureChromaSmoothPreset": "off",
"PictureChromaSmoothTune": "none",
"PictureColorspaceCustom": "",
"PictureColorspacePreset": "off",
"PictureCombDetectCustom": "",
"PictureCombDetectPreset": "default",
"PictureCropMode": 0,
"PictureDARWidth": 720,
"PictureDeblockCustom": "strength=strong:thresh=20:blocksize=8",
"PictureDeblockPreset": "off",
"PictureDeblockTune": "medium",
"PictureDeinterlaceCustom": "",
"PictureDeinterlaceFilter": "decomb",
"PictureDeinterlacePreset": "default",
"PictureDenoiseCustom": "",
"PictureDenoiseFilter": "off",
"PictureDenoisePreset": "",
"PictureDenoiseTune": "none",
"PictureDetelecine": "off",
"PictureDetelecineCustom": "",
"PictureForceHeight": 0,
"PictureForceWidth": 0,
"PictureHeight": 480,
"PictureItuPAR": false,
"PictureKeepRatio": true,
"PictureLeftCrop": 0,
"PictureModulus": 2,
"PicturePAR": "off",
"PicturePARHeight": 1,
"PicturePARWidth": 1,
"PicturePadBottom": 0,
"PicturePadColor": "black",
"PicturePadLeft": 0,
"PicturePadMode": "none",
"PicturePadRight": 0,
"PicturePadTop": 0,
"PictureRightCrop": 0,
"PictureRotate": "angle=0:hflip=0",
"PictureSharpenCustom": "",
"PictureSharpenFilter": "off",
"PictureSharpenPreset": "",
"PictureSharpenTune": "",
"PictureTopCrop": 0,
"PictureUseMaximumSize": true,
"PictureWidth": 720,
"PresetDescription": "H.264 video (up to 480p30) and AAC stereo audio, in an MP4 container.",
"PresetDisabled": false,
"PresetName": "DVD on Roku",
"SubtitleAddCC": false,
"SubtitleAddForeignAudioSearch": true,
"SubtitleAddForeignAudioSubtitle": false,
"SubtitleBurnBDSub": true,
"SubtitleBurnBehavior": "foreign",
"SubtitleBurnDVDSub": true,
"SubtitleLanguageList": [],
"SubtitleTrackSelectionBehavior": "none",
"Type": 1,
"UsesPictureFilters": true,
"VideoAvgBitrate": 1500,
"VideoColorMatrixCodeOverride": 0,
"VideoEncoder": "x264",
"VideoFramerate": "30",
"VideoFramerateMode": "pfr",
"VideoGrayScale": false,
"VideoHWDecode": 0,
"VideoLevel": "3.1",
"VideoMultiPass": true,
"VideoOptionExtra": "",
"VideoPreset": "fast",
"VideoProfile": "main",
"VideoQSVDecode": false,
"VideoQualitySlider": 20.0,
"VideoQualityType": 2,
"VideoScaler": "swscale",
"VideoTune": "",
"VideoTurboMultiPass": true,
"x264Option": "",
"x264UseAdvancedOptions": false
}
],
"Default": false,
"Folder": true,
"FolderOpen": true,
"PresetName": "General",
"Type": 1
}