staxrip VS FastFlix

Its literally a feature of all the underlying encoders. And you can do it even with exotic ffmpeg/vapoursynth filter chains. So I can't imagine why.

TBH I would just recommend Staxrip if you are on Windows: https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip

There is a linux equivalent, I can't remember what its called.

Or maybe some av1an GUI for Mac/Linux. All of these things support a target file size with many more features.

Since ffmpeg CLI still makes me pull ny hair out, I am going to plug vapoursynth:

https://www.vapoursynth.com/

Its Pythonic video filters... But also so much more: https://vsdb.top/

And Staxrip, which makes such good use of ffmpeg, vapoursynth, and dozens of other encoders and tools that I reboot from linux to Windows just to use it: https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip GUI But av1 outdated a bit which could be replaced/rebuild https://github.com/m-ab-s/media-autobuild_suite

2-4: I use StaxRip to encode the video because it includes the QTGMC deinterlacer, which is from my research a very good deinterlacer that produces less artifacts in the video than other deinterlacers like the one included in HandBrake.

But I actually got through it and found a great solution for myself using StaxRip and an updated QSVEnc by Rigaya. Replace StaxRip's outdated QSVEnc with the updated Rigaya QSVEnc.

Oh, I've used QSVEnc by Rigaya for fastflix. That's good that Rigaya had done that then.

Yeah I’ll for sure check out fastflix I think they have Nvidia AV1 although you need to add this to the settings so it can be used. Though I don’t know enough about the dual Nvenc encoders unfortunately. Though it’s worth a try to use.

I've been ripping my 4K movies again (to transcode them again using FastFlix, which I heard actually supports 10-bit HDR, unlike HandBrake), and I've noticed MakeMKV failed to rip a few of my 4K discs at some point, even though I had tried to clean the bottom of the disc several times. "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Back to the Future Part 3", and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition" started to rip but then failed. With Back to the Future 3, I remember MakeMKV saying it was a hash check failure or something similar (it was enough to make MakeMKV stop ripping it and fail).

If you have something reproducible and know it's an issues with FastFlix would love an issue on github https://github.com/cdgriffith/FastFlix/issues !

For GUI (shameless self plug) FastFlix wraps around it to make life easier https://github.com/cdgriffith/FastFlix

Well i have to recommend FastFlix as I literally coded it lol. It wraps around ffmpeg as well as Rigaya's hardware encoders (have to download and link them in settings panel).