mdhiggins
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2 years ago You just need to set include a max-bitrate option which doesn't look like its specified here
The script tries very hard not to convert unless some condition is violated
Force conversion applies to the file container not the individual video stream specifically, so you still need a violation to trigger conversion
In the example you posted there is no max-bitrate set
The CRF setting and CRF profiles are just CRF values and conditional combinations but will not ever cause a copy violation, they are simply applied if remuxing is not possible for some other violation; since CRF settings are one way and cannot be read back from source files you cannot use them to trigger conversions
Please post logs with max-bitrate set if you are still seeing copying (and ensure you include debug level logging turned on) as this would be a bug but it's not one I can reproduce, in my quick testing just now max-bitrate setting is working fine
https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator/wiki/Debug-Level-Logging
JNR8
Describe the bug When attempting to convert an HDR h265 movie the video stream is always copied, never converted.
(See Additional context for more details)
Command or context you are trying to run running this manually using: sickbeard_mp4_automator\manual.py -a -c 'C:\users\username\sickbeard_mp4_automator\config\autoProcess4k.ini' -i 'C:\Users\username\Videos\convert\movies\MovieName (Year)' -fc
autoProcess.ini settings
Log files
FFMpeg headers
System Information
Expected behavior to conver the source video and reduce file size.
Additional context I use a CRF profile "1000:22:12M:40M". I can change any of "source_birtare:CRF,max_bitrate:buffsize" value to be any value (higher or lower) and it will not make a difference. The Video Stream is always copied.
For example I changed the source_vitrate to be 1000 (really low), the CRF to be 29 (stupidly low), the maxbitrate to be lower than the source bitrate but still the video stream is copied, even when enabling the force conversion flag.
In the output/logs I always see this: "Acceptable profile match found for VBR 22936.8019 using CRF 29, maxrate 12m, bufsize 40m."
I interpret this as the as script accepting that the identified VBR of 22936.8019 matches the max_bitrate or source_bitrate values of the CRF profile when it shouldn't (correct me if I am wrong in my interpretation)
FYI: I pulled the version of your script as of todays date (24th July 2022), I also updated from ffmpeg 4.4.1 to 5.0 and reran my tests with the same results.
I also removed the CRF profile and set the following video options : ranged from "max-bitrate = 12000" to "max-bitrate = 5000" and crf = 22 ranged from "crf = 22" to "crf = 29"
no change in results for any value.
It seems to me that the script is analyzing the video file but ignoring any quality setting it would normally use to convert the video stream and just copying the stream instead.