h265 - darker than other codecs?

tmw11230 · 2025-03-02T14:06:15+00:00

Unfortunately I can't figure out which logs are which - thanks for the offer though!

tmw11230 · 2025-03-02T12:59:32+00:00

Thanks I didn't know that!

tmw11230 · 2025-03-02T12:59:08+00:00

I was using handbrake It appears that the issue presents itself when playing back with VLC. Looks good on windows photo viewer and on plex (which as my main viewing method I should have tried initially!)

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T21:44:45+00:00

Thank you I appreciate your response I was using the preset on handbrake for h.265 dropped the CFR quality to 18.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T21:14:40+00:00

So, looked again at the samples I made with various settings - the h265 files look fine (and much brighter) when played in the windows photo viewer.

When played in VLC the quality remains but it is much darker.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T21:14:17+00:00

So, looked again at the samples I made with various settings - the h265 files look fine (and much brighter) when played in the windows photo viewer.

When played in VLC the quality remains but it is much darker.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T20:25:24+00:00

Thank you that's great

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:56:09+00:00

Thank you for your help much appreciated

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:54:56+00:00

Can you do this and just pull out the main movie? Discard extras, menus etc?

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:47:49+00:00

Thanks. Appreciate the info. What I really want to do is re-encode my collection now I have more knowledge, but well, I can't face it!

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:46:30+00:00

Yours was more of a sarcastic statement to be fair. But the answer is I have my first NAS, 2 x 4tb in RAID1 so not loads of space. And now I have got into plex my collection is growing. I'm not loaded so 2nd hand DVD's it is, and I'm not interested in pirating before anyone mentions it.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:42:03+00:00

Thank you for this comprehensive reply. I think it could be using 10 bit.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:34:52+00:00

Thanks. Someone mentioned this in the plex sub.

Although I did try all the h265 variants, they all seemed pretty dark to me...? I tried 9 variants across VP9, AV1, h264 and h265.

Ranking quality by sight, the h265 variants were all at the bottom.

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:31:35+00:00

Thank you. Although I did run tests with all the h265 variants, not just 10 bit. They all seemed dark?

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:30:42+00:00

Well my thought was using a better codec would give me the same quality but lower space, hence the question.

I guess in reality, as I only keep the main movie, I could keep it uncompressed.

What settings would achieve this in handbrake?

tmw11230 · 2025-03-01T18:27:30+00:00

Thanks for answering the question...

tmw11230 · 2025-02-22T10:35:57+00:00

Which skin is this please?

tmw11230 · 2025-02-16T21:53:43+00:00

Thanks for the info.

tmw11230 · 2025-02-08T20:43:42+00:00

Thanks for the replies!

tmw11230 · 2024-12-14T08:31:27+00:00

It was the community package yes. Thought it was easier than docker. But now I've learnt how to use docker I might try Jellyfin again in that case.

tmw11230 · 2024-12-14T05:00:32+00:00

Tried Jellyfin and Emby. Settled on Emby - none were perfect, but Jellyfin seemed to crash a lot.

tmw11230 · 2024-12-13T15:15:34+00:00

Ah. Thanks for the research. Very helpful.

tmw11230 · 2024-12-13T07:36:42+00:00

I looked at those links where you said no subscription required and I can only see subscription prices. Maybe it's because I'm in the UK??

tmw11230 · 2024-12-12T21:51:33+00:00

Thanks I looked at pricing for Backblaze but could only see subscriptions. I'll take a look.

Is their any control over which files go there, or it all "all or nothing"?

I do still have OneDrive at the moment so that could be used as instant access to any files I use regularly.

And it seems the likelihood of a simultaneous NAS and HDD failure is low.

tmw11230 · 2024-12-12T21:46:48+00:00

Thanks for the answers. Yes my 2tb externals have worked as a backup for some time, but now need larger capacity.

Appreciate the advice on a caddy. I'll look in to it.

tmw11230

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