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My old Handbrake CLI shell script now gets pissy once I upgraded my server to Ubuntu Server 12.04, AND the latest Handbrake CLI. Before, I wrote a script to do the settings for me, now, this new tweak they have done, I get invalid syntax errors. After browsing their CLI help webpage, I see nothing wrong with mine.
Here is the "code" I use to use for my blurays:

HandBrakeCLI -i hb_demo.m2ts -t 1 -c 1 -o hb_demo.mp4 -f mp4 -4 --detelecine --decomb --denoise="weak" -w 1920 -e x264 -q 20 --cfr -a 1 -E faac -B 768 -6 6ch -R 48 -D 0 --gain=4 -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50 --verbose=1

Well that no longer works.

Can anyone help me here? My best case senario would be to mimmic the settings I use on my Win7 desktop with subtitles. Here is a printout ouf the "code" from the new Handbrake queue that I use on the desktop. I would LOVE to have this in CLI form:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfQueueTask xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<QueueTask>
<CustomQuery>false</CustomQuery>
<Status>Waiting</Status>
<Task>
<Source>C:\Users\ClickClick5\Desktop\00070.m2ts</Source>
<Title>1</Title>
<Angle>1</Angle>
<PointToPointMode>Chapters</PointToPointMode>
<StartPoint>1</StartPoint>
<EndPoint>1</EndPoint>
<Destination>C:\Users\ClickClick5\Desktop\hb_demo.mp4</Destination>
<OutputFormat>Mp4</OutputFormat>
<LargeFile>true</LargeFile>
<OptimizeMP4>false</OptimizeMP4>
<IPod5GSupport>false</IPod5GSupport>
<Width>1920</Width>
<Height>1072</Height>
<MaxWidth xsi:nil="true" />
<MaxHeight xsi:nil="true" />
<Cropping>
<Top>2</Top>
<Bottom>4</Bottom>
<Left>0</Left>
<Right>0</Right>
</Cropping>
<HasCropping>false</HasCropping>
<Anamorphic>None</Anamorphic>
<DisplayWidth xsi:nil="true" />
<KeepDisplayAspect>true</KeepDisplayAspect>
<PixelAspectX>0</PixelAspectX>
<PixelAspectY>0</PixelAspectY>
<Modulus>16</Modulus>
<Deinterlace>Off</Deinterlace>
<Decomb>Default</Decomb>
<Detelecine>Default</Detelecine>
<Denoise>Weak</Denoise>
<Deblock>0</Deblock>
<Grayscale>false</Grayscale>
<VideoEncodeRateType>ConstantQuality</VideoEncodeRateType>
<VideoEncoder>X264</VideoEncoder>
<FramerateMode>CFR</FramerateMode>
<Quality>20</Quality>
<VideoBitrate xsi:nil="true" />
<TwoPass>false</TwoPass>
<TurboFirstPass>false</TurboFirstPass>
<Framerate xsi:nil="true" />
<AudioTracks>
<AudioTrack>
<Bitrate>768</Bitrate>
<DRC>0</DRC>
<Encoder>Faac</Encoder>
<Gain>2</Gain>
<MixDown>SixChannelDiscrete</MixDown>
<SampleRate>48</SampleRate>
<SampleRateDisplayValue>48</SampleRateDisplayValue>
<ScannedTrack>
<TrackNumber>1</TrackNumber>
<Language>Unknown</Language>
<LanguageCode>und</LanguageCode>
<Format>AC3) (2.0 ch</Format>
<SampleRate>48000</SampleRate>
<Bitrate>320000</Bitrate>
</ScannedTrack>
<TrackName />
</AudioTrack>
</AudioTracks>
<AllowedPassthruOptions>
<AudioAllowAACPass>true</AudioAllowAACPass>
<AudioAllowAC3Pass>true</AudioAllowAC3Pass>
<AudioAllowDTSHDPass>true</AudioAllowDTSHDPass>
<AudioAllowDTSPass>true</AudioAllowDTSPass>
<AudioAllowMP3Pass>true</AudioAllowMP3Pass>
<AudioEncoderFallback>Ac3</AudioEncoderFallback>
</AllowedPassthruOptions>
<SubtitleTracks>
<SubtitleTrack>
<Burned>true</Burned>
<Default>false</Default>
<Forced>true</Forced>
<SourceTrack>
<TrackNumber>1</TrackNumber>
<Language>Unknown</Language>
<LanguageCode>iso639-2: und</LanguageCode>
<SubtitleType>PGS</SubtitleType>
</SourceTrack>
<SrtOffset>0</SrtOffset>
<SubtitleType>VobSub</SubtitleType>
</SubtitleTrack>
</SubtitleTracks>
<IncludeChapterMarkers>false</IncludeChapterMarkers>
<ChapterNames>
<ChapterMarker>
<ChapterNumber>1</ChapterNumber>
<ChapterName>Chapter 1</ChapterName>
</ChapterMarker>
</ChapterNames>
<AdvancedEncoderOptions>b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=60</AdvancedEncoderOptions>
<x264Preset>None</x264Preset>
<x264Profile>None</x264Profile>
<X264Tune>None</X264Tune>
<PreviewStartAt xsi:nil="true" />
<PreviewDuration xsi:nil="true" />
<IsPreviewEncode>false</IsPreviewEncode>
<PreviewEncodeDuration>0</PreviewEncodeDuration>
</Task>
</QueueTask>
</ArrayOfQueueTask>


If this could be converted into a CLI version, I would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!!!

Thanks,
CC5

Aw No one know how to do this? I'm still stuck.

I used to do that kind of stuff with mencoder and some DVD format herding scripts but it was long ago and I have forgotten most of it although I have found some of my bash scripts from that time. I have no idea about Handbreak so no help, but I do feel your pain.

Sorry i bought DVDFab bluray kit, uses all 8 threads and cuda. Rips, copy's even does SBS 3Dmkv's from bluray iso images or disc's. A must for my 3dtv fix. I do use handbrake sometimes but i just use the presets.

I also run Ubuntu 12.04 and use HandbrakeCLI for encoding. I copied and pasted your commandline (changed the input file, but that's all), and it worked for me. Perhaps the syntax error is coming from your script instead? What's it telling you?

jeffcutsinger wrote:

I also run Ubuntu 12.04 and use HandbrakeCLI for encoding. I copied and pasted your commandline (changed the input file, but that's all), and it worked for me. Perhaps the syntax error is coming from your script instead? What's it telling you?

The exact error is "chapters: invalid syntax (fr)"

Well, I'm no expert, but it sounds like that may be source specific. It might be a bug in handbrake itself. I don't think it's the commandline you are using.

jeffcutsinger wrote:

Well, I'm no expert, but it sounds like that may be source specific. It might be a bug in handbrake itself. I don't think it's the commandline you are using.

Ok, ill try some other stuff.