Encoding Specifications

Here's the specs I use to encode my DVDs:

• HandBrake 1.0.2
• Matroska
• H.264
  • Level 4.1 (what Blu-rays use)
  • High Profile
• x264
  • slow, slower, veryslow, or placebo preset (slow by default)
  • animation, film, grayscale tuning
  • smpte170m color matrix
  • CRF 23 to 18 (as desired)
• Video
  • detelecine or decomb as-needed
  • 30 or 60 constant frames per second
• Audio
  • AC3 re-encode or FDK AAC encode depending on desired quality
• VOBSUB or Closed Captioning as available
• Chapter markers

Or, a sample encode:

HandBrakeCLI --markers --cfr --title 10 --encoder x264 --quality 14 --rate 60 --encoder-profile high --encoder-level 4.1 --encoder-preset slow --encoder-tune animation --encopts colorprim=smpte170m:transfer=smpte170m:colormatrix=smpte170m --audio 1 --aencoder ac3 --subtitle 1 --input /home/steve/Media/Laundry-Basket/1.665.2017.TNTGO.iso --output 1.665.2017.17212.TNTGO.mkv