<h1>Wrong container format (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MP4</a>)</h1>

<p>I omitted the information about the container format. I used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MP4</a> in preliminary tests in an effort to increase compatibility with portable devices.</p>

<p>It did not cross my mind that this would be the cause for the missing audio in <a href="https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PowerDVD 17 Ultra</a> player. So the container has been changed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MKV</a>. It did not, however, change anything on the artifacts in <a href="https://mpc-hc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Media Player Classic - Home Cinema</a>.</p>

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<h1>Probably buggy implementation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Native DXVA2</a> in <a href="https://mpc-hc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Media Player Classic - Home Cinema</a></h1>

<p>Thanks to <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/users/1871/mulvya">Mulvya</a>, we have found a work-around (not a solution). It seems to be buggy implementation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Native DXVA2</a> in <a href="https://mpc-hc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Media Player Classic - Home Cinema</a>. Switching to <code>Video Mixing Renderer 9 (renderless)</code> works well.</p>

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<h1>Blu-ray transcode to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" rel="nofollow noreferrer">H.265</a> using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel Quick Sync Video</a></h1>

<p>I just started a process of transcoding about 100 video discs (with <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTS-HD_Master_Audio" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DTS-HD Master Audio</a> on passthrough</strong>) from my collection of Blu-rays and want to store them for backup purposes solely.</p>

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<p><strong>Source video codec</strong>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Advanced Video Codec</a> at profile High@L4.1.</p>

<p><strong>Target video codec</strong>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" rel="nofollow noreferrer">H.265</a> using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel Quick Sync Video</a>.</p>

<hr>

<p>Hardware being a new laptop with:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><strong>CPU</strong>: <a href="https://ark.intel.com/products/97185/Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel Core i7 7700HQ (Kaby Lake)</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>GPU</strong>: Intel HD Graphics 630 integrated in the CPU, capable of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel Quick Sync Video</a> hardware encode of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" rel="nofollow noreferrer">H.265</a>.</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>I do this with <a href="https://handbrake.fr/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HandBrake</a> software version 1.0.7 under Windows 10 Pro.</p>

<p>In short I have applied Constant quality with RF20 and Quality preset for the video.</p>

<p>Originals are all at fixed 7.5 GiB size (it is a series on a Blu-ray Double-layer, so on 1 disc there are 5 episodes).</p>

<p>The sizes of my encodes are usually around 3 GiB +/- 0.5 GiB.</p>

<p>That is about 40 % of the original size overall.</p>

<hr>

<h1>Problem</h1>

<ol>
<li><p><a href="https://mpc-hc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Media Player Classic - Home Cinema</a> plays the video using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Native DXVA2</a> with some unexpected effects, I am unable to describe it, so here's an image in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#4K_UHD_(3840%C3%972160)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4K UHD</a>:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UKjZX.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UKjZX.jpg" alt="Some unexpected effects while playback in MPC-HC"></a></p></li>
<li><p>I own a license for <a href="https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PowerDVD 17 Ultra</a>, it plays the video just fine, but it does play the video only, not playing the audio at all.</p></li>
<li><p>Only <a href="https://www.videolan.org/vlc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VLC Media Player</a> plays both video and audio well.</p></li>
</ol>

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<h1>Question</h1>

<p>Could anyone point me to the right direction as to if I am doing anything wrong?</p>

<p>Or are these effects of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel Quick Sync Video</a> <em>normal</em>?</p>

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Vlastimil Burián
# Blu-ray transcode to H.265 using Intel Quick Sync Video

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-28)

# Blu-ray transcode to [H.265](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding) using [Intel Quick Sync Video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video)

I just started a process of transcoding about 100 video discs (with **[DTS-HD Master Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTS-HD_Master_Audio) on passthrough**) from my collection of Blu-rays and want to store them for backup purposes solely.

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**Source video codec**: [Advanced Video Codec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC) at profile High@L4.1.

**Target video codec**: [H.265](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding) using [Intel Quick Sync Video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video).

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Hardware being a new laptop with:

* **CPU**: [Intel Core i7 7700HQ (Kaby Lake)](https://ark.intel.com/products/97185/Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz).
* **GPU**: Intel HD Graphics 630 integrated in the CPU, capable of [Intel Quick Sync Video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video) hardware encode of [H.265](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding).

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I do this with [HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr/) software version 1.0.7 under Windows 10 Pro.

In short I have applied Constant quality with RF20 and Quality preset for the video.

Originals are all at fixed 7.5 GiB size (it is a series on a Blu-ray Double-layer, so on 1 disc there are 5 episodes).

The sizes of my encodes are usually around 3 GiB +/- 0.5 GiB.

That is about 40 % of the original size overall.

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# Problem

1. [Media Player Classic - Home Cinema](https://mpc-hc.org/) plays the video using [Native DXVA2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back) with some unexpected effects, I am unable to describe it, so here's an image in [4K UHD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#4K_UHD_(3840%C3%972160)):

   [![Some unexpected effects while playback in MPC-HC](https://i.sstatic.net/UKjZX.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/UKjZX.jpg)
2. I own a license for [PowerDVD 17 Ultra](https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html), it plays the video just fine, but it does play the video only, not playing the audio at all.
3. Only [VLC Media Player](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/) plays both video and audio well.

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# Question

Could anyone point me to the right direction as to if I am doing anything wrong?

Or are these effects of [Intel Quick Sync Video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video) *normal*?

**Tags:** transcoding, playback, h.265


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-03-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

# Wrong container format ([MP4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14))

I omitted the information about the container format. I used [MP4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14) in preliminary tests in an effort to increase compatibility with portable devices.

It did not cross my mind that this would be the cause for the missing audio in [PowerDVD 17 Ultra](https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html) player. So the container has been changed to [MKV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska). It did not, however, change anything on the artifacts in [Media Player Classic - Home Cinema](https://mpc-hc.org/).

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# Probably buggy implementation of [Native DXVA2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back) in [Media Player Classic - Home Cinema](https://mpc-hc.org/)

Thanks to [Mulvya](https://video.stackexchange.com/users/1871/mulvya), we have found a work-around (not a solution). It seems to be buggy implementation of [Native DXVA2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration#DXVA2_implementations:_native_and_copy-back) in [Media Player Classic - Home Cinema](https://mpc-hc.org/). Switching to `Video Mixing Renderer 9 (renderless)` works well.


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