handbrake is now on its long-anticipated
1.0 release, with more presets than you can shake a stick at! so, time for a new thread.
use the download for 1.01 from the archives for comparison purposes
this time we're going from 4k down to 1080p using the "H.265 MKV 1080p30" preset, using the 1 minute long elysium 4k sample, which is the first sample at
http://4ksamples.com/ as of this post
as before, go through the options->advanced, check a box to put a log file somewhere. also please check the box in options->video to disable quicksync decode.
near the very bottom of the log file with be a line that should look a lot like this
encoded 1497 frames in 369.99s (4.05 fps), 4036.02 kb/s, Avg QP:26.24
that's what we want to see, along with knowing your processor and speed, memory speed, and platform.
keep your log file just in case people want to take a look for troubleshooting/whatnot