Just one enhancement to make HandBrake really easy to use

[KunjanChauhan]

Description of the feature or enhancement you'd like to see in HandBrake

When using HandBrake, I suspect most people may just want a faithful rip...i.e. source resolution to match the target resolution. It would be really nice to have a fast track button which does just this. It would avoid pointless errors such as ripping a 720p to 1080p which just results in a much larger filesize with no real improvement in resolution.

A related enhancement would be to state the source in terms of user selectable outputs e.g. if source is 720p, then state 720p (or the closest resolution) so that it is easier for user to select a target output of 720p. Just providing the resolution as 1280 x 720 can leave the user guessing.

What Operating System are you running?

Win 11

What version of HandBrake are you running?

1.7.3

Where did you download HandBrake from?

handbrake.fr

Activity Log, Crash Log or any other details

No response

[sr55]

When using HandBrake, I suspect most people may just want a faithful rip...i.e. source resolution to match the target resolution. It would be really nice to have a fast track button which does just this. It would avoid pointless errors such as ripping a 720p to 1080p which just results in a much larger filesize with no real improvement in resolution.

This is how HandBrake already behaves. All presets have a "Resolution Limit". Key word being "Limit". This is the maximum output resolution the file can be. If the source is lower, the output will be lower unless you explicity enable upscaling (which is off by default as it's considered bad practice in 98% of cases)

A related enhancement would be to state the source in terms of user selectable outputs e.g. if source is 720p, then state 720p (or the closest resolution) so that it is easier for user to select a target output of 720p. Just providing the resolution as 1280 x 720 can leave the user guessing.

The limit is already defined in descriptive terms.

Source and Output resolutions must be displayed as other options have an impact on them so users need to be able to see them as their exact values.

For example:

No accidental upscale.

If your doing the same thing repeatably, save whatever settings you prefer as a preset. Set the preset and default. After which, any time you want to encode simply scan the source and add to the queue. That's it.

[KunjanChauhan]

OK, so I see now in your example that in the dimensions screen Handbrake has matched input resolution to output. Thank you for the clarification. Much appreciated.

For me the confusion came from the first screen where the preset is typically showing an undesired upscaled resolution.

See here - input is SD resolution, but preset is showing a much higher resolution.