I decided to start re-encoding my DVD/Blu-ray rips into AV1. This is more future proofing right now, as the only device that has AV1 hardware decoding I have is the Steam Deck.
I use MakeMKV for the original rip and Handbrake to encode into a Matroska container again, passthrough the audio and subtiles. I also set it to upscale, but limit the resolution to DVD NTSC the resolution for the DVD rips, so for a 2.3:1 aspect ratio, the resolution was 1104:480. I set it to use AV1 and not AV1 10-bit and use the same frame rate.
I had to un-check all the burn-in subtitles options, as MKV supports subtitles in the container.
When comparing the original file and the new one on my desktop using VLC, there was significant splotches/blocks on the original and none with AV1. It looks great on the Steam Deck OLED using Jellyfin Media Player. Streaming the files from Jellyfin server running on TrueNAS SCALE.
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I just started an encode of an 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray rip using 10-bit AV1 on my Steam Deck; it started without crashing. It could be that my Haswell CPUs just can't handle encoding 10-bit AV1.
It would probably be best that I use 10-bit for everything and just wait until I have a more powerful desktop CPU for encoding my Blu-rays.
