Thanks for the responses. For this particular file, I am removing commercials from a TVE recording DVRed through Channels.
Here is the profile I used yesterday.
[HEVC MP4]
Description=HEVC in MP4 (H.265/AAC) conversion. Creates a smaller file (50% smaller than H.264) with comparable quality but very slow.
order=handbrake,ffmpeg
ffmpeg-general=-threads 0
ffmpeg-video=-ss 0 -tag:v hvc1 -vf yadif=0:-1:1,hqdn3d -vcodec libx265 -preset medium -crf 26 -map 0:v -sn
ffmpeg-audio=-acodec aac -ab 192k -map 0:a
ffmpeg-audioac3=-acodec aac -ab 384k -map 0:a
ffmpeg-ext=.mp4
ffmpeg-audiodelay=skip
handbrake-general=--decomb --loose-anamorphic --verbose=2 -f mp4
handbrake-video=--start-at duration:0 -e x265 --encoder-preset medium -q 26
handbrake-audio=-E faac -R auto -B 192 -D 0 -a 1,2,3,4,5
handbrake-audioac3=-E faac -R auto -B 384 -D 0 -a 1,2,3,4,5
handbrake-ext=.mp4
handbrake-audiodelay=skip
CommercialMergeTool=avidemux
CutMP4Alternative=true
In that run I added CutMP4Alternative=true and removed PreConversionCommercialRemover=true which still had issues. The audio timing went off agaiin, but by lless than typical this time. The main issue is that with this profile, commercials are not being cut at the correct locations, where I created and EDL in Custom Cuts.
I uploaded the log under my username.
I am happy to run the a file twice if it helps. I was doing with this my work flow before. I would convert for MP4 using h.265, then I would create an EDL using Custom Cuts and just remove the commercials in a second run. That helps to not have the glitching frames at the cut. I had hoped that would remove the oddly induced several second audio delays, but it doesn’t.