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8KDVD Encode Profiles: HQ Plus, HQ, Standard and LP

Video File Maker exposes four named encode profiles – HQ Plus, HQ, Standard, and LP – so authors can match VP9 Profile 2 bitstreams (with Opus audio) to disc capacity and runtime instead of guessing CRF values in a vacuum. Pick the profile before you spend overnight GPU time; the menu and the blank must agree with that choice.

Shared rules

Output family: VP9 Profile 2; audio Opus as required by the format body of standards.
Batches: separate SDR and HDR10 scripts – HDR preserves metadata when the source carries it; SDR batches will not invent a grade.
Source: export SOURCE.mp4 at full 8K (7680×4320) when the project truly is 8K; lesser masters should not wear an 8K badge on the box.
Media: plan against 25 GB and 50 GB BD-R, or BD-XL when you need more than a single-layer/dual-layer pair can hold.

HQ Plus

Short premium 8K. Use it for demos, shorts, and showpiece reels where bitrate beats runtime. Sister-site guidance cites roughly seventy minutes near the ~22 GB class for the 8K tier as a planning ballpark – treat that as capacity intuition, then measure your own encode. If your “feature” is two hours, HQ Plus is the wrong button.

HQ

High-bitrate mastering for 8K/4K when you want headroom without the ultra-short constraint of HQ Plus. Suitable for prestige shorts-to-mid features and for keeping 4K fallbacks looking expensive. Expect to lean on 50 GB or BD-XL blanks once runtime climbs.

Standard

The workhorse: about a 100-minute movie on 50 GB-class media. First commercial-style titles and most fan restorations should start here. Standard is also the profile you use to teach the rest of the toolchain – if Standard will not burn and play cleanly, chasing HQ Plus will only hide the same folder or UDF mistakes under prettier pixels.

LP (Long Play)

Pack longer programmes onto 25 GB blanks (or stretch capacity when you refuse a second disc). Detail and high-motion scenes take the hit first. LP is honest engineering for lectures, long concerts, or archive dumps – label the case so nobody expects HQ Plus sharpness.

Choosing quickly

Measure runtime and whether you need true 8K on-disc.
If ~100 minutes and one 50 GB blank → Standard.
If short and showpiece 8K → HQ Plus.
If long and stuck on 25 GB → LP.
If mid-length with quality priority and larger blanks → HQ.

Batch discipline

Run the profile batch that matches the blank you bought. Confirm file sizes before Menu Maker; oversized HQ Plus outputs will not “fit if we omit the menu.” Multi-resolution discs often keep a hero tier at one profile and lighter 4K/HD companions – the menu must list only what exists. After encode, verify VP9 Profile 2 / Opus with your usual media inspector, then assemble UDF 2.60.

After the burn, spot-check a high-motion scene and a dark static scene at the hero resolution. Profile names will not save a bad master – soft focus stays soft – but they will stop you from promising eighty minutes of HQ Plus on a single 25 GB blank. Log the profile on an internal README next to the ISO so remasters six months later use the same contract.

Profile tables, Video File Maker releases, and the authoring guide live on 8kdvd.hddvd-revived.com. Profiles are capacity tools; use them that way and the red box will match the bits inside.

What you need on the bench

Source master: full-resolution SOURCE.mp4 (7680×4320 when you truly have 8K). Keep HDR10 metadata if the project is HDR.

Video File Maker (V1.0.1 HDR or current GitHub release) with hundreds of GB free on a fast internal drive.

Menu Maker for the HTML navigation layer.

ImgBurn (or equivalent) set to UDF revision 2.60.

Blank BD-R 25 GB / 50 GB, or BD-XL if capacity planning says so – and a burner that can write them.

Windows Player plus a Chromium browser for smoke tests.

Step 1 – Pick a profile before you encode

HQ Plus, HQ, Standard, and LP are capacity contracts, not quality slogans. For a first disc, Standard is the sensible default if you are aiming at a ~100-minute feature on 50 GB-class media. HQ Plus suits short premium 8K demos; LP is for packing longer programmes onto 25 GB. Decide once; do not mix “HQ Plus menu copy” with an LP bitstream.

Step 2 – Encode with Video File Maker

Extract Video File Maker where the batches can write large intermediates.

Place your master where the scripts expect it (follow the release README / authoring guide naming).

Run the SDR or HDR batch that matches your master – do not run HDR scripts on plain SDR hoping for magic.

Optional: prepare anaglyph Source3D.mp4 only if you will ship a 3D menu button.

Confirm outputs are VP9 Profile 2 with Opus as required by the format body of standards.

Step 3 – Build menus

Point Menu Maker at the encoded tiers. Set background art (wide stills work best), title text, and chapter labels. Enable 8K / 4K / HD / 3D links only for files that exist. Export the menu folder into the disc tree beside the media. Open the HTML in Chromium from the hard drive before you burn anything.

Step 4 – Assemble and burn

Collect menu HTML, media, and launchers into one disc root as the authoring guide describes.

In ImgBurn, create an image or write folders with filesystem UDF 2.60, recurse subdirectories, set a sensible volume label.

Burn BD-R/BD-XL at a conservative speed; enable verify.

Play the burn in the Windows Player, then again via the HTML launcher. Switch resolutions once each.

First-disc failure modes

Empty ISO / missing files: rebuild from the assembled folder with UDF 2.60; do not assume a wizard left a good image.

Menu advertises 8K, only HD plays: you linked a missing tier – re-export Menu Maker.

Encode finished, disc won’t fill: wrong profile for runtime; replan bitrate vs blank capacity.

Budget an evening for the first burn even if the encode finished overnight: folder assembly and UDF settings cause more failed discs than codecs. Full living documentation, downloads, and the official authoring guide sit on 8kdvd.hddvd-revived.com. Get one Standard disc working end-to-end before you chase multi-disc HQ Plus box sets.