pyr0ball dc768a8dbb docs: add MkDocs site

14-page documentation site covering installation, quick start,
full config reference, Sonarr/Radarr/qBittorrent/Tdarr integrations,
ffmpeg/HandBrake transcoder setup, SSH transcode workers, disc format
reference, and troubleshooting.

Stack: mkdocs-material 9.x (MIT), pinned <10 to avoid 2.0 licence wall.

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HandBrake

HandBrake is an optional transcoder. Use it instead of ffmpeg when you want to use HandBrake's preset system or its more aggressive subtitle/chapter handling.

Enable HandBrake

DISCARR_TRANSCODER=handbrake

Preset

Specify any preset available in your HandBrake installation:

HANDBRAKE_PRESET=H.265 MKV 1080p30

Common presets

Preset	Resolution	Notes
`H.265 MKV 1080p30`	1080p	Default — good balance
`H.265 MKV 720p30`	720p	Smaller files
`H.265 MKV 576p25`	576p	PAL DVD native
`H.265 MKV 480p30`	480p	NTSC DVD native
`Production Max`	Source	Near-lossless, large files

List all available presets on your system:

HandBrakeCLI --preset-list

Custom presets

Export a preset from HandBrake's GUI, save it to a JSON file, and reference it:

HANDBRAKE_PRESET_FILE=/home/alan/.config/handbrake/my-preset.json
HANDBRAKE_PRESET=My Custom Preset

Subtitle handling

HandBrake handles subtitle tracks more gracefully than ffmpeg for DVD sources — it can burn in forced subtitles automatically. If you have discs with forced subtitle tracks (common for foreign-language scenes), HandBrake is the better choice.

!!! note "ffprobe still required" HandBrake handles encoding, but Discarr still uses ffprobe for disc metadata scanning. Keep ffmpeg/ffprobe installed even when using HandBrake as the transcoder.

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