For anyone disappointed that Handbrake doesn't allow you to specify a final file size and automagically figure out the rest, calculating this is straightforward.<p><pre><code> average bitrate [kbps] = target size [kilobits] ÷ length [seconds]
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Example: You have 2'48" file that you need to be 5GB or less.<p><pre><code> - 2'48" is 10,080s
- 5GB = 40,000,000 kb
- average bitrate = 40,000,000 kb ÷ 10,080s = 3,968 kbps
- If audio is 256 kbps, average video bitrate should be 3,712 kbps or less
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If anyone from the Handbrake team is reading, thank you for all of your work on Handbrake. <3
A while ago even after they've made HB pipeline 10-bit a lot of the filters still remained 8-bit, thus it was easy unknowingly degrade the encoding experience by picking the wrong filter. Think now most (all?) filters are 10-bit capable
HB also had inferior AAC codec in the released version due to FDK-AAC licensing preventing it from being bundled (though might not be an issue now as I've heard the codec isn't that inferior anymore)<p>Are there any big gotchas with the current version of this nice app?
The only gripe that I have with HandbrakeCLI is that it cannot encode input piped into stdin. FFmpeg supports this and I was under the impression that handbrake uses FFmpeg under the hood.
Can anyone ELI5 why Handbrake says they can't implement a "target file size" option?<p>I use an Android video compressor that does this fairly well. But on the FR for this on the Handbrake GH one of the maintainers says it's not really feasible.
Why is there still no simple "limit video X to file size Y" feature? Handbrake thinks I care about some obscure Vimeo preset (of 50) when I really just want a 5gb video file.
I always prefer ffmpeg to HandBrake, except when working on HDR videos.<p>I couldn't find a proper ffmpeg command to copy the HDR metadata from input source to output. Last time I checked it was not possible. I needed to extract the metadata manually (e.g. using MediaInfo), then pass each metadatum as an argument for ffmpeg.<p>Does anyone know if it's still the case?
The release itself[0] would have been a better link.<p>Has the changelog I imagine most want to see.<p>0. <a href="https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.7.0">https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.7.0</a>
I find FastFlix much better personally.<p><a href="https://fastflix.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://fastflix.org/</a>