How To Use Handbrake Tutorial : The BEST Handbrake Settings & Beginners Guide Walkthrough (2020)

[@Cakedogs]

I found this video trying to learn how to drift my car

[@IgniteCinemas]

SEEMS LEGIT

[@joelstephenson8017]

Lol

[@soum8975]

@@IgniteCinemas xD

[@jonnysolis]

finding a straight-forward video for Handbrake on Mac took a little while. But didn't need to go anywhere after this. Thanks, man.

[@IgniteCinemas]

Thats what im talkin bout! #MacLife had to hold it down for us buddy 🧨

[@EdKidgell]

If Handbrake keeps changing the output size you must set the desired resolution [on the 'Dimensions' tab] then select Custom Cropping and make sure the Top, Left, Bottom and Right are set to 0.

[@user-gh3cr3vu2r]

how do you reccomend changing a 480p to 720 or 1080?

[@sciencetest8]

I can't download with windows 8. Help please.

[@ernestebell1735]

Wow. This was super helpful. Thank you for being "open source" with your knowledge on this one!

[@mozhyj5184]

you are a very good teacher. this is the first youtube comment I've ever written but I had to say this!! Thank you.

[@IgniteCinemas]

Comments like this really fulfill my soul! Thank you for the positivity 💥🧨

[@jewelboxballerina]

Wow! Thanks for the tip! You're a life saver! I am from the Philippines and we don't have the best internet. My only way for uploading more frequently on youtube is to have smaller file sizes.

[@AlaskaTrucker]

Thank you for this video Dotty, I have struggled for years with uploading. The simple, every-day, language and and walk-through that you use in this demonstration make it easy enough for anyone to follow along and create something that they can have pride in. Keep up the good work!

[@szg_creativebank2914]

This is brilliant! The only advice that helped with the compression of my KZbin makeup vids. A million thanks!

[@IgniteCinemas]

Woo hoo! I love hearing it, keep putting out awesome content 🧨

[@rossmoremusiclosangeles2750]

What a great video and tutorial......SO practical.....Most of the time when you seek something out like this, it ends up being complicated , frustrating and just enough gets left out that you never fully understand how to solve your problem. That wasn't the case here. Each step was clear and to the point. You're a great teacher. Thank you SO much for this.......

[@teresavalenza9609]

THANK YOU!!! FINALLY!!! A video that actually worked to reduce the file size for me. And I shot in 1920x1080, with version 1.3.3 and it still did the job. I watched so many videos that didn't work, I was losing my mind. Thanks again!!!

[@sherifbatawy]

I highly suggest changing the framerate settings from variable to constant (CFR) otherwise this will lead to out-of-sync Audio/Video in the video editing software like adope premiere pro if it stays Variable Frame Rate

[@THXIIIRTEEN]

i was about to ask the difference between these two, ty

[@nostoon4332]

That's amazing. Your video is really high quality and you got it down to 50 mb. The problem I have is that my video is very low quality, but I can't seem to get the file size below 1 gb without making the quality even worse.

[@switzonthegreat]

I already know how to use handbreak, but i sent this to a friend b/c they're new to using handbreak, and i started watching the first few seconds to make sure it was 100% legit ez and straight to the point and by default i ended up watching the whole thing from beginning to the end just because the whole flow of your vid-tut was very relaxing and therapeutic, plus you got a great podcast friendly voice, so yeah lol... great tut man! Keep em' going!

[@amyv2838]

Thank you so much! I'm copying over old family home movies from DVD to my external HD. I found Handbrake but had no clue what settings to use. This was super easy to follow even though the current interface is slightly different.

[@sukhjinder71]

Thanks, I can't wait to download this, and reduce my kids hockey games. Great tutorial.

[@maxout7306]

Thank you for your upload. For your favourite movies and archives: As you know re-encoding will always reduce the source definition by a small margin. Also I have found some film distributors don't always achieve a good job in video transfer and video noise is introduced during processing. If one can be bothered it's worth studying the filter section in Handbrake as you can remove noise and sharpen image. Analogue video captures can also be cleaned up by small percentages.

[@davidmusicaz6879]

Thank you so much for this video, you presented in a clear, concise way that was super easy to follow. Thanks!

[@AfoteyAnnum]

Handbrake saved my life a few times. I use Compressor a ton, but Handbrake is a very competent FREE alternative! Great video. I learned some things! #Subscribed

[@nahidwin521]

omg thx so much, it would take 5 hours to upload a 2 min video, I rlly can't thank you enough :D!

[@RowKSky]

Is it true that handbrake can help you get the audio in sync with the video by fixing the frame rate?

[@eddelapena367]

Dope tutorial ! Use to use this when it first cam out. Ran into old files back in the day. I saw a file H.B. Type into KZbin. Saw your channel. Check it out. Like your demo and explanation of your self and your company. Great job keep up the good work. About to check out the rest of your tutorials and website. Peace from Vegas!! Ed

[@IgniteCinemas]

Much love Eddy! It’s all bout the power of video man!

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Good work I edit older animated series’s and upload them to upload for others. Handbrake is my main converter. H.265 10-bit is what I use in my video settings.

[@rakly3473]

it won't let me preserve the resolution When i type in 3840x2160 it just changes it back to 1080p (source is also 4k)

[@steadychaosproductions3376]

I had to change the preset to KZbin HQ 2160p60 4K and then modify from there to get 4K output.

[@ambarrr3273]

Same

[@ronnyb5890]

you must make and name a preset first,then restart the program and load your preset,all your settings will be there,also use h265/HEVC this will make your video substantially smaler,50% smaller then h264,you can also set this preset as your default preset in the options menu,so when you start the program this preset will always load

[@BekBobek]

thank you so much man!, anyway, i can't get 50MB from 900MB, i just got around 300MB, did you compress video that already compressed ?

[@MikeGoodrich]

Hey Jaime, thanks for the great video! 1 quick question: When you changed the bitrate to 2500 did you run the original video through or the one that was only 321 MB? Thanks!

[@ryanmills9719]

Ya I was wondering the same thing because i did the 2500 and it only split the video size in half and it took an hour for a 400mb video

[@ronnyb5890]

great tips,but using a lower bitrate is not the way to go,use h265/HEVC instaid of h264,as the lowered bitrate wil cause fast moving objects in the video to get blurred,also using YADIF for de-interlacing makes the video sharper,that is,if your video was interlaced naturally,this way it makes a progressive scan,combining the two fields together

[@IgniteCinemas]

great tips!

[@ronnyb5890]

@@IgniteCinemas you're welcome

[@ClareceLeona]

Thanks so much! Wish you would’ve showed the shorter bitrate first I already had my big old file in the que- but thanks so much!! Lol

[@GraceFrancisA]

This video explained everything in the most simplest way. This is my third time watching it 🙌

[@abbaschy.9723]

From the settings you suggested,which ones would u recommend changing for 1080p videos? Or,could u tell me a general technique i can follow for video of any resolution (say 480p or 720p)? For example, maybe changing the bitrate to 1000 for 1080p (im just giving an example of what things could be changed for video of different resolution)

[@RCFunhouse]

Very helpful, had no idea where to start with the settings. Thank you.

[@jimmyrigged1292]

Thanks man ...this helped me like u have no idea ....couldn't figure this program out till u came along...thanks again bro ...if u do a more in depth video on editing ect. with this program ..that would be great ...thanks again bro...

[@jbborg]

Thanks SOOO much you have made it clear and easy. Will now try on a video and report back results.

[@febriobarus3707]

Hi Bro, I give this video a big thumbs up. I have got 62 Mb compressed video from the 1.8 GB original size without losing any detail and quality of the video itself. FYI, I work from Windows and on the "video" tab I only changed the Constant Quality to 18 as per your instructions without tick/change the "Avg Bitrate" (by default the value is 0). Terima Kasih from Indonesia.

[@REIGNOFCHIC1]

Thank you for sharing this video! Have you made any changes to this process recently or is your workflow for compressing videos the same?

[@Greenfuego]

thanks for the info. I couldn't figure out why my file size was increasing. guess I watched the "wrong" video, lol.

[@austinjonesvelo6091]

same!

[@JanuszUfamTobie]

I set it up to 2500 bitrate, but It didn't work :( How come?

[@jjjaydenak]

Hi, great video, but i have a question, my compressed video saves as a doc and not a video file, so i cannot open it after compression, what should i do?

[@dtoledanes]

Thank you. I have very old videos of my singing performance. Its very dark and the sound is not so good. Is there anyway we can improve this please.

[@drecool6976]

Just subbed, Thanks im using HandBrake right now.

[@wayneosman8971]

Thank You, for this video, opening my eyes and mind to Handbrake. It seemed fast paced, still, there is much to learn about this software that I would have never known if you didn't make it. Please make more they're really appreciated. P.S ., I Subscribed, clicked the Bell and set it for all your videos.

[@turgutunal3663]

Thx alooot, it would be lovely revise video for 2022 . best.

[@anm3781]

i was almost format my lap for a storage issue. u saved me man! Thank u so fking much!

[@jorgem50]

I tried your method to backup bluray movies and I get errors detected by handbrake and it'll stop encoding. I have tried three different movies and keep getting the same thing. My settings are like yours.

[@mtdouthit1291]

At the beginning under the “Format” tab a checkbox for “Passthru Common Metadata” is checked. Should I leave it checked or uncheck it ?

[@michelaser]

Thanks, Very well explained

[@MillGapFarms]

Great Video! Thanks for posting it, this will be a game changer for us! We live in a part of Virginia where there is no cell service and .54 upload speed... how's that for high speed internet... Thanks again for posting this video!!!!! MGF

[@mdavenpo]

Great video and advice, worked for my project!

[@fryerlawrence]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! You are genius! "Web optimized" check! lol Wurked!

[@Steramell]

soo you guys choose 6k bitrate or 2500 ?

[@jennab2446]

Hey Thankyou so much for this video! I’m new to using computers/software/video all of the rest. I couldn’t see a difference in quality when you showed them all at the end? does that mean that all the settings you explain all keep the same quality you started with? Thanks again x

[@IgniteCinemas]

No problem & yes you are correct. You can only notice if you are nitpicky.

[@blackswann9]

Thanks for this! I got tired of splitting up my online lectures. The largest video my course platform will accept is a 500 MB! Now, I can show short video clips within my lectures and record in presenter mode without worrying about the size of the video. Cheers!

[@IgniteCinemas]

YASSS! That’s a game changer! Let the power of video flourish within your lectures! Keep being awesome & glad this tutorial could help 🧨

[@blackswann9]

IgniteCinemas I did it for the first time yesterday 1.4 gigs went to 370MB. No compromise in quality that I could detect. Thanks again🤘🏾😎

[@VRBeachandTrail]

I'm trying to convert footage shot on GoPro Fusion from 5.6K Cineform to MP4 without visual loss or lower resolution. Have you worked much with 360 footage? I'm trying this application out for the first time right now, but I'm really curious as to which codec I should use and what bitrate I should target. The file I'm currently processing is less than 6 minutes long, but is almost 25gb in size. It's taking awhile to convert I'd also like to know how well the upscaling feature works? Is it worthwhile?

[@nahidwin521]

I tried making the bitrate 2500 like you said in the video but the quality was very bad and noticeable so 800mb from the original 1.91gb vid is pretty good.

[@Aleu]

Mine isn't saving to anywhere. I changed it to save to desktop and it wont appear there :/

[@marcosmos7478]

what version are you using cause it looks different then the one i have, i have version 1.3.3 for windows 10

[@lailasssaaa]

same here, maybe it’s cause he uses a mac

[@uros.u.novakovic]

This looks very helpful! Gonna try it asap. Thanks a lot!

[@Console-gamer]

You should've started with the 2500 bitrate. I had a HUGE file that took 30 minutes to process, which raised my PC temperature to 90 fricking degrees. That means I had to do it all over again

[@MRPARTH-de3ps]

Thankyou Soo much I just got into youtube and started making and uploading videos . The first video which I made and edited and saved with the help of my video editor u was about 1.3 gb a 16 minute video then I decreased the videos quality of the video from Full HD to HD and the video was about 400 MB and as my data pack was 1.5 GB a day it was a night mare but now I can compress my videos without losing the quality

[@theoriginalbrownniinn7330]

How do you keep the quality

[@lndlcy]

Have you got handbrake settings for 2022 or is it the same settings you used in this tutorial please

[@levyam2]

Thanks for this great new tutorial. Any advice for when an iPhone made video is out of sync ( When the audio drifts as the clip goes on..) ? Should we leave the 'Constant Framerate' checked and then save it ? Thats what some have suggested on line. Any input from you please?

[@bunnybabybevytv6434]

This video is exactly what I needed! Thank you #IgniteCinemas

[@IreneYoungFoto]

Thank you. Well done. Why variable frame rate, instead of constant? Have you ever experienced synch drift?

[@IgniteCinemas]

Thanks! Great question and honestly I split test both often. Usually variable frame rate for shorter videos. I think I encountered drifting once & restarted computer and tried again

[@ainsenwaldpromotions420]

Thannnnkkkssss very good tutorial

[@ValerieOpdam]

Hey! Thanks a lot for this video. I have a question; even though I use all the settings and the 2500 bitrate it takes a very long time. Not 1,5 minutes as you said in the video, what am I doing wrong?

[@pastoryoda2789]

i wasn’t gonna listen to this guy but as soon as i found out he knew he does this for a living i started paying attention lol

[@paztalham6258]

A movie I did just saves as "file" and it seems plex isn't able to find it, should I wait half a day and handbrake it again to see if that works or would there be a way to rename it so Plex can find it?

[@kevbidgood]

Jamie - Ditto to other comments. So helpful for making a work recording fit the

[@snowspilll]

hi i have a problem, my video is supposed to be at 1080 x 1080 but it changes the format in handbrake to 828 x 1068 and whenever i try to change it, it changes back to 828 x 1068

[@dausudake]

thank you

[@dreamspinner3mn]

How do you select more than one file to convert at a time without having to reopening each file individually?

[@yusranextlevel]

thx now i can transfer my hyunjin edits to my phone

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[@1funcar]

This looks like the tool I need. I have a BIG (19gb) AVI file on my 2017 iMac running Monterey 12.1 that I want to convert to MP4. Do you happen to have a tutorial on this type of project that also shows how to compress the file size if I want to?

[@user-lf7dj1sg1z]

Well if it lowers the size and uploads it to youtube all the time was lowered in youtube, will be added in handbrake encoding

[@markjasonbrigola3432]

Hello. I tried to change the quality into 4k but it’s not accepting the numbers that I’m inputting. Any insight why ? Ty

[@kushseti8842]

How do you select multiple videos in Open source? I have a bunch of videos on my gopro I need to do. Is it possible to do multiple videos at once?

[@lovemesomeofyall]

Thank you. I love that you walked us through the process making it look easy - breaking it down in bitesize bits.

[@nixokeyyyy]

hello so my video streches and becomes very long but the audio is still as fast as it was before yk can pls help me

[@TommyMarcinek]

Excellent video!! Thanks for doing this!! Tom

[@emmaskystalker1071]

You're the Best! Thanks a million!

[@Maorifpv]

Thank you I will try this converter on my videos to avoid KZbin making my videos look horrible

[@nelsonbellamy3778]

Dankie Sani thank you Sir 💐🌶️🏆

[@DangerDavefpv]

Need help so handbrake is to convert file size but when I watch on laptop quality bad but is that till I export exit to KZbin? I'm worried quality is same as video is finished in handbrake? Let me know please it's fpv drone footage hero 10 2.7k 60 flat color

[@herscheljackson9384]

What a superb video! Thank you for your expertise.

[@twinklingstar3372]

Great useful video to learn this program. Any advice for making resized videos for Powerpoint Presentations to use in a classroom? Thank you.

[@ernieyoungblood6673]

Thanks for the tutorial, my song video has been on hold for release while I figured out how to compress. Any specific recommends for music video reduction?

[@tcalzuolo]

great vide. Is there a way to preview what the file size is going to be before rendering? Final Cut Pro tells you what size the video will be before rendering. I am trying to not have to re-compress if the files is still too large. thank you in advance

[@MrGordonsweden]

Wow. Great tutorial. Very well done! Simple and easy to follow :-)

[@Sjrick]

There is only one issue i have with Handbrake and its driving me nuts. Im ripping a wedding video i shot years ago. The ceremony ripped fine. The reception is 1 hr 50 min. However the program only ripped 1hr and 30 min. It cut off the last 20 min. How do i get around this ?

[@karandev9316]

Is there a particular reason why you don't use x265? I read that it reduces file sizes significantly while retaining quality.

[@gadangfawwaz6389]

Yes, it will compress more smaller size. But the problem is not any device support that x265 codec, maybe 3 or 5 years later ppl will use this codec or x266 (more smaller than x265).

[@xx3868]

Specials Extras?- I grab the whole folder and HB makes a perfect movie in MP4 - thats ok inc normal and commentary tracks but where are the extras? as i grabbed all files in that folder, so what happened to them?? How do i include them like they appeared on the DVD?

[@lndlcy]

Could I use 1080p even if I filmed in 4k ..my fcpx file size is huge it's a two hour long film that I want to upload to KZbin. so would I be best in have it compressed in handbrake as a 1080p file please

[@lavievintagerose]

How to increase the video audio? I don't see a Source tab in Audio.

[@lyndazager2101]

I just started to learn how to use Handbrake and got a message Errors detected whist trying to read source. What do I do?

[@user-HagaiEitanOfficial]

How do I reduce a video shot in 4k in 16:9 dimensions, but in editing I exported it in 9:16 and now I want to reduce it to fit WhatsApp, that is, up to 64 megabits? Thanks

[@XxxcloackndaggerxxX]

What do you use for fade in and fade out, also can you insert anything as in editing? or is that a separate piece of software?

[@insanegnyc]

I appreciate you bruh

[@IgniteCinemas]

Nah I appreciate you 💥🧨

[@pinchisancho9551]

Hi, there and thank you Jaime Garza for sharing how to use Handbrake. Question for you if you able to show if it is possible to do using this software on how to Merge all files together as opposed to separate individual files?

[@AmbersKnight]

I love using handbrake for shrinking down files I have made to upload them to KZbin but I am sad that the recent version has removed a lot of the features of handbrake such as watching video streams and recording desktop streams and so on. I wonder why they removed those features?

[@scottdupont2973]

Thank you... VERY Helpful info! :)

[@HunterWadeMusic]

Huh. Thanks man. I learned something Still, I'm shocked this didn't include anything on the filters. This may need a title shift considering you're not using the most valuable part of this freeware. Maybe "best settings for compression only." ✌️💚