A great free, Open source Video Transcoder, Handbrake

[transmaster]

Found a great video transcoder. "HandBrake" it does everything you could want with such a utility. Batch transcoding, multiple formats. You can change the quality up to 1080P, or reduce it to save file space. It is available in macOS, Windows, Linux, and more.

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

 

[BrianBaughn]

Yep…it's good. Search the threads here for "handbrake" and you'll get 500 results from just the last couple of years.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Found a great video transcoder. "HandBrake" it does everything you could want with such a utility. Batch transcoding, multiple formats. You can change the quality up to 1080P, or reduce it to save file space. It is available in macOS, Windows, Linux, and more.

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

Wow... Handbrake has been around for almost 20 years now...

 

[phrehdd]

Handbrake is great for compressing and conversion. However, not the greatest if you want to match compression or do less compression. If things have changed, please let me know.

I prefer lossless conversions unless I am converting for something like video for iPhone or possibly iPad.

 

[forever_music]

Handbrake is great for compressing and conversion. However, not the greatest if you want to match compression or do less compression. If things have changed, please let me know.

I prefer lossless conversions unless I am converting for something like video for iPhone or possibly iPad.

Can you recommend a better software for transcoding video lossless and optimizado for Apple arm Silicon?

 

[phrehdd]

Can you recommend a better software for transcoding video lossless and optimizado for Apple arm Silicon?

well first, you have to mention the format you are starting with and what you would like to end up with and whatever other measures you require.

 

[Boomhowler]

ffmpeg is compiled for apple Arm, it is extremely powerful but it has a learning curve.

 

[Basic75]

ffmpeg is compiled for apple Arm, it is extremely powerful but it has a learning curve.

Doesn't Handbrake use ffmpeg behind the scenes?

 

[galad]

Some parts of FFmpeg, primarily the demuxers and the decoders, but it's not FFmpeg, and especially it's not the ffmpeg cli.

 

[bogdanw]

Free:
Shutter Encoder https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/#downloads
Avidemux https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html

 

[forever_music]

ffmpeg is compiled for apple Arm, it is extremely powerful but it has a learning curve.

well first, you have to mention the format you are starting with and what you would like to end up with and whatever other measures you require.

That is the question.

I'm learning to make family videos using iMovie (videos obtained from my smartphone with good quality). After that, I need convert the video to a format with the best quality and smaller size (the quality is very important for me and with a size not too big).

Handbrake has too many options and parameters.

Is there an application mor euser/mac friendly and more easy to use?.

 

[phrehdd]

That is the question.

I'm learning to make family videos using iMovie (videos obtained from my smartphone with good quality). After that, I need convert the video to a format with the best quality and smaller size (the quality is very important for me and with a size not too big).

Handbrake has too many options and parameters.

Is there an application mor euser/mac friendly and more easy to use

You may want to go to Youtube and do a search for both .mov file conversion to mp4 (or similar file format) and also easy video editor for mac.

If you want a quick sample of converting .mov files to mp4 you might check out the adobe site under "express." You can get a free sample of conversion by just signing in with your Apple or other log in. They also have projects which include making videos. While I am not a super fan of Adobe as a company, they do have some impressive software to work with.

Honestly, there are way too many out there and as you desire, you want something you find easy enough to use. Corel, Apple Final Cut, Adobe, Roxio, freeware, Divinci Resolve (?),

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

That is the question.

I'm learning to make family videos using iMovie (videos obtained from my smartphone with good quality). After that, I need convert the video to a format with the best quality and smaller size (the quality is very important for me and with a size not too big).

Handbrake has too many options and parameters.

Is there an application mor euser/mac friendly and more easy to use?.

I encourage you to give Handbrake another look. It has one-click presets, so you could select as little as a single preset on every home movie load and then begin the process of making your final file. It's really great for what you want to do.

If you want to dig in a little deeper, you can learn to tweak a few things in a default profile and save it as your own custom profile. Then just select it every time you want to make a finalized movie. That would be:

1. "open source (video) file (your edited iMovie file),
2. select preset,
3. "start" and then just let it do its thing.

On conclusion, you should have a high quality video at relatively small file size. It is really great for this purpose.

I use it for exactly that often (except I'm editing home movies in FCPX). But the simple 3-step process is exactly the same as I just described.

Handbrake details (a variety of individual settings you could tweak) do involve some potential learning but the online tutorials are pretty good and you can dig in as deep as you want... or not. If you want it to be "for dummies" simple, their default presets are quite good. Try a few to find the right balance of quality vs. file size and potentially just go with that.

 

[forever_music]

I encourage you to give Handbrake another look. It has one-click presets, so you could select as little as a single preset on every home movie load and then begin the process of making your final file. It's really great for what you want to do.

If you want to dig in a little deeper, you can learn to tweak a few things in a default profile and save it as your own custom profile. Then just select it every time you want to make a finalized movie. That would be:

1. "open source (video) file (your edited iMovie file),
2. select preset,
3. "start" and then just let it do its thing.

On conclusion, you should have a high quality video at relatively small file size. It is really great for this purpose.

I use it for exactly that often (except I'm editing home movies in FCPX). But the simple 3-step process is exactly the same as I just described.

Handbrake details (a variety of individual settings you could tweak) do involve some potential learning but the online tutorials are pretty good and you can dig in as deep as you want... or not. If you want it to be "for dummies" simple, their default presets are quite good. Try a few to find the right balance of quality vs. file size and potentially just go with that.

Thanks a lot for your advice.

I have been using Handbrake for a long time and I usually use default presets to work and to convert my home videos made with iMovie.

 

[KaliYoni]

(videos obtained from my smartphone with good quality). After that, I need convert the video to a format with the best quality and smaller size (the quality is very important for me and with a size not too big).

I may have misread your post but if video resolution/quality is most important to you, you should shoot at the highest resolution possible. The more data an editor or a convertor has to work with, the better. No post-production software can truly replace images that weren't captured in the first place.

 

[forever_music]

I may have misread your post but if video resolution/quality is most important to you, you should shoot at the highest resolution possible. The more data an editor or a convertor has to work with, the better. No post-production software can truly replace images that weren't captured in the first place.

Yes, I think the same.

Do you use Motion (app of Apple) to work and to convert videos and for post-production?