![]() ![]() In these instances, your video can still be used by deleting the audio track and uploading the corruption-free file(s).ġ) After opening Handbrake and selecting a Source file (see steps 1 - 3, above), click on the 'Audio' tab in the middle of the screen:Ģ) Click on the chevrons associated with the file's audio track:ģ) Select the 'None' option (to set that as the audio that will re-encode with the video file). On occasion, your video files will be fine but an audio corruption might cause an encoding error. Repeat steps 2 & 3 above, but instead of pressing 'Start', press the 'Add To Queue' button.Īfter the files are converted/re-encoded, they're good to upload! Press the 'Open Source' button (in the upper left corner) to locate and select the video you wish to convert/re-encode: If you have other files you want to convert/re-encode, you can 'queue them up' while your first file is running through. When you're ready to re-encode your video file, click on the green 'Start' button in the middle-left of the top of the page. Those changes will be reflected in the 'Display Size' boxes. You can change the output resolution if needed by clicking into the 'Storage Size' fields and entering new values. The resolutions of both the source video as well as the file you'll be creating are listed here. Press the 'Dimensions' tab in the middle of the screen to view the resolution information. The name of the file and the location on your computer that it will be saved to (both are editable) are listed at the very bottom of the screen. The clip info of your Source video file will be displayed at the very top of the window the properties of the file you are re-encoding will be displayed to the left of the video preview window. ![]() Press 'Open' to pull the file into Handbrake to convert/re-encode:ģ) After selecting the video file you wish to convert/re-encode, check all the settings before pressing the 'Start' button to begin re-encoding. If you have more than one file to convert/re-encode, you can build a queue of files that Handbrake will automatically work its way through (see below). You choose one file at a time to convert/re-encode. Time spent re-encoding can MORE than pay for itself in upload time and headache saved.ġ) For ease of locating the files you wish to convert in Handbrake, we recommend placing them on the Desktop first, then opening Handbrake.Ģ) When the program first opens, you'll launch right into it! Navigate through your computer to find the files you wish to convert/re-encode. Re-encoding a video can take some time, but depending on the type of video file you have it can also result in an mp4 file MUCH smaller than - and of comparable quality to - the original. Re-encoding your files is a good option to turn to if:ġ) you're running into frequent 'encoding failure' notifications after uploading your videoĢ) the resolutions or file sizes of the footage you wish to upload are hugeģ) the type of video file you have is unorthodox or unrecognized WHY SHOULD I RE-ENCODE OR CONVERT MY FILES? This article addresses the current version of Handbrake (version 1.1.1 as of this writing). Step by step instructions are listed below, or a good, short 'How-To' video on YouTube can be seen here: (If you receive an "unidentified developer warning" when trying to install Handbrake on your Mac, you can get around that here.) The program 'HANDBRAKE' is a fantastic tool that can be used to convert larger video files to the mp4 format (saving you potentially significant upload time) and address problems with a video clip's resolution or initial encoding. ![]()
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