Tag: Video

  • Video Encoding with HandBrake

    I’ve recently been organizing some of the video files I have and a few of them are larger than I would prefer. It occurred to me that I’m somewhat familiar with HandBrake so I should probably re-encode them. I’ve used HandBrake before but, if I’m being honest, I didn’t really understand what I was doing.…

  • The Wonder that is FFmpeg

    I’ve recently discovered FFmpeg and I’m absolutely blown away how good it is. In the past when I’ve had to encode video I’ve generally used Handbrake but at the end of the day this is just a wrapper over the top of FFmpeg. If you’re willing to learn the commands necessary to drive FFmpeg directly…