[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":281},["ShallowReactive",2],{"en-post-92":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":262,"extension":274,"meta":275,"navigation":276,"path":277,"seo":278,"stem":279,"__hash__":280},"content/post/92.md","92",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":261},"minimark",[9,14,18,27,31,61,65,92,96,156,162,166,194,198,211,215,222,226,232,236,246,252],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-is-handbrake","What Is HandBrake",[15,16,17],"p",{},"HandBrake is a free, open source video transcoder that converts almost any video format into modern formats you can play on many devices. It is released under the GNU GPL v2 license and runs on Windows 10 and later, macOS, and Linux. In plain terms, your DVD and Blu ray backups, camera footage, or large downloaded videos can all be compressed and converted into MP4 (H.264 or H.265) or MKV, so you can store them on a drive and watch them later, or play them directly on a TV or phone.",[15,19,20,21,26],{},"If your main work is screen recording and stream editing, take a look at ",[22,23,25],"a",{"href":24},"/post/64/","What Is OBS Studio and How to Use It",". That app pairs well with HandBrake: one captures the footage, the other shrinks the resulting big files. The division of labor is clear.",[10,28,30],{"id":29},"key-features","Key Features",[32,33,34,38,41,44,47,50,53],"ul",{},[35,36,37],"li",{},"Format conversion. Common video sources turn into MP4 or MKV containers, with encoders like H.264, H.265 (HEVC), and AV1.",[35,39,40],{},"Hardware acceleration. It supports Intel Quick Sync, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD VCE, and Apple VideoToolbox, which take a clear load off the CPU.",[35,42,43],{},"Presets. Built in presets target specific devices and quality levels, so you pick one and get a compatible output without tuning a pile of parameters.",[35,45,46],{},"Subtitles and chapters. You can add embedded or soft subtitles and keep chapter markers, which makes jumping around long videos easier.",[35,48,49],{},"Filters. Deinterlacing, denoising, sharpening, cropping, and scaling are all included.",[35,51,52],{},"Batch queue. You can line up multiple jobs and process them one after another, which is handy for leaving the machine to work overnight.",[35,54,55,56,60],{},"Command line. It ships ",[57,58,59],"code",{},"HandBrakeCLI"," for automated transcoding, good for scripting batch work.",[10,62,64],{"id":63},"how-to-install","How to Install",[66,67,68,75,82,89],"ol",{},[35,69,70,71,74],{},"Open the official download page ",[57,72,73],{},"https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php",".",[35,76,77,78,81],{},"In the Windows section pick according to your CPU. Intel or AMD processors use ",[57,79,80],{},"Download installer (.exe)","; Qualcomm ARM64 machines pick the matching package. There is also a portable ZIP if you want no install.",[35,83,84,85,88],{},"The current stable version is 1.11.2. Double click the ",[57,86,87],{},".exe"," and follow the wizard to finish.",[35,90,91],{},"After install, launch HandBrake from the Start menu.",[10,93,95],{"id":94},"how-to-use-it","How to Use It",[66,97,98,105,116,127,130,149],{},[35,99,100,101,104],{},"Choose a source. Click ",[57,102,103],{},"Open Source"," to select a video file, a folder, or a DVD device.",[35,106,107,108,111,112,115],{},"Pick a preset. In the ",[57,109,110],{},"Presets"," panel on the right, choose a target such as ",[57,113,114],{},"Fast 1080p30",", which suits 1080p video well.",[35,117,118,119,122,123,126],{},"Set output. In ",[57,120,121],{},"Summary"," choose the format (MP4 or MKV), then go to ",[57,124,125],{},"Video"," to adjust the encoder and quality. A lower RF value means higher quality and a larger file, so beginners can leave it alone at first.",[35,128,129],{},"Add subtitles and filters. Use the matching tabs to configure subtitles, cropping, and scaling.",[35,131,132,133,136,137,140,141,144,145,148],{},"Start encoding. Set the ",[57,134,135],{},"Save As"," path and click ",[57,138,139],{},"Start Encode",". For multiple files, use ",[57,142,143],{},"Add to Queue"," first, then ",[57,146,147],{},"Start Queue"," to run them together.",[35,150,151,152,155],{},"Command line example. ",[57,153,154],{},"HandBrakeCLI -i input.mkv -o output.mp4 -e x264 --preset \"Fast 1080p30\""," runs one transcode from a terminal.",[15,157,158,159,161],{},"A practical way to think about it: a 4K clip from your phone can run several gigabytes, awkward to send over WeChat or upload to cloud storage, and ",[57,160,114],{}," brings it down to 1080p at roughly half the size with barely visible loss. The same flow works for old DVDs you want on a NAS. Just remember HandBrake works on video files already copied to your computer. It will not read protected disc content for you.",[10,163,165],{"id":164},"things-to-watch","Things to Watch",[32,167,168,175,178,181,184,187],{},[35,169,170,171,174],{},"Safe sources. Download only from ",[57,172,173],{},"handbrake.fr",", the official GitHub, or Flathub. Modified third party builds may carry malware, so don't grab them from random sites for convenience.",[35,176,177],{},"Verify downloads. Compare the checksum and OpenPGP signature published on the site to confirm the package was not tampered with.",[35,179,180],{},"No stream ripping. HandBrake does not copy from protected discs or streaming services. It transcodes local files, not rips them.",[35,182,183],{},"Hardware encoders. Using NVENC or Quick Sync needs the matching driver and support, or it falls back to CPU encoding, which is noticeably slower.",[35,185,186],{},"Compliance. Transcode and back up only videos you have the legal right to. Don't run material you are not authorized to handle.",[35,188,189,190,193],{},"Audio passthrough. The default may re-encode the audio track. If you want to keep the original sound, pick a ",[57,191,192],{},"Passthru"," mode in the Audio tab to save time and avoid quality loss. Check that audio is still present in the output so you don't end up with a silent file.",[10,195,197],{"id":196},"download","Download",[32,199,200,205],{},[35,201,202,203],{},"Official download ",[57,204,73],{},[35,206,207,208],{},"GitHub repository ",[57,209,210],{},"https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake",[10,212,214],{"id":213},"official-site","Official Site",[32,216,217],{},[35,218,219],{},[57,220,221],{},"https://handbrake.fr/",[10,223,225],{"id":224},"getting-started","Getting Started",[15,227,228,229,231],{},"When you first install it, don't rush to tweak a stack of parameters. Get comfortable with the ",[57,230,114],{}," preset first, since it already balances quality and size, and most 1080p videos lose little visible detail after. Try an RF value between 20 and 23; lower is sharper but larger, so find the level you can accept. Make sure hardware acceleration is on, because even integrated graphics on a laptop saves a lot of time. For batch work, queue the jobs first and run them together, then walk away and let it finish. Between MKV and MP4, pick MKV for pure archiving and MP4 when you need compatibility with older TVs or car players. For your first real job, compress a short clip first, check the size and quality, then settle on the final settings. That is safer than pointing it at a whole movie on the first run.",[10,233,235],{"id":234},"faq","FAQ",[15,237,238,242,243,245],{},[239,240,241],"strong",{},"My file got bigger after converting?","\nMost likely the RF value is too low, or the source was already heavily compressed. Check the RF in ",[57,244,125],{}," and move it toward 22, and confirm the encoder is H.265, which is more efficient. If the source came from a tight streaming rip, a second pass helps little and only blurs the picture.",[15,247,248,251],{},[239,249,250],{},"Can HandBrake handle DVD and Blu ray?","\nIt can process the video files on a local disc, provided the disc is not copy protected. It does not break protection, so for those discs you need a separate lawful way to extract the content first, then hand it to HandBrake.",[15,253,254,257,258,260],{},[239,255,256],{},"How do I batch transcode from the command line?","\nFollow the pattern ",[57,259,154],{}," and swap the input, output, and preset for your own. Wrap it in a shell loop to process a whole folder, which suits users with a fixed workflow.",{"title":262,"searchDepth":263,"depth":263,"links":264},"",2,[265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272,273],{"id":12,"depth":263,"text":13},{"id":29,"depth":263,"text":30},{"id":63,"depth":263,"text":64},{"id":94,"depth":263,"text":95},{"id":164,"depth":263,"text":165},{"id":196,"depth":263,"text":197},{"id":213,"depth":263,"text":214},{"id":224,"depth":263,"text":225},{"id":234,"depth":263,"text":235},"md",{},true,"/post/92",{"description":262},"post/92","s7quvo3fu-wxPoTDbbPkMOswqx3V9RsXfO3d9IGSjIs",1794378304391]