How to Compress Video Without Losing Quality

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How to Compress Video Without Losing Quality | Handbrake Tutorial

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Kevin Stratvert

Күн бұрын

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@211sweetypie Жыл бұрын

Wow! This is the video you’re looking for. No fast talking, just slow and detailed instructions that clear to understand. Thanks a million Kev. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@londontvtraining Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation, great speed, great video/audio quality, great lighting and clear shots, no fancy opening to the video, and on top of that no annoying/unnecessary background music. Thank you for your professional production.

@cerirees2238 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Kevin. I think I can say that this video has been more beneficial to me than just about anything else I've seen on KZfaq. Wonderful!

@immanuelreynold9755 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, i have been using Handbrake but you enlightened me to more features i haven't tried, thanks Kevin

@willwill1738 2 жыл бұрын

Succinct and to the point, down to earth explanation without nagging comments. A good instructor knows how to convey information.😇

@Capture_Preserve_and_Share 2 жыл бұрын

I've been using handbrake but now I can do more setting choices with your tutorial video. Thanks Kevin, you are truly an expert in your field.

@Mrtrunks Ай бұрын

2 Years later and this video is still helping people, Thanks going give it a try now

@zilliongadzillion Жыл бұрын

Brilliant - I was able to reduce a file from 2.66 Gigabytes to .371 GB without noticeable loss of quality - thank you Handbrake developers and thank you Kevin, for explaining so well that I was able to achieve this quickly after struggling for hours without you!!

@icevet 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video, not too long and goes over the main points without wasting time. Thanks!

@lomahtw 2 жыл бұрын

totally agreed. clear, time is just right, main functions explained. very impressive.

@naalsocomment9449 9 ай бұрын

wrong title... it says nothing about how to maintain quality but only explains how to use Handbrake

@Specialist1Aim 7 ай бұрын

KZfaq basically

@heyimskar 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@mjanjo.com254 6 ай бұрын

You didn't follow the tutorial right...the video does not loose quality at hand break

@naalsocomment9449 6 ай бұрын

@@mjanjo.com254 I skipped throught the video again. There is absolutely no information that would help a new user of Handbrake to find the best speed/quality setting. The video just goes throught the UI and reads out loud the tooltips. To summarize the 10 minute video: use default settings, read tooltips, if you want to tune the conversion: have fun to figure it out yourself. He didn't even say basics like how much do different presets impact speed & quality. In contrary, about resolution he says: lower = less space. Like it would not impact quality at all. Or that increasing resolution does not improve quality. I think the only time when he talks about image quality is when he says: 'the slider controls quality, left lower quality, right higher quality'

@Specialist1Aim 6 ай бұрын

Handbrake is nice, you need to adjust the settings, though

@Ciolan12 2 ай бұрын

i never make comments on youtube videos but this one is worth it. clear, thorough explanation of everything you wanted to know about handbrake, not fast and confusing like a lot of videos... excellent

@caspiansfriend 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent training video! And your timing (for me) could not have been better. Recently I have been running up against this very issue: video file sizes that are too large, yet I need to maintain decent quality. This is perfect!

@ItsJustGilly Жыл бұрын

What an incredibly well done video! You explained all the basics in such good detail. Thank you

@Kaisby03 Жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin, I already use Handbrake so I am quite familiar with the controls and general UI. So in watching this tutorial I just wanted to see what you would focus on as the "important bits" of the program...given your topic. Well done mate. As usual, you did not disappoint! Harry

@patryklason3108 Жыл бұрын

Please help me how to reduce the size and resolution of ten files at once. So how to proceed when queuing???

@hgpatel 2 жыл бұрын

Although I already using Handbrake, this tutorial was very much needed. Thank you Kevin. 🙏

@pinkfloydandsydbarretttour5569 Жыл бұрын

Kevin, you are a fountain of knowledge. This is the second video of yours I have used today and both have solved a big problem. Just subscribed to your channel. Video reduced from 204 to 69 MB and worked fine on Facebook with 265 coding.

@selvappriyaabhavaanee117 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot to you, Mr.Kevin Stratvert! Indeed a timely assistance in our daily works. We have been doing somewhat a roundabout job to cut the size of our videos to desirable size with some loss in quality. Your straight forward and simple method is of great help to us. Hands-on-Expertise Speaks volumes, when it comes to Computer Software! Very true in your efforts to impart the vast amount of practical knowledge you acquired! Congratulations!

@grahamwalker484 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin is an excellent trainer..I always choose to watch his video's as he explains everything so well.. Well done Kevin...

@dennisfinnan1200 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I use this to compress our church Sunday video of usually 7 GB to about 2-3 GB at the most. Great without loss of viewing quality. Thank you!

@alcarlson2309 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Your videos are my "go to" for learning any new tech.

@lindap6006 Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal video. Kevin speaks clearly and makes everything easy to understand. Top-notch communicator and teacher. Kudos!!

@javersongoulartfilho9439 Ай бұрын

I have used Handbrake for many years but never took the time to see what else this program does, always choosing web optimized. Thanks for the detailed explanation!

@0AThijs 3 ай бұрын

Going from 1580 videos each ~200 Mb to each ~20mb is such a life saver! Thank you!

@mariamaissatomansaray4665 2 жыл бұрын

From Sierra Leone. I have benefited a lot from your tuitorials... God bless you abundantly...

@fun2follow.u 2 жыл бұрын

wow, this tool is useful as i manage to downsize a 1.5gb video to 141mb . the quality of the video and the sound is still good. though I choose 'veryslow' on the encode preset, the time to convert is still reasonably fast. thank you Kevin for sharing

@KG_530 Жыл бұрын

I learned how to to use Handbrake to more in depth you broke everything down quick and straight to the point, Thanks a lot 👌⭐️

@maajiumarmustapha 2 жыл бұрын

I have it on my system for sometime now but with this tutorial I will make use of it frequently. Thanks for the update.

@mortenhake 5 ай бұрын

I'v used Handbrake for many years, but I forget between each time I use it, so I always have to google for a long time to find best presets for Compressing a Video Without Losing Quality. Finally someone made a thorough video explaining this. Thank you sir. You've got a like! (and a keyword-comment ;)

@justinchan7844 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I didn’t know we can do so much! My lunch time was good to watch this! Thanks Kevin, as always!

@iwannatestifyy Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent tutorial. Not too fast, not too slow. I love the way you speak, by the way. Thank you so much.

@haddadth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.. I was trying to downsize a video last week with other sw.. ended up making it bigger!

@billp1619 2 жыл бұрын

I love the William Shatner approach to explaining your videos. It is not just informative but also entertaining.

@yvesgysel9834 2 жыл бұрын

I used handbrake a lot in the past to encode DVD's on my hardrive. Depending on your hardware and settings it could take a while, but it's amazing software. One of my favorite software, together with schrink.

@larrycalvery2857 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin, I too recently started using Handbrake to convert the format of videos to use with DaVinci Resolve. good to know I can use in this way as well! Really enjoying your channel!

@patricksamuels9845 2 ай бұрын

I have been using handbrake for some time now. Especially good for saving space and making clips easily available to watch. Sometimes the size gets reduced to less than 10% with minimum quality loss. Excellent tool

@user-gt3xo8hw1k 20 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I found out from chat GPT. I needed to learn how to use this, so thanks alot Kevin. Your channel is awesome! I'm learning a lot.

@mrscyz 2 жыл бұрын

This has got to be the clearest tutorial of any software on youtube, well done

@salysheeze821 Жыл бұрын

One additional thing Kevin didn't mention. You can choose seconds range instead of chapter and decode just one fragment of a video from where you want

@finestreviews 2 жыл бұрын

you're my best teacher ever! stay healthy and safe!

@MisterTanner Жыл бұрын

I needed to take a 230 MB (2 minute) video and shrink it down to be able to send it to an insurance company BECAUSE they (Allstate) would accept the video from "Google drive"; they claimed it was third party. This software allowed me to bring it down to 14 MB and therefore accepted. I used the presets you suggested and increase the setting "slower" under the video tab. Worked great!!

@paulclegg-wells Жыл бұрын

Excellent, clear explanation. Saved me a whole load of work as my client wanted 29 x 1080p videos scaled down in size to 720p. Bulk edited them adding them to the queue, then hit start. Job Done. Thank you.

@m27238 26 күн бұрын

How to use QUEUE?

@EnglishLearnersHere 2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your videos! Learning a lot from them!

@tombrooks-theempoweredacto7252 3 ай бұрын

Kevin - I've watched several of these for Handbrake, and yours is the best. Thank you for the useful and concise explanations. You rock!

@bunx2021 Жыл бұрын

It might be worth noting that if you want to speed up the encoding process you'll want a beefy GPU, especially if you really want a great compression with high quality fast, such as slowest encoder preset with 25 constant quality. Consider sending large video files to someone you can trust who has a stronger GPU for the compression. of course Video Encoder play's a huge roll in speed and precision but I'd recommend H.264 NVEnc as its fastest out of all H.264s and universally most supported unlike it's cousin H.265. As an almost daily user of this powerful software I am happy it reduced my 120GB footage into 15Gbs

@zigaudrey Жыл бұрын

The tool that every youtuber should have! Uploading videos was such a pain back then! We used to let it light up during night. Imagine the noise.

@evesemergence 2 жыл бұрын

This is perfect!!! I took the slower route! It took a couple up hours but I was able to upload to the software of my choosing!! Thank you so much! God bless you! 😊

@pennybode1099 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it. I have been using this software but you definitely showed some added features that I didn’t know. Well done.

@solvereadingproblemswithph9070 8 ай бұрын

Your video was the only one that showed a closeup of the HandBrake options. All other's videos were small and unreadable. Thank you. Waiting on encoding to finish.

@dondamon443 11 ай бұрын

Been using Handbrake for several years now. It is my "go to" app for video encoding. I would like to point out on the audio portion, you can not upgrade your audio. Such as going from stereo to 5.1. Only down side. Thanks for the comprehensive video.

@matthewlee6048 9 ай бұрын

Great job! I've used Handbrake in the past... but just upgraded computer and needed a refresher. Your "Preset" explanation was perfect! Using that now! Was able to take 5.56GB to 642mb without (noticeable) loss of quality! Thanks for the help!

@MikhailKalashnikovMiG 5 ай бұрын

Really good detailed explanation. I've been using Handbrake for a long time but I never really bothered to find out what the various options did until now. Saves me a lot more space knowing about the video encoder!

@TheTimeProphet 5 ай бұрын

I do wish Handbrake would give you an estimated filesize before I start the encoding process.

@frankv7051 Жыл бұрын

SO HAPPY I found you, ALMOST run out of space on my back up. Then was told about this HANDBRAKE SO I gave it a look. FANTASTIC !! BEST part was your explanation of how to use it was SO GOOD and not rushed so easy to follow what you were explaining .. THANK you so much I am now getting more room on my Portable STORAGE / BACK - UP !! .. 🙋‍♂😁

@hazemtawfik556 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and highly informative video. The picture quality is great and the narration is precise and easy to follow. Selecting one of the preset selections is much easier than going through selecting different parameters individually

@daftfunk Жыл бұрын

how much time does it takes to encode a movie?

@thatonenon-uniqueindividual Жыл бұрын

@@daftfunk that depends on many factors like your computer's hardware the size of the movie It's length it's frame right and many other things

@user-oe2dd6sm4w 10 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin, This is the best description on any subject I haver seen on the internet. Thanks for the advice. All The Best Ian

@marlin490 2 жыл бұрын

This is like magic. The file size is much smaller and I cannot see any drop in quality. Thanks.

@peterschmidt9942 2 жыл бұрын

It also depends on what the video style is whether you choose x264 or x265. x265 is great for higher definition video files like 1080p or above. If it's a smaller file, grainy or high motion - x264 might be a better option as x265 uses bigger blocks of compression so may look more pixelated than x264 on smaller resolutions. One thing you have to watch with Handbrake is that you add all available audio tracks as it doesn't always do that - Especially for music orientated videos (like concerts). There's so many settings in handbrake I always forget about the preview option!

@brittany131 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jeromemorin9352 Жыл бұрын

True, x265 is more intended for 4k resolulution. For lower resolutions, the quality may vastly vary and sometimes be really not that great, though the file size is usually way smaller. And, as mentionned in the video, compatibility can with devices/services can also be an issue.

@peterschmidt9942 Жыл бұрын

@@jeromemorin9352 X265 isn't intended for lower than 4K, but generally works just as well. It's better if you're starting from a higher res format to begin with. For example your converting from 4K to 1080p x265 or lower. The file sizes can be smaller than something converted from 1080p to 720p x265 because of the efficiency. As for compatibility, lots of devices have the ability to play x265 these days. If you have an older TV it might be an issue.

@AbsurdScandal Жыл бұрын

@@peterschmidt9942 Wait, so if the source file is 720p and I want to keep the quality at 720p, would the compressed file preserve the 720p quality if I use x265? Or would x264 be better for preserving it?

@peterschmidt9942 Жыл бұрын

@@AbsurdScandal Regardless of what compression you use, you're still going to have 720p resolution. However the resultant video file may look better depending which one you use and what the source is. You need to try both and decide for yourself which looks better. You tend to find if you use a higher quality source like 1080p or 4K to 720p using x265 will give better compression than if you just used 720p source and used x265.

@leocatz Жыл бұрын

I've used handbrake for many years now. I'm glad to see they've finally updated the interface to make it easier to use without so much need to keep going into settings. Great video. However, I do feel more acknowledgement that most setting that result in smaller file sizes will typically also reduce the video quality (although these days perhaps not as dramatically as in the past) would be helpful. Also that video encoding is a resource intensive task... and large files can take quite a bit of time. And, running HB may impact performance of the machine and it's availability for other tasks while encoding is occurring, especially if using CPU encoding.

@HardRockMiner 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is filled with stuff I can use. GOOD JOB !

@ck1416 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, will definitely give this a try. Until now, I have been using youtube to decrease my video file size, need more steps and time

@plasticelephant1969 2 жыл бұрын

I've used handbrake before, but now I know more about it, really useful tool, Love it.

@official_NelsonR Жыл бұрын

Thank-you so very much for you tutorial on this, I learned a lot.

@MrSolfreeman2 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou. Just downloaded for Mac and giving it a try. Worked well on a 15sec MP4. went from 30meg to 5meg. No noticeable quality loss. impressive. I was using Movavi but this looks more powerful.

@auradzrts691 2 жыл бұрын

Always love your content, helping me alot. Thank you

@albertdesalvo7273 7 ай бұрын

If there was ever an award for the most sublime tutorialist, Kevin would win hands down every time. His calm and clear delivery ensures all information imparted is fully absorbed and remembered. Sub'd & Voted👍😎

@carlthornton5661 4 ай бұрын

As always, Kevin is the go to guy for anything tech. Nailed it! THX

@KevinStratvert 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the note, Carl!

@mickyalberta3484 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kevin! The video was due online tonight and it had to be under 50 mg and was 62. This did the trick and I could not have done it without your guidance.

@NLPTraining2024 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! So helpful. I've watched your video so many times!

@ravenme1174 Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for this tutorial! I've been using Handbrake for a bit now, but this is even better. I'm able to compress all of the movies that I've recorded from my streaming channel and make tiny bit more space on my hard rive! You're a life saver!

@mehtasdeepak 2 жыл бұрын

Good one , always comes out with best tutorials

@learn3045 2 жыл бұрын

Hello there, I really needed this video, otherwise uploading a KZfaq video took me 10x times longer than ever. I really appreciate that. Yours Truly, Raiyan Khan

@shuksy2915 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful video…you explained in a simple way and you spoke slowly and clearly, great delivery 👍🏾😊

@itsjack905 4 ай бұрын

thank you from the bottom of my heart like it really took me ages to find a video thats going to help me

@k.c1126 2 жыл бұрын

I've downloaded ... not going to watch the entire tutorial until I get off work today, but DEFINITELY will be using this.... Thanks so much, Kevin. U r da bes'!

@niloy.b Жыл бұрын

WOW! What a amazing tooltip video. No Bullshit and no waste of time! Exactly what someone might look for when they need to compress a video. THANK YOU! Love from Bangladesh!

@ThatSlowTypingGuy Жыл бұрын

This was actually quite helpful. I'd never really paid attention to a lot of HandBrake's features.

@courtlandcottrell7644 11 ай бұрын

Your video was great - I especially love your clear speech. When you glossed over the use of "PRESETS", I would have preferred it if you would have spent a few seconds explaining "GMAIL SMALL, MEDIUM, and LARGE" options since I think many of your viewers are trying to find a way to email their videos. Thanks for your presentation.

@trevenimukherjee2956 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Needed to make a 404 MB video smaller for Gmail and it did not fail. The result was 23.9 MB, the quality was still good, and I didn't have to make any more accounts to get the job done. Thank you very much for sharing this awesome software with us! 😄👍

@ClaesFeldt Жыл бұрын

WOW, this helped me out a lot !!!! Now i can film in uncompressed 4K and edit it to a film. Then compress the files to a more suitable size. Thanks a lot for this one !!!

@renebea9 2 жыл бұрын

i install the missing .net requirement but still can't run handbrake. repeatedly saying "do you want to install the missing .net?"

@caromuinde1927 Жыл бұрын

Wow! thank you for your time and clear explanation. I was able to convert a video from 568.5 MB to 6.1 MB. You are a great instructor.

@spocksvulcanbrain 2 жыл бұрын

OMG I have been looking for an encoder that will rotate and downsize videos easily. Thank you for this video and recommendation. Very helpful.

@E360Pro 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for this tutorial. Very detailed and easy to follow. 🙂

@charlesthevoice1064 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Clear, concise and complete. Subscribed!

@LINKfromTHElegendOFz 2 жыл бұрын

so with the main difference on the software and Graphics Card Encoding - Software uses you're CPU and takes longer to compress your videos, but it can get smaller and better video quality, but keeping track of all the settings is the most important part - Graphics Card Compression is fast and does a good job, but it can be iffy due to how fast everything compresses. My usual settings is on Software and I can get videos about half the size of the Graphics settings, sometimes 1/3 the size, usually it depends. I hope this helps.

@morganscott1298 11 ай бұрын

I wish I found your video 2 hours ago 😩 BUT, happy to have found it regardless -- thanks so much!

@evertkleynhans2617 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, I have been chalengend with file size of videos for various uses. This will save me a lot of time and frustration

@ToddDolce Жыл бұрын

Well then,..this about sums it all up. Nicely done! Clearly articulated and no nonsense stuffed in between! Much appreciated! Thank you!

@ateawithoney Жыл бұрын

not a bot- thanks for the video!! very helpful so instagram stops ruining my videos

@awss1862 Жыл бұрын

def a bot lol

@ateawithoney Жыл бұрын

@@awss1862 I’m not a bot !! 😭

@priya2239 Жыл бұрын

does it help stop Instagram and tiktok lowering the quality???

@ateawithoney Жыл бұрын

@@priya2239 yes it does but if you fix rendering settings it can also help

@priya2239 Жыл бұрын

@@ateawithoney tysm

@StableColonel 3 ай бұрын

That preview button is super underrated, thanks man 👍

@hellomstara5430 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Kevin! Very detailed and thorough!

@Welshmanshots Жыл бұрын

Using H265 NVENC cuts the time to render in half my system has a 3700X and an RTX 2070 on the CPU the 2GB 1080p 60 clip would take 15 mins but on the GPU it takes only 4 mins so depending on your PC specs using the GPU could be faster although the size isn't reduced as much.

@siaoguai Жыл бұрын

Hardware accelerated encoding is faster but at the cost of slightly reduced video quality.

@tek1645 Жыл бұрын

@@siaoguai with AV1 encoding, this should be irrelevant

@arx117 Жыл бұрын

@@tek1645 not everybody upgrade their hardware

@pouringpoipoi5777 Жыл бұрын

hi can you show your encoding settings via screenshot?

@ShiroCh_ID Жыл бұрын

how long the video duration was and lastly after some close inspection Nvenc Gives Bigger File Size Compared to x264/x265 "software" encoder though form my experiences of 40 seconds videos the discord nitro 720p30 with its fps modified to 60 can shrink the file size from 67MB to 40MB using Nvenc while using x264 it shrink in size to "not even nitro can use it" 6.7MB and yes i meant the old 8MB Non Nitro standards back before the changes to 15MB max file size this year

@wbell539 Жыл бұрын

Although I've been using Handbrake for some time, this tutorial is still valuable for me. Thank you!

@jasonwelle6600 Жыл бұрын

This simplied this a lot for me, thanks. Right in line with the easy to use camcorder I needed to get the shot when I know next to nothing about video recording / editing

@softdataconsult 4 ай бұрын

My brother this is great. From 1.14GB to 166M👋👋 without losing quality. Thanks so much

@KuldeepGhadiali Жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like some Ai robot. Very well and in-depth explained tutorial

@D_M_Wolfe 6 ай бұрын

That was an awesome video, thank you so much Kevin. I just started using Handbrake today and yes, I was able to reduce the file size of a 33 sec .mov video that was 90MB to an impressive 9MB. I could not believe my eyes but when I done a side by side comparison, I was beyond impressed of how much quality the 9MB version still retained. I mean, 90MB vs 9MB...come on!..... The only one flaw, I found was the audio was around the 50ms mark ahead of the video when played on Win Media Player & Win Movies & TV player, everywhere else plays perfect. Thanks again Kevin.

@scratchmasterdee Жыл бұрын

WHAT A LIFE SAVER!!! I had to download 1 thing before I could get started but maybe because of my windows but after that I left my setting like I watched your video and WOW!! It made it smaller... plus the bonus cropping in all I did another video just drop and hit the coder button and I am glad I found your video...Now let me go hit that subscribe button for something so easy that works !!

@czdragon7473 Жыл бұрын

I did a lot of testing and the encoder is very weird. Slower settings take longer, but interestingly, they have more detail and larger filesize (it really depends, fast and faster are basically the same but superslow is around 10% bigger than slow). It is a triangle: quality, time, size, but every setting changes everything a bit. I found that for 1080p i cannot differentiate between CQ around 24 and 20, the best sw encoder is fast (AMD VCE for some reason generates really big file sizes for me, it is some bug probably).

@augustusmd 7 ай бұрын

you set your CQ to 20-23 IF YOUR "SOURCE" VIDEO IS IN HD AND 18-20 IF IT IS IN SD.. to achieve a good quality (almost same as source video} conversion. IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR CONVERT TO BE IN HD. if your "SOURCE" is in HD it means you have a good quality source and since its in good quality already you can just set it to 20-23. for an SD source, which has a fair quality, you realy need to go to 18-20 to achieve good quality. the smaller CQ, the better quality you get but bigger file size.

@seasonstudios 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Kevin without the bla, bla, bla. Everyone (including myself) has moved along to the latest tech (we can currently afford) when dealing with video but I also have many requests from friends and family to capture and archive standard home video such as VHS, 8mm, and even DV tape in some cases and I'd like to know what the best ways are to get the best results form these limited sources. Any ideas?