Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. I also enjoy the fact that numerous video tutorials are available across the Internet, allowing current and future users access to knowledge that will allow them to make the most use of their HandBrake experience. Lastly, what I like about HandBrake is that it is an open-source software, meaning that it is free of charge, and everyone is welcome to use it, assuming the proper system requirements are met. This prevents necessary information from past generations of colleagues, (and even family and friends), from becoming lost since the information in question can be transferred from a physical disc to a cloud platform of anyone's choosing, where it will be stored for eternity without the possibility of obtaining any damage and/or loss of data. What I also very much like about this software is that it prevents valuable information stored on older versions of data compaction, (such as DVDs), to be lost.

Choose the file in question in the File Explorer. Select the file you want to compress and click Open.

A file browser window should have automatically opened for you to select your source video file (or DVD). First, we click the Source button on Handbrake, and then Open File. Open Handbrake from your Applications or Programs folder. MKV file, around twenty-one minutes long, and weighing in at just over 220MB.

What I like best about HandBrake is the fact that it takes a task which at first seems very challenging to implement and executes it in a very simple, efficient, and straightforward manner. So, let’s first choose the file we want to downsize and get started.

Handbrake reduce video size