I've been playing around with Handbrake, encoding files for play back on my HTC EVO. Machine is a Win7 64 box, i7 860 (no OC), 2x2gb. Source content is a 4.5gb MKV, 1920x816. Re-encoding to 800x480, 2 ...

Originally created for ripping DVDs, HandBrake is the go-to tool for those who want to convert existing video footage into space-efficient formats for watching on iOS devices, with presets for ...

If you've read coverage—including ours—of any recent graphics hardware launches, you've surely seen mention of AV1 video codec support as one of the major benefits. It was a selling point for both ...

Is there much benefit to start using 265 encoding? I transcoded a 264 movie file to => 265 and there wasn't much difference in file size. I keep the same bit rate, crop size, frame rate, etc. Using ...

Thanks to today’s ultra high definition video and increasing complex demands for video editing, a new video format has risen to the throne, called H.265. This format, popularized by x265 and other ...

Who is still buying DVDs? Surely collectors are. A hard copy is always tempting for collectors. Also, old-fashioned DVD serves you well when movies are hard to find or even not available online on ...

HandBrake, the tool many people use to convert their DVDs to forms playable on other devices—including iPods, iPhones, Apple TVs, and on Macs via the QuickTime Player application—is being updated to ...

Now that we've looked at how to playback HEVC-encoded files, it's time to create them. There are a whole collection of tools and utilities that can encode HEVC, but in this article I'm going to focus ...