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Then you've done it wrong because Handbrake uses x264 which seriously outclasses anything Sorenson could produce.

• marcamillion 16y ago
  Perhaps I did do it wrong. All I know is, I tried for a few days and couldn't get good output in all the formats I needed (.flv, xvid avi, wmv, etc.) and Sorenson allowed me to do so in a few hours (this includes trying a few different options and tweaking it to my liking. As a matter of fact, I am now resizing my entire library and I am able to reduce some of my file sizes by as much as 90% in some cases. I had some HD files with bitrate of 97,000 kbps (ridiculous, I know), with some ridiculous 'time to MB' ratio. E.g. a 13second file was 1.4GB. I re-encoded that down to 8000kbps, for a whopping file size of 100MB. Still 'ginormous', I know, but nothing on the same scale.
  • WiseWeasel 16y ago
    > All I know is, I tried for a few days and couldn't get good output in all the formats I needed (.flv, xvid avi, wmv, etc.) Well, there's your problem right there... You're using obsolete formats.
  • patrickk 16y ago
    I've never done it personally, buy did you ever consider outsourcing this task? Odesk etc? Not only would you avoid the hassle of doing this task yourself, you would probably save a fortune because of the cost saving of outsourcing over buying an expensive piece of software. You could get one or two videos converted, see if it were to your taste, and then ask the person to continue once the output was satisfactory. You might have to mail the videos though. Sounds like a massive amount of data. I'd stil guess this would be cheaper.