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Can anyone ELI5 why Handbrake says they can't implement a "target file size" option? I use an Android video compressor that does this fairly well. But on the F
by gavinray 3y ago
Can anyone ELI5 why Handbrake says they can't implement a "target file size" option?
I use an Android video compressor that does this fairly well. But on the FR for this on the Handbrake GH one of the maintainers says it's not really feasible.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoIts literally a feature of all the underlying encoders. And you can do it even with exotic ffmpeg/vapoursynth filter chains. So I can't imagine why. TBH I would just recommend Staxrip if you are on Windows: https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip There is a vapoursynth-based linux equivalent, I can't remember what its called. Or maybe some av1an GUI. All of these things support a target file size with many more features than Handbrake.
- gavinray 3y agoYeah I am not sure what the difficulty is tbh, but I know nothing about codecs and media encoding. The FR issue is here, by the way: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/issues/4640 https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/issues/4640 Thanks for the suggestion on Staxrip, I've given it a download!