Once you have the current version installed and have ripped your Blu Ray video, drop your file into Handbrake, or you can also click the “Open Source” button in the top bar to load your video file. The version of Handbrake used in this tutorial is v1.2.0 which is the current stable release for January 2019.

The video is encoded on a 3-4 year old HP desktop computer with a Intel I5 processor. I play the media from a Apple TV 4K, and use the Infuse Pro 5 player app.

THE TECHNICAL STUFF – My TV is a 65″ Samsung 4K which I absolutely love, and sit about 10-12 feet back from. If you feel there is something that could be done better, or should be done differently, please feel free to let us all know by leaving a comment. This is a guideline, and a great place for a beginner to start. We all have different size TV’s, different size and shape rooms, different players and a plethora of other factors that could produce varying results. Unfortunately, good quality video with small file size cant be done quickly, it just doesn’t work that way. As you can see in my source video file details displayed by Video-Spec, I am starting with a 28GB MKV file.ĭISCLAIMER – This method will produce very nice quality 1080p videos, but may take 2-3 hours or more to process each hour of video, so my advice is to let run whilst you are sleeping each night. THE GOAL – To produce the highest quality video with the smallest possible file size, whilst retaining the entire original 5.1 Dolby Digital sound track. The program interface has changed, the H.264 codec has been refined, and the TV’s we view our movies on have evolved dramatically since writing the original articles. MY RANT – By popular demand, I have decided to update my two articles on how to quickly and easily produce great quality DVD and Blu Ray video encodes with Handbrake. **NOTE** – These settings are for BLU RAY Video ONLY – You can find a updated DVD Tutorial HERE. To get started right away please scroll down to the red text that says “START HERE”. This is a simple easy guide on how to make the best encodes with the smallest file size in Handbrake without having to know or understand all of the settings.

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