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    Is there any software to down size movie files

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by yosv211, Mar 29, 2020.

  1. yosv211

    yosv211 Notebook Consultant

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    I have lots of movies and I was wondering what program(s) are useful to downsize the size of the movies and shows that I have.
    Most normal movies that I have are in the 3-6gb size. I would love to make them smaller, maybe 1-2gb each.
     
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    sixor Notebook Consultant

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    handbrake, easybrake, mediacoder, super, freemake video,
     
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I have been using the free VidCoder for years and it`s the best of all the encoders i have tried even paid ones.

    https://vidcoder.net/
     
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    senso Notebook Deity

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    At 1-2GB quality will suffer a lot..

    But if you want to, use handbrake.
     
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    yify makes great looking 1gb 720 movies, maybe this can help ypu

    General
    Format : MPEG-4
    Format profile : Base Media
    Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
    File size : 1.03 GiB
    Duration : 1 h 59 min
    Overall bit rate : 1 242 kb/s
    Writing application : Lavf58.33.100

    Video
    ID : 1
    Format : AVC
    Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
    Format profile : [email protected]
    Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
    Format settings, CABAC : Yes
    Format settings, Reference fra : 4 frames
    Codec ID : avc1
    Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
    Duration : 1 h 59 min
    Bit rate : 1 100 kb/s
    Width : 1 280 pixels
    Height : 714 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 16:9
    Frame rate mode : Constant
    Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
    Color space : YUV
    Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
    Bit depth : 8 bits
    Scan type : Progressive
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.050
    Stream size : 938 MiB (89%)
    Writing library : x264 core 158
    Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1100 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=31250 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
    Codec configuration box : avcC

    Audio
    ID : 2
    Format : AAC LC
    Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
    Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
    Duration : 1 h 59 min
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 137 kb/s
    Channel(s) : 2 channels
    Channel layout : L R
    Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
    Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
    Compression mode : Lossy
    Stream size : 117 MiB (11%)
    Default : Yes
    Alternate group : 1