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A tool for converting video.

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. It is open source and runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

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Not found HandBrakeCLI exe

i work on HandBrake open source project. it need to HandBrakeCLI.exe file.. I search google long time but not found. in Program file and Main method this line: if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "HandBrakeCLI.exe"))) { …
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Capture files that have been modified in the past x days in Python

I'm using the below script to re-encode my existing media files to MP4 using the HandBrake CLI. It's going to be a long process, so I'd like to have a way to capture files that have been created in the past 7 days, as well as the other filters (on…
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Monitor folder with inotifywait in bash for queue

I want to use inotifywait to monitor a special folder to convert the files with HandBrake. I move the file in the monitor_folder manualy. The simple script look like this: inotifywait -mrq -e moved -e create --format %f /media/user/monitor_folder |…
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bash scripting, handling spaces in filesnames in a for loop strange behaviour

help. everything i've tried has failed. I'm trying to fix up my video collection and lots of them have spaces in the names/etc I want to transcode them and I've written the script below, but its failing. 2 of the filenames I'm using for testing…
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Batch encode mp4 With Handbrake CLi, same framesize

Im have about 2000 files that differs little in frame-size and that I need to re-encode to 640x480. Since Handbrake doesn't work that way, maybe CLI is the way to go? Not sure how to work the commands though. I wold need batch conversion, and if…
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Processing files in Handbrake, copying the file with timestamp in name and keeping all metadata. My code almost work

I am trying to develop a code that does the following. Takes a file from a directory and processes it in Handbrake Adds the file creation time from the metadata, and adds it at the beginning of the file name Copies this file, encoded and with the…
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Remove red text verbose in handBrake CLI

I created a script to run HandBrakeCLI and I would like to know if there is any argument that I could use to avoid all verbose in red text, like pic attached. I read the documentation and I did not find anything to reduce verbose.
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Handbreak ffmpeg encode vs decode speed (x265)

I'm encoding videos in x265 to save same storage (Gopro, DJI, etc.). This is working well for me with Handbreak and I got some good CRF values for my use cases. My question is about the encoding preset. The slower it is the better Qualitiy per…
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How does big companies transcode/encode videos so fast?

For example how does Facebook, YouTube, Reddit and many countless sites encode videos so fast? Do they all have in-house solutions? Tools like FFMPEG and Handbrake are alot slower to how they process files. I had a hard time deciding if this should…
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handbrakecli/ffmpeg command to encode and auto filename(Ubuntu)

I have 2 preset .json files(from the GUI version on windows) to convert mkv to mp4. converts to h264 and adds subtitle 1 converts to h264 I'm only trying to get no.2 to work at this stage. for i in `*.mkv`; do HandBrakeCLI --preset-import-file…
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Bulk convert ffmpeg/HandBrakeCli H265/HEVC to H264 error

im running ubuntu VPS (no GUI) and just trying to convert a bunch(approx 100-200) of short clips that are spread into folders A/B/C/ETC - folders SET1/SET2/SET3/ETC and then Scene1.mkv etc. Ive tried with FFMPEG and it converts to mp4 but still…
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An issue with Apple devices playing mp4 containers that have HE-AAC audio coding

I'm not a pro in how to use codecs compared to other people I've seen, but I'm good enough to be able to compress videos decently. I use HandBrake for the video but since HandBrake isn't very good with AAC compressing (at least from what I've tried)…
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Process output redirection batch stopps c#

I'm new at c# / winforms and try to batch convert video clips with handbrake. The convert itself is working when the processes are opened in an own windows without redirecting the Stdout/Stderr. But when I redirect the output to a winforms textbox…
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HandbrakeCLI on Ubuntu with Python Errors with File Not Found

I'm trying to write a program in python3 that uses handbrakecli on my ubuntu machine to recode some video. I'm missing something stupid but I cannot for the life of me figure this out, and I've been at it for countless hours. Here's the code: def…
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Force PHP to passthrough numbers in original format

Im using PHP import_json to open a JSON file, then export_json to output just the first item as another JSON file (essentially splitting one long JSON job list into individual jobs) but I'm having a problem where somewhere along the line numbers…
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