Doesn't ffmpeg provide similar functionality?
ah the good old dropbox.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
just gold. btw. handbrake is simple to use, ffmpeg is not.
HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
My immediate thought. The context to that, is that the prosecutors sent a low quality video to the defense, and then late in the trial introduced a high quality video, which the defense couldn't prepare for; and there was a whole argument as to whether it was willful or not. One of the prosecutors claimed the defense's email client might have compressed the video automatically (not how it works), and claimed not to h…
> defense's email client might have compressed the video automatically (not how it works) I'm not familiar with all email clients, I mostly use Thunderbird, but almost all messaging clients, social media and similar service do compression when you upload media to them today. It's not super far off that an email client would do the same.
Except that they literally do not do that
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#33Is this news somehow, been using handbrake since 2012!
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#34I remember using this to rip every DVD I received in the mail from Netflix, and then copying the file to my iPod Video so I could watch it on the bus ride to school. Man have times changed...
I remember using it to rip the first season of LOST and convert it so I could watch it entirely on my iPod while on a summer airplane trip to visit family—good times.
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#35Doesn't ffmpeg provide similar functionality?
Aside from the interface, Handbrake provides many features not implemented in ffmpeg, especially concerning extracting data from DVDs.
Handbrake is also the easiest way for non-technical people to transcode videos from one format, resolution, or quality to another.
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#36Checked recently. Unfortunately there's still no AV1 encoding support.
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#37I always use handbrake to optimize video for embeds, whether it’s to remove audio, reduce size or simply resize, it works well. I’m so grateful to have discovered it years ago.
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#38I keep this around in case I have to rig a trial that's not turning out how I want. It's pretty easy, most of the time anyway, to fool other lawyers with this.
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#39For context, today in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the prosecution (ADA Kraus) claimed that he was basically technically illiterate and basically didn't know about transcoding, not in as many words. A review of previous video testimony from PBS's live feed showed that he (Kraus) had Handbrake in the directory that he was showing the video from. That's not a normal application one would just have floating around. The b…
> That's not a normal application one would just have floating around.
Without addressing the rest of the post: I've seen plenty of non-engineers use Handbrake. In fact, I've seen more than one lawyer use it. It occurs to me that it would actually be pretty common for lawyers to have it installed, particularly if they're reviewing and copying evidence that was delivered to them by DVD or other physical forms.
Re: HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
#40For context, today in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the prosecution (ADA Kraus) claimed that he was basically technically illiterate and basically didn't know about transcoding, not in as many words. A review of previous video testimony from PBS's live feed showed that he (Kraus) had Handbrake in the directory that he was showing the video from. That's not a normal application one would just have floating around. The b…
Thanks for the background. I was first introduced to Handbrake as a tool for archiving DVD content. I think of ffmpeg as the technically savvy way to transcode.