162MB is about right for a 720p video using h.265 at mid to low quality (depending on the duration of course)
I've just compressed a 5min 1080p clip of one of my gigs using h.265 and it’s come out at 280MB, the quality’s excellent (can’t say the same for the material) _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 5 Dec 2024, at 22:09, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sam, > > The source was an old DVD at 720p, so I used 720 rather than 1080 > > Steve. > > On 5 Dec 2024, at 22:04, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you encode it as 1080p or 2160p? What was the source video resolution? > _ > Regards > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete > the email immediately. > > >> On 5 Dec 2024, at 21:35, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Cheers Sam, >> >> Tried that, (See screenshot.) and while it worked, and did produce a much >> smaller file, (162mb.) it would appear to be a significant reduction in data >> from the original 8.4TB file. >> >> interestingly, I also stubbled upon a free app in the app store that >> automates the MKV to mp4 conversion, its very fast and spat out a 5.6TB file. >> >> I will keep playing. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Steve. >> >> On 5 Dec 2024, at 20:11, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In Handbrake, choose the video encoder as H.265 (VideoToolbox) to ensure >> hardware encoding support (on an M1 Pro), then set the quality around 48-55 >> and frame-rate same as source. >> >> I usually get great results from that combination and with the hardware >> acceleration it hardly takes any time >> _ >> Regards >> Sam Mullen >> >> +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> >> >> MacAmbulance Ltd. >> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >> >> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >> number 8466597 >> >> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >> privileged or confidential information. >> >> If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete >> the email immediately. >> >> >>> On 5 Dec 2024, at 18:42, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >> >> <Handbrake settings.jpeg><MKV2MP4 app.jpeg> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/1CEE5147-175E-46E0-A3D1-4D82AB31D408%40btinternet.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/1CEE5147-175E-46E0-A3D1-4D82AB31D408%40btinternet.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/7172E0EB-838B-47A1-BEF2-73C6CFBCB572%40macambulance.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/7172E0EB-838B-47A1-BEF2-73C6CFBCB572%40macambulance.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/444C1681-570D-4286-B911-1D7363D35207%40btinternet.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/444C1681-570D-4286-B911-1D7363D35207%40btinternet.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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