How to reduce the weight of a video with HandBrake to the maximum

Reducing the weight of a video is a way to save our bandwidth and speed up the data flow of a web page. This valuable practice can sometimes be somewhat complicated with all the tools available on the web. That is why, in MrAppsGeek we are going to talk about a simple tool with which you can do a multitude of things, such as: choose various audio formats, put subtitles , crop the viewing area of ​​a video or even lower the weight of a video. AVI video without losing quality all very easy and fast thanks to Handbrake , then we will see how it works.

Weight Down A Video With HandBrake

To reduce the weight of a video without losing quality we will use a tool called HandBrake , the first thing we must do is obviously download it.

Download Program to Reduce the Weight of a Video for Free

We can download HandBrake for free from the following link .

Once inside we download the version corresponding to our operating system, in my case I have downloaded Handbrake 64 bit Portable compressed in ZIP .

Once downloaded, unzip it into a folder and go in and look for the HandBrake.exe file and run it.

Once executed, to reduce the weight of a video without losing quality we must drag it to where it says “Or Drop A File Or Folder Here” .

How to reduce the weight of a video without affecting the quality

We enter «Summary» within that section in «Format» , it is here where we must activate the «Web Optimized» and «Align A/V Start» box .

Then we must do the following steps:

  • We enter the “Video” tab .
  • We select H.264 (x264) .
  • Framerate (FPS) we lower it to 24 (the human eye does not distinguish more than 30 FPS ).
  • We put a name to our new file and in “Browser” we choose a location.
  • We click on “Start Encode” to reduce the weight of an MP4 video .

How to reduce the weight of a video without affecting the quality

Next I am going to show you some screens where you can see how you can reduce the weight of online videos with HandBrak easily and quickly .

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If you have any questions about how to lose weight from a free online video you can leave me a comment below, I promise to answer. Do not forget to share this article with your social networks , please, that is important to continue growing…