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So i've recently invested in setting up a pvr but the files are huge and I was wondering if there is a good program for compressing and converting video files. An hour hd show is 8gb per episode which is wayy too much for me to handle and have as many shows as I want. I've tried handbrake and it hasn't really worked to my liking. I have adobe cloud if there is an adobe program I can use.

 

Thanks in advance for the advice

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Handbrake 

 

Adobe Media Encoder

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

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Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Adobe Media Encoder

VirtualDub

Freemake (you can easily find license keys online)

 

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Adobe media encoder would work well. Wouldn't go under 5mb/s for hd though

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What's your problem with Handbrake?

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Adobe Media Encoder

VirtualDub

Freemake (you can easily find license keys online)

Umm i tought piracy was against the COC?

The Estonian Geek. 

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Umm i tought piracy was against the COC?

Online...you know....on their website and stuff  ;)  ;)

 

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Online...you know....on their website and stuff  ;)  ;)

There is no key on their website. It's a free product. Have you even read the COC of the forums?

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There is no key on their website. It's a free product. Have you even read the COC of the forums?

Yes I have.

 

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Umm i tought piracy was against the COC?

 

 

There is no key on their website. It's a free product. Have you even read the COC of the forums?

don't be a wbm 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Adobe Media Encoder

VirtualDub

Freemake (you can easily find license keys online)

All of Freemake's is free anyways. Not sure why you're saying nonsense.

 

But anyways, @daquanwizard, Freemake doesn't necessarily compress videos, although you can get somewhat smaller video sizes out of it. Freemake is mainly for converting videos from one format to another. 

 

I would recommend Handbrake, but you already said it wasn't working for you, which is super strange... What's the issue you're having? And if anything, just manually set the output bitrate to like 2500 or something, that way you get a good enough quality at a very nice file size. 

 

Other than that, I dunno... I mean, you could throw the video into Movie Maker or some other video editing program and then export it to whatever you want.

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There wasn't an issue with handbrake it was just not has fast has I would like it to be but its more of a hardware issue than a software issue im thinking. It takes 4 hours to convert an hour video which doesn't make it user friendly for me because of hardware restrictions im assuming. 

 

The issue im having is that for some reason the window for handbrake is too large and i can't see the bottom half of the window. I've changed my resoultion settings on my computer and that doesn't seem to do the trick and im not sure why that is happening.

 

Also Media encoder doesn't support .wtv files which makes the program usless

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I've tried adjusting the window size but it only allows me to manipulate it to a certain point

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Are you using a netbook with super low screen resolution?

 And if anything, just manually set the output bitrate to like 2500 or something, that way you get a good enough quality at a very nice file size. 

 

This would be very inefficient. Always use crf if you don't need a specific file size.http://slhck.info/articles/crf
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Are you using a netbook with super low screen resolution?

This would be very inefficient. Always use crf if you don't need a specific file size.http://slhck.info/articles/crf

no i have a lenovo think pad edge but I have a hd monitor and I was able to figure it out on there finally

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