How I encode videos to smaller size using Handbrake

Well, just wanna show how I encode my videos to smaller size using Handbrake. Just take note that this is how I do it and I believe there might be better ways from someone who have more knowledge than me. Anyway, lets get started!

What you need is:
1. Handbrake (download it here) Download and install
2. Bitrate calculator (You can google it) I used the website here.

First, what we need to encode the video is the length and the audio bit rate. Just right click the video you want to encode and click properties. Go to Details tab and find length and audio bit rate

As shown in the picture, my length is 2 hours 04 minutes and 56 seconds or it shown as 2:04:56. My audio bit rate is 381kbps.

Then, go to the online bitrate calculator or any bitrate calculator you are using and fill the required infos.

I filled hours, minutes, seconds and audio bitrate with the info I get from just now. Then, 'MB required' is how big the video you want it to be. My video that I want to encode now is around 1.4Gb and I want to encode it to 500Mb size, so I put 500 there. Press 'Calculate' and take note of 'DivX 5/x264' avg bitrate which is stated there after calculation is 59

Then open your Handbrake software. Press 'Source' and click the video you want to encode

Then, go to 'Video' tab, click Avg Bitrate and filled it with the calculation bitrate which in my case is 159. Tick both '2-pass Encoding' and 'Turbo fist Pass' because I found out the video quality is better when you do 2-Pass Encoding (or is it just my opinion? XD XD)

Next, go to 'Audio' tab and depending on your choices but I prefer the audio rate to 128kbps, so I change it to 128kbps.

Then, press 'Start' and wait for it to finish encoding. Usually, I will do all of the above step but I didn't press start but I 'Add to Queue' and after I done about 5 - 10 videos, I will start encoding when I go to sleep or work.

You can see the progress down there. Anyway, I didn't really take note how long it take to encoding one video but I think as usual, it is depending on your computer.

I am not a professional and I am so noob regarding computer hardware and performances but I just wanna help.

And I make this tutorial to help my loveable junior. Atiqah, learn it well, learn it well.... XD XD

Sometimes you might be failed because the audio rate is like 1224kbps

And your video length is like 43 minutes

And you can't count the bitrate because it says it is not possible to count the bitrate if you want to encode it to 300Mb

That, when it happen, it might happen to you, I can't help you because I can't figure it out either... >.<

Platina Data will be in Malaysia??

OH MY GOD!!! I just, oh my...cannot believe it.

As I read it here, thank you to them for translate it, it seems like GANTZ, Platina Data will be available at Malaysia's cinema. Dunno which company yet but I will certainly go and watch it at the cinema because this kind movie is soooooooooooo good watching it in cinema.

I can't wait!!! Nino!!!!!! Kagura!! Ryu!! *spazzing*