The green Startbutton will become red Stopbutton until the compression is complete. Click on Video and make sure that H.264(X264) is selected.Ĩ. For Output Settings, choose Mp4 if it is not selected and select Web Optimized.ħ. You are required to provide a name for the compressed file.Ħ. You can change to other location if necessary. By default, it is saved in the same folder where the original file is. In Handbrake, under Destination you can decide where the compressed file is saved by clicking Browse. You can see the original size was 39MB.ĥ. In this tutorial, I select WL_Video.wmv and then click Open. Click Source > Open File to select the video you want to compress.
Do not be put off by all the buttons and options available – you usually only need to use a few of them.Ĥ. Double click the downloaded file to install Handbrake by following the instructions on screen.ģ.Download and install Handbrake if you do not have it Depending on your original video file, following the instructions in the tutorial, the file size may still be reduced if your video file is already MP4 format. The compressed video format is MP4 as it is the most supported video format on the web. After compression the file size was down to 4.40 MB. The sample file I used to compress was called WL-Video.wmv and its original size was 39.0 MB. This tutorial illustrates how to compress a video file for the web on a Windows machine.
Large video files are slow to upload and download.
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