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dig420 · 09-22-2016, 01:44 PM

ok. So I have video shot in 960x720p, which due to square pixels v. non-square pixels somehow displays with a PAR 16:9. Don't completely understand but it works, so whatever. However, I don't want to throw 8 minute clips that are half a gig and take all day to dl at my affiliates, so I try to downsize to 480p and reduce the bitrate using handbrake. I expect to see new values for height and width, instead I end up with a file that's 960x540 and still 16:9 without much visible loss of quality and the desired smaller size. I don't really understand what's happening and I don't know everything affiliates might get up to with these clips, so I don't want to leave it at this weird size and finally I settle on 960x720 with a bitrate of 2500, which seems kind of low to me but also seems to look ok on the screen.

Any experts got input on this? Is 2500 a high enough bitrate to hold up on a TV, for example?

09-22-2016, 01:44 PM
dig420 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 9,240	Video encoding is very difficult. Any experts here? ok. So I have video shot in 960x720p, which due to square pixels v. non-square pixels somehow displays with a PAR 16:9. Don't completely understand but it works, so whatever. However, I don't want to throw 8 minute clips that are half a gig and take all day to dl at my affiliates, so I try to downsize to 480p and reduce the bitrate using handbrake. I expect to see new values for height and width, instead I end up with a file that's 960x540 and still 16:9 without much visible loss of quality and the desired smaller size. I don't really understand what's happening and I don't know everything affiliates might get up to with these clips, so I don't want to leave it at this weird size and finally I settle on 960x720 with a bitrate of 2500, which seems kind of low to me but also seems to look ok on the screen. Any experts got input on this? Is 2500 a high enough bitrate to hold up on a TV, for example?