Resizing video file size using handbreak question.

[demonhunter]

Hi all,

I have some cartoon series that have been previously encoded into ipod format but the only problem is the file size is too big im wanting to reduce the file size to around 30 to 60mb can this be done?

i have downloaded handbreak seems to work okay but ive got some mp4 files that i want to downsize the file size they are at 130mb mark and i want to resize the quality and sound by the file size can this be done because when i converted it they went down to 24 kb in filesize which is not what i want

How can i get the file size down and keep the same clear quality than what it is?

Thanks,William

[Baldrick]

Did you set the output file size to 30mb in handbrake? under the Video tab and Target Size.

[demonhunter]

yea i did but for some reason since the files were already mp4's i want to reduce them all down to 30 mb in sound and quality

now all it does is this now

### Windows GUI 0.9.3 2008112300 
### Running: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 
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### CPU:               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz 
### Ram: 1023 MB 
### Screen: 1024x768 
### Temp Dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\Local Settings\Temp\ 
### Install Dir: C:\Program Files\HandBrake 
### Data Dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\Application Data\HandBrake\HandBrake\0.9.3.0 
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### CLI Query:  -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4" -t 1 -c 1 -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\s3 ipod\fs3x01a.m4v" -f m4v -I  -X 320 -l 240 -e x264 -S 30 -a 1 -E faac -B 160 -R 48 -6 dpl2 -D 1 --markers="C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\Local Settings\Temp\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4-1-chapters.csv" -x level=30:bframes=0:cabac=0:ref=1:vbv-maxrate=768:vbv-bufsize=2000:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1 -v 
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[23:22:23] hb_init: checking cpu count
[23:22:23] hb_init: starting libhb thread
HandBrake 0.9.3 (2008112300) - http://handbrake.fr/
2 CPUs detected
Opening C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4...
[23:22:23] hb_scan: path=C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4, title_index=1
[23:22:23] scan: trying to open with libdvdread
[23:22:23] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4':
  Duration: 00:21:42.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 342 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x240, 25.00 tb(r)
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16
[23:22:23] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[23:22:23] scan: 10 previews, 320x240, 25.000 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 4:3, PAR 1:1
[23:22:23] scan: title (0) job->width:320, job->height:240
[23:22:23] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
+ title 1:
  + vts 0, ttn 0, cells 0->0 (0 blocks)
  + duration: 00:21:42
  + size: 320x240, aspect: 1.33, 25.000 fps
  + autocrop: 0/0/0/0
  + chapters:
    + 1: cells 0->0, 0 blocks, duration 00:21:42
  + audio tracks:
    + 1, English (AAC)
  + subtitle tracks:
Reading chapter markers from file C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\Local Settings\Temp\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4-1-chapters.csv
Calculated bitrate: 29 kbps
[23:22:23] 1 job(s) to process
[23:22:23] starting job
[23:22:23] work: sanitizing track 0 mixdown Dolby Pro Logic II to Stereo
[23:22:23] job configuration:
[23:22:23]  * source
[23:22:23]    + C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\00 - Unknown - 03x01 - The Honking.mp4
[23:22:23]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1
[23:22:23]    + container: mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2
[23:22:23]    + data rate: 342 kbps
[23:22:23]  * destination
[23:22:23]    + C:\Documents and Settings\Will bc\My Documents\My Music\Unknown Artist - Unknown Album\s3 ipod\fs3x01a.m4v
[23:22:23]    + container: MPEG-4 (.mp4 and .m4v)
[23:22:23]      + compatibility atom for iPod 5G
[23:22:23]      + chapter markers
[23:22:23]  * video track
[23:22:23]    + decoder: h264
[23:22:23]    + frame rate: same as source (around 25.000 fps)
[23:22:23]    + dimensions: 320 * 240 -> 320 * 240, crop 0/0/0/0
[23:22:23]    + encoder: x264
[23:22:23]      + options: level=30:bframes=0:cabac=0:ref=1:vbv-maxrate=768:vbv-bufsize=2000:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1
[23:22:23]      + bitrate: 29 kbps, pass: 0
[23:22:23]  * audio track 0
[23:22:23]    + decoder: English (AAC) (track 1, id 1)
[23:22:23]    + mixdown: Stereo
[23:22:23]    + encoder: faac
[23:22:23]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[23:22:23] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2 SSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Baseline, level 3.0
[23:22:23] sync: expecting 32586 video frames
[23:22:23] reader: first SCR 0
     10 [unknown (0x984)] HandBrakeCLI 4456 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
  32580 [unknown (0x984)] HandBrakeCLI 4456 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to HandBrakeCLI.exe.stackdump

and does not do anything how come?