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720p/1080p HD Video Encoding Tutorial

Encoding a video in 720p or 1080p high definition format is easier than ever thanks to the availability of free and well working tools like Handbrake. This tutorial will show you how to use this wonderful tool to recode videos into popular MP4 or MKV formats for playback on Micca products that support 720p and 1080p video playback. To start, download and install Handbrake suitable for your operating system from the link below:

https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

At the time of this tutorial, the Handbrake version is 1.1.2, your screen might look slightly different but should be very similar.

Step 1 – Open the source video
After installing Handbrake, run it and the following window should be displayed. Drag and drop your source video into the Handbrake window to open it.

Step 2 – Select a encoding preset
Handbrake as numerous convenient presets built-in that are especially useful for our purpose. Choose preset according to the following:

If you want MKV videos (preferred):

For 720P videos, choose Matroksa->H.264 MKV 720p30

For 1080P videos, choose Matroska->H.264 MKV 1080p30

If you want MP4 videos:

For 720P videos, choose General->Fast 720p30

For 1080P videos, choose General->Fast 1080p30

For this tutorial we are choosing Matroska->H.264 MKV 1080p30 as shown in the image below

Step 3 – Adjusting Dimensions
Click on the Dimensions tab and make the following changes:

Change Anamorphic to “None”

Change Cropping to “Custom”

Set all values for Top, Bottom, Left, Right to 0.

The window should look similar to the following:

Step 4 – Saving your new video
Almost done! Click on the Browse button and choose a file name and location to save to. Finally, click on the Start Encoding button to begin encoding the new video. After the encoding is done, the new video should play very well on your Micca player.

Other Settings
Handbrake is a powerful piece of software and there are many other possible settings available that are beyond the scope of this tutorial. Here’s a brief introduction on what the settings in the other tabs do:

Filters: Special video processing filters that can be used to remove noise and artifacts from the video.

Video: Encoding settings for the video track. The Quality setting on this tab can be useful even for novice users. Constant quality is the preferred setting. Make small adjustments to this value and do not change more than 2-3 away from the default value.

Audio: Encoding settings for the audio track, can be useful if you want to include multiple sound tracks or have surround sound tracks.

Subtitle: By default Handbrake does not add any subtitles. You can choose to add in subtitles that exists from the source video, or by importing SRT subtitles.

Chapter: By default Handbrake will retain any chapter marks that were in the original video. You can also import chapter marks from an external source if available.

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