Sunday, February 10, 2013

Transcode Contest

After my discovery of Pavtube's HD Video Converter I wanted to compare the transcoding of HD Video Converter and Handbrake.

I took a ripped DVD and transcoded it to iPhone 4.

ProductTimeFile SizeFormatResolution
HD Video Converter9 mins.624,569KBmpeg4640x480
Handbrake46 min.689,317KBH.264720x480

There are a couple of other differences. Handbrake would use the ISO file as input. For HD Video Converter I had to mount the ISO (using Microsoft's Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel) and then navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder and select the VOB files.

Here's what the HD Video Converter output file looked like:


And here's what the Handbrake output file looked like:


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