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In this tip Darcy gives you a quick tour of HandBrake, the free and open-source video converter utility that's been around since 2003! You learn what media containers are before looking at the process of importing a video to convert it into another format, or make it more suitable for specific platforms. HandBrake offers many presets as well, and Darcy runs them down for you, pointing out the advantages they might offer.

Two applications to cover this week, both dealing with video encoding but each with a slightly different emphasis:

HandBrake Batch - A new GUI which allows you encode your videos in Handbrake using batch mode via drag and drop.

iVI Video Encode - A really simple application to encode and add metadata to your movies, TV Show and Home Movies, but with some extra features. Multi-core support for fast encoding plus the option of creating dual SD And HD movies in iTunes for support for all your Apple devices

Handbrake has been available for quite a while now and is acknowledged as one of the best applications to allow you copy convert your DVDs into media files playable on your Mac, your Apple TV and you iPod or iPhone.

With the latest release, Handbrake is now capable of converting any video file, not just DVDs!