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is there anyway to convert higher-bit rate videos to a smaller bit-rate?

Asked by Lloyd Castleton

i have a 720p video but the computer is slow and doesn't playit very well is there anyway i could convert the bit rate to an 350p?

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c0nsaw (c0nsaw) said : 		#1

I like handbrake ! https://edge.launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-releases

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aras (arasbm) said : 		#2

I would be very surprised if the reason why your computer does not play 720p video is because it is slow. Perhaps try a few different players/engines before converting your video. VLC usually has pretty good performance.

If you must convert your video you have many different options. If you are comfortable with terminal you can use ffmpeg. For example to convert a video to 1200kbps you can use this command:

ffmpeg -i InputFile.avi -b 1200 OutputFile.mpg

Personally I do most of my video editing/converting with OpenShot. If you have not tried it, I highly recommend installing it and checking it out. Although it is perhaps too big of a hammer for the simple task you have in hand, it is very easy and intuitive to use it.

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