So, from this it is evident that most video converters are transcoders as well (though in most cases, devoid of many of the features offered by standalone video transcoders like Handbrake), while video transcoders may or may not offer conversion. Converting: Changing the container format of the video file, with or without transcoding.Transcoding: Encode using a different codec from the one with which the video is currently encoded.For example aac, mp3, wma are audio codecs and x264, xvid, VP8 are video codecs. The video and audio streams are encoded using different codecs and are held together in the container format.

Codec (COder-DECoder), simply put, is the program using which data streams are encoded for storage on a device, and decoded for playback. The audio that you hear, and the video that you see. Codec: A video file basically comprises of two things.For example, mp4, avi, mkv, 3gp, flv are all container formats, and in no way signifies the codec used. If your file name is xxx.yyy, then yyy is the container. Container: This is your actual video file format.So, I feel it would be best if I clear that up first. I have heard the terms container and codec, converter and encoder (or transcoder) misunderstood and used interchangeably countless times.

It wasn’t, isn’t and quite probably never will be a “Video Converter”. What needs to be noted here is that Handbrake is a video transcoder.

“HandBrake is a GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.” Reducing file size to save your device memory.Uploading a video with a low bandwidth connection.Incompatibility of the video codec with your device.Well, there could be many different reasons for this. General Info about Handbrake and Videos Why Transcode Videos?:

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