Using the mini over the Air (which I knew wasn't practical) shaved 150 days from the conversion time, bringing the entire task down to ~8 days. Today I checked in at 6pm, and the mighty mini had processed EXACTLY 72 movies in 24 hours - meaning it has consistently converted one movie on average every twenty minutes. This was encouraging, but I assumed thermals and throttling would probably kick in at some point along the way and slow down the the performance a little. Within the first minute, the fans on the mini notched up, the processor steadied on ~85% utilization and the first movie converted in just under 20 minutes. ![]() Yesterday, at 6pm I added our library of 600 movies to Handbrake, selected the HQ 720p30 defaults, and started encoding. I'm always weary of Geekbench numbers for real world usage though, so I started to dig around online to try and find out whether anyone had published Handbrake conversion times using the latest i7 mini, but I came up short.Īs of today, I have data. I started to look at powerhouse machines that would get the job done quicker, including HP's ProDesk 400 series, but as we're an Apple houshold, I settled on the Mac mini i7, which scores a blistering 24,000 on the Geekbench 64 bit tests. Given that I want to use the Macbook in the next six months, and don't want it tethered to a desk/power supply the whole time, I abandoned that idea. Somewhat optimistically - and for comparison - I ran a couple of conversions using the Handbrake "HQ 720p30 Surround" defaults on my sleek but weak 2019 Macbook Air, but its mobile processor meant each movie took an hour and a half to convert, with lots of heat and a projected run-time of around 154 days to convert 600 movies (if I left it working flat-out 24/7). So, I recently decided to convert our digital movie library from MKV to MP4 for a number of reasons. The best architecture (32 or 64 bit) is automatically selected at runtime.This is one of those things that I searched for online, didn't come up with an answer, and so decided to try it, and write the results up for the greater good. The application includes HandBrake conversion engine, you don't need to download and install HandBrake separately. If you find the application useful, keep sending ideas! Most of the new features that I have added and keep adding come from your suggestions. If you find problems, please send me a message or add an issue on github. A wiki is also available on github, with additional information (release notes, requested features, etc.). ![]() The source is available on, and the complete application is available here. The application is Charityware (if you find the application useful, please go ahead and donate! I have selected some charities, but feel free to suggest more and I will consider adding them) and licensed under GPL (as HandBrake is). If HandBrakeBatch does not recognize your custom presets, most likely the problem can be fixed very easily, have a look at this post for instructions. Custom presets defined in HandBrake are fully supported as well. With version 2.0, I have added the most requested feature: support for multiple audio languages and subtitles. Here comes HandBrakeBatch: a fully independent application which uses HandBrake video converter under the hood, and allows you to drag & drop a bunch of files at the same time, and convert them using any of the default HandBrake presets. The only problem with HandBrake (on the Mac at least) is the lack of a real batch mode: the queue management is great, but you have to select the source files one by one. HandBrake is in my opinion the best video converter available today I have been using for a long time, and every time I try a different application I am regularly disappointed. ![]() I do not plan to update HandBrakeBatch in the future. HandBrake now supports batch conversions.
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