If you have a video that you would like to share with others, how do you optimize it for the web. I’m using a simple open-source program called Handbrake which you can download for free. It’s available from handbrake.fr. Handbrake is available on Windows, Mac and Linux. Based on my experience with working with Handbrake, I was able to shrink my videos to less than 10% of the original size without sacrificing quality.

Here’s a short video of how to optimize your videos for the web using Handbrake.

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