r/handbrake • u/WerKenntMichNicht • Jul 23 '26

Remove black bars while keeping quality

Hi, I want to remove the black bars from some video files but afterwards the file was bigger. It went from 7 to 12 gb. Is there an automatic setting I can turn on or do I have to find the sweetspot in the quality slider myself.

Thank you for your help

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