I left this part out of my description, but did you click on "Source" 
and select the video you want to convert?

Brian Cluff

On 04/06/2013 07:07 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
>
> I installed handbrake and did everything you suggested
> (below) ... but the "Start" button is grayed out and I
> can find no way to actually do the conversion.
>
> See this: http://www.upquick.com/temp/handbrake.jpg
>
> ------------------
>> ... Your easiest option is probably to get handbrake.
>> It's usually used for ripping DVDs, but actually does
>> a nice job of converting videos too, as long as the
>> destination container is mp4 or mkv,
>
> [snipped]
>> Once you have handbrake installed and open, pick one
>> of the presets from the right side. Choose the "universal"
>> format under Devices.
>> Click on the Video table and move the slider above "Constant
>> Quality" till it reads RF:30. Then click on the Audio table,
>> if there are more than one audio track showing, click on the
>> lower once and then click the red X to get rid of them.
>> Then select the remaining audio track, make sure the encoder
>> is set to AAC and then set the bitrate to 96.
>>
>> click the icon of the diskette in the lower right corner and
>> save this preset for later use.
>
>
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