How to use the Video Compressor

  1. 1Drop your video onto the tool or click to choose a file.
  2. 2Choose a quality preset and, optionally, a smaller resolution.
  3. 3Click Compress video and wait for the progress bar to finish.
  4. 4Compare the sizes and download your compressed video.

About this tool

Compress video without leaving your browser

Large videos are hard to email, slow to upload and expensive to store. This compressor re-encodes your clip at a lower bitrate and, if you choose, a lower resolution, using the video encoder already built into your browser.

When to compress

Use it before uploading to a video host, attaching to an email, posting in chat or archiving screen recordings. For hosting and sharing at full quality, upload directly to FileHost.net.

Frequently asked questions

Typically 40-90% depending on the source. Screen recordings and phone videos at very high bitrates shrink the most.

No. Compression happens on your device with the WebCodecs API built into your browser. The file is never uploaded.

Compression always trades some quality for size. The Balanced preset keeps videos looking good for sharing; choose High to stay closer to the original.

It uses hardware-accelerated video encoding in Chrome, Edge, Safari 16.4+ or recent Firefox. Older browsers will show a message.

An MP4 file (H.264 video with AAC audio) when supported, otherwise WebM. Both play on all modern devices.

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