Compress Video

1. Pick the target

Type a MB number or choose a preset. The target is the ceiling the output has to fit under — usually the limit of wherever the file is going.

2. Run the pass

Drop the file in and start. The encoder loads in the tab, the metadata readout confirms what the browser sees, and a slow job can be cancelled.

3. Verify the size

The download arrives with its real size shown. Confirm it clears the destination's limit before you attach or upload it anywhere.

Free Discord uploads cap around 10MB per file — the tightest common budget, with quality expectations that follow clip length.

Gmail bounces messages whose attachments total over 25MB; landing a little under keeps the clip a real attachment.

For forums, forms, and any system that hard-codes the ten-megabyte line, regardless of platform.

It follows the ratio

Removing a third to half of the bytes usually looks close to the original; removing 90 percent visibly changes the picture on any tool.

Duration stretches the budget thin

The same target over more minutes means fewer bits per second — a 10MB file at one minute is comfortable, at ten minutes it is a slideshow.

Clean sources help

A clip that was already compressed hard has little left to reclaim; the second pass costs quality for a small saving.

Trim dead air

Cutting the fumbling at both ends shortens the clip, which fattens the per-second budget for everything that remains.

Match the destination, not the maximum

If the platform allows 25MB, targeting 24MB beats crushing into 10. Compress only as hard as the limit forces.