A video compressor is software that reduces the file size of a video. It can do this using two methods:
If you want to compress video without sacrificing quality, try our lossless video file compressor above.
There are four ways to make a video file smaller without compromising quality:
Check out our full guide on how to compress videos without losing quality.
Media compression can reduce your video’s quality, but it all depends on the compression type you choose.
Simply put, this process is run through a technology called a codec. Codecs use an algorithm to compress a video and then decompress it into a new video format.
Some codecs are lossless and perform compression without heavily affecting your video’s quality or removing data. Instead, they reconstruct the data to make the file smaller.
Lossless compression can’t reduce a video file’s size as much as lossy compression can. With lossy compression, videos can be lessened into much smaller file sizes, but you may lose data or decrease the quality of your video
H.264 and H.265 are different codec standards for MP4 compression. In short, H.265 uses more advanced technology and compresses more efficiently without losing video quality.
The main difference is that H.264 compresses using macroblocks, whereas H.265 compresses using coding tree units.
This means that H.264 only works with a maximum of 16x16 pixel blocks when compressing a video. H.265 divides the picture into different coding units, working with higher pixel blocks.
Read our guide for more information on codec and video file formats.
The best online video compressors (or “video file shrinkers”) are:
Riverside ticks all these boxes, so we suggest it as your best option for video compression online.
Check out our comprehensive list of best video compressors.
You can compress an MP4 file just like any other video file. It involves reducing its bitrate, which decreases the file size while balancing the trade-off between storage efficiency and video quality.
Riverside’s video compression tool doubles down as an MP4 compressor.
Follow these steps to compress an MP4 file:
Read our full guide to learn how to compress videos.
Discord has a maximum file upload limit of 8MB for free accounts. If you have Discord Nitro, the upload limit increases to 50MB per file.
To share larger files on the platform, you need to to reduce the size of the video first.
To shrink your Discord video files you must:
Yes, condensing a video with our tool is 100% secure. All communications are performed via secure, encrypted channels.
Your video files are fully protected and remain anonymous. Only you have access to them throughout the compression process.
Plus, after you download your file, we delete it from our servers to protect your privacy.
