Work out the bitrate that makes a video fit a size limit, such as a 25 MB email attachment.
Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Change any number and the answer updates.
Send Studio the original file. It does the edit and exports the finished MP4.
Total bitrate is the size limit divided by the length. Take off the audio, and what is left is the budget for the picture. For 25 MB over two minutes: 25 × 8,000 ÷ 120 = 1,667 kilobits a second in total, less 128 for sound, leaves about 1,500 for video.
The table under the answer compares your budget with YouTube's recommended bitrate at each frame size. At 80 percent or more of that figure the picture looks clean. Around half, a talking head still looks fine and fast motion goes soft. Below a fifth it turns blocky, and a smaller frame size will look better than a starved large one.
The video compressor's target-size mode runs this sum on your file and encodes it to fit.
Gmail's limit is 25 MB and email's encoding adds about a third, so aim for 18 MB. For a 1-minute video that is about 2,200 kbps for the picture with 128 kbps sound.
The container adds a little, and encoders overshoot slightly. Two percent keeps you under a hard limit.
In your editor's export settings, as the target or average bitrate, with two-pass encoding switched on if it is offered.
No. The sum is done by your browser.
Make a video file smaller: pick a quality level or name the size in megabytes it has to fit under.
Work out how big a video file will be from its length and bitrate, with YouTube's recommended bitrates built in.
Estimate how long a file takes to upload at your connection's real upload speed.
Cut a video down to the part you want. Drag the start and end on a preview, then download the section.
Upload the raw recording. Studio cuts the ums, retakes and long pauses, adds captions and makes short clips. 30 free minutes, no card.