Make a video file smaller: pick a quality level or name the size in megabytes it has to fit under.
Files up to 100 MB. This tool re-encodes the picture, so it takes videos up to 5 minutes long.
Your file is deleted from our server as soon as the result is made, and the result 15 minutes later.
Add your file to begin. The result shows here.
Studio takes recordings up to 2 GB on the free plan, so you can send the original and get back the finished edit.
The Studio free plan takes recordings up to 2 GB and edits the whole thing: retakes and pauses out, captions in.
A file's size is its length multiplied by its bitrate. The tool divides your target by the length of the video, takes off what the sound needs, and encodes the picture twice: the first pass measures which moments are hard to compress, the second spends the bits there. The result lands under your number. If the budget is too small to look acceptable at the original frame size, it steps down to 720p, 480p or 360p instead of filling the picture with blocks.
High is hard to tell from the original. Balanced is right for most sharing. Smaller and Smallest show softness in hair, grass and fast movement, and make small text on a screen recording harder to read. For screen recordings, lower the resolution less and the quality less; for a talking head, a lower resolution usually costs little.
A video from a messaging app or a previous compression is already squeezed hard. Re-encoding it at a gentler setting can come out larger. The tool tells you when that happens. Keep your original, or choose a smaller target or a lower resolution.
The picture needs at least about 90 kilobits a second to be watchable, so a 2-minute video cannot go much below 2 MB. The tool tells you when a target is too small for the length.
Gmail stops attachments at 25 MB, and the encoding that email uses adds about a third to a file on the way. Aim for 18 MB or less, or send a link instead.
The result is always MP4 with H.264 video and AAC sound, whatever you upload.
Yes, to AAC at 128 kbps, or 96 or 64 kbps when a small target leaves little room. Speech stays clear at all three.
Up to 5 minutes and 100 MB. Trim a longer recording first, or send it to Studio, whose free plan takes files up to 2 GB.
Cut a video down to the part you want. Drag the start and end on a preview, then download the section.
Convert MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, WMV and other video files into an MP4 that plays everywhere.
Fit a video into a vertical, square or landscape frame without stretching it, with bars or a blurred background.
Work out how big a video file will be from its length and bitrate, with YouTube's recommended bitrates built in.
Upload the raw recording. Studio cuts the ums, retakes and long pauses, adds captions and makes short clips. 30 free minutes, no card.