Not sure which level to use?
Low
- Best quality, still a noticeably smaller file.
- Archiving, editing, anything you'll watch on a big screen.
Medium
- Balanced size and quality.
- Messaging apps, email, uploading to a website.
High
- Smallest file, more visible loss.
- Quick previews, drafts, hitting a strict upload limit.
New to compressing videos?
A video file is mostly redundancy — most of every frame looks like the one before it. Compression keeps what changes and re-encodes the rest at a lower bitrate, which is why the same clip can shrink by 80% and still look fine. Here's what's actually happening when you compress, and how to pick the right level.
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