VideoFree trial
Compress Video
Shrink MP4 / MOV / WEBM up to 90% without quality drop.
Last updated
Checking your session…
How to use Compress Video
About 2 minutes, start to finish.
- 1
Open the compressor
Visit /tools/video/compress-video.
- 2
Drop your video
MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI up to 500 MB on Free, 2 GB on Pro+.
- 3
Pick a quality preset
Balanced (~40% of source) is the default. Use High for archival, Small for social uploads.
- 4
Click Compress
Server-side ffmpeg re-encodes to H.264 + AAC. ~30 seconds processing per minute of video on the standard queue.
- 5
Preview + download
Inline player to confirm quality before downloading the MP4.
Frequently asked about Compress Video
Quality vs size trade-off?
High preset (CRF 20): visually lossless, ~70% of source. Balanced (CRF 26): the default, ~40% of source, still 1080p-clean. Small (CRF 30): aggressive, ~20% of source, best for talking-head clips on social.
Why MP4 output?
H.264 in fragmented MP4 is the most-supported video format on the web — YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Vimeo all prefer it. For other formats (WebM, AV1) wait for the format selector in Wave 2.
Resolution / bitrate?
Output resolution matches the input. Bitrate is set by Constant Rate Factor (CRF) — variable per scene, lower = higher quality. AAC audio at 128 kbps (transparent on speech, near-transparent on music).
Related tools
All included in your Apexkit plan. No extra cost.