Just download the ffmpeg based freeware Video to Video Converter. One of the easiest and best video converter around.
Andre
3 years ago
Thanks for the tips!! never know if VLC can convert video, haha.
Mohammed from DC
3 years ago
Excellent and informative article. Thank you so much
pink
3 years ago
tried the first method. video went from 39mb to 104mb. THAT one doesn’t work so well….
Peggy
3 years ago
I used the video converter on Windows 10, followed your instructions and in the end the mp4 wasn’t much smaller than the original AND the sound was that of playing a 78 rpm record at 33 1/3….. 🙁
kaolapandasloth
3 years ago
Thanks this helped. I was looking for a clap or thumbs up button
Michelle Manke
3 years ago
I used the first method with the Windows Video Editor, and the video file got larger rather than smaller, even when using the Low 540p setting, so that doesn’t work. Then I tried the VLC method exactly as described, and it produced a video with no sound, so that doesn’t work either. 🙁
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Mosiah
3 years ago
Yer Great thanks alot found the VLC one useful
Kelly
2 years ago
Best instructions ever!!! I used the top ones with the video editor app. Thank you for your excellent instructions.
Jeff Whittle
2 years ago
I need to make videos smaller for social media. Instagram videos must be smaller than 15MG, Facebook videos must be smaller than 10MG and LinkedIn videos must be smaller than 5MG. Are there any settings in any video compressor that makes sure your video can get to those sizes? Thanks!
Anon
2 years ago
Fantastic material. Make comment section more visisble so more people are tempted to leave a comment. well done and cheers
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mike
1 year ago
Like many others here, I tried the first method using Windows native app and it took an HOUR to ‘shrink’ and the file GREW from 300M to 1G! Safe to say never using it again.
We didn’t know that either until making the research for the first draft of this article. Glad we could help. 🙂
Öyvind Söreensen
3 months ago
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
I used VLC. What an amazing software.
34,046kb –> 3,559kb
It is offline and dont collect data.
I tried first with Windows Video editor on my Windows 10 machine, but the software was unavailable and Clipchamp which was offered instead required my machine to be connected to internet….
Thank you so much for your work.
Maybe you should check the video editor and possibly revisit the article?
God bless you in Jesu name.
Just download the ffmpeg based freeware Video to Video Converter. One of the easiest and best video converter around.
Thanks for the tips!! never know if VLC can convert video, haha.
Excellent and informative article. Thank you so much
tried the first method. video went from 39mb to 104mb. THAT one doesn’t work so well….
I used the video converter on Windows 10, followed your instructions and in the end the mp4 wasn’t much smaller than the original AND the sound was that of playing a 78 rpm record at 33 1/3….. 🙁
Thanks this helped. I was looking for a clap or thumbs up button
I used the first method with the Windows Video Editor, and the video file got larger rather than smaller, even when using the Low 540p setting, so that doesn’t work. Then I tried the VLC method exactly as described, and it produced a video with no sound, so that doesn’t work either. 🙁
Try the other methods too. One of them should work well for you too.
Thanks, VLC way did the job for me: a 100MB 1 minute video captured with Windows gaming became a 10MB video to send to a friend over phone !
I’m glad our guide helped. Don’t hesitate to subscribe to our email newsletter, for more useful tutorials.
Yer Great thanks alot found the VLC one useful
Best instructions ever!!! I used the top ones with the video editor app. Thank you for your excellent instructions.
I need to make videos smaller for social media. Instagram videos must be smaller than 15MG, Facebook videos must be smaller than 10MG and LinkedIn videos must be smaller than 5MG. Are there any settings in any video compressor that makes sure your video can get to those sizes? Thanks!
Fantastic material. Make comment section more visisble so more people are tempted to leave a comment. well done and cheers
Thank you for the feedback. We will improve the comments section in the upcoming weeks.
Like many others here, I tried the first method using Windows native app and it took an HOUR to ‘shrink’ and the file GREW from 300M to 1G! Safe to say never using it again.
Try the other solutions too. Some are bound to lead to better results.
This was really helpful! Didn’t know VLC could be used to convert / compress videos! Many thanks!!!
We didn’t know that either until making the research for the first draft of this article. Glad we could help. 🙂
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
I used VLC. What an amazing software.
34,046kb –> 3,559kb
It is offline and dont collect data.
I tried first with Windows Video editor on my Windows 10 machine, but the software was unavailable and Clipchamp which was offered instead required my machine to be connected to internet….
Thank you so much for your work.
Maybe you should check the video editor and possibly revisit the article?
God bless you in Jesu name.
Which video editor do you want us to check? It’s not very clear to me. Thank you!
Thank you very much for the info.