How To Compress a Video File Without Losing Quality

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  • Опубліковано 25 жов 2017
  • How To Compress a Video File Without Losing Quality
    Video files can be very large in size and it can take a long time to upload these large files to youtube or other social media sites. Compressing these files can make them smaller and faster to upload also is a better way to store your files because they are not as big and don't take up as much storage space. The trick is to compress these video files without losing any quality to the video itself and to do this we will be using VLC. It's a free program you can download.
    Lossless Video Compression
    www.videolan.org/vlc/download...
    You can also check out this article on how to compress video:
    How to Compress MP4 to Smaller Size on Mac/Windows PC
    bit.ly/2sZCvfG
    There are many ways to do this task, this is just one method.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 520

  • @amnesiascrub12
    @amnesiascrub12 6 років тому +107

    You have played the same file @5:08. Look at the file names at the top. It should be "dash cam" vs "dash cam best".

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  6 років тому +13

      Yes, sorry its a mistake, the videos at the end are the compressed ones, if you look at the beginning you will see the 2.5GB file playing, not much difference.

    • @Michelangelo84
      @Michelangelo84 2 місяці тому

      @@Britec09 you are a big scammer

  • @OfficialRedTeamReview
    @OfficialRedTeamReview 6 років тому +31

    Once again another SUPER informative and useful video. Keep uploading more videos like this please!

    • @TheXxRohanxx
      @TheXxRohanxx 6 років тому

      RedTeamReview Love your Content :)

    • @jay2bnvd
      @jay2bnvd 6 років тому

      RedTeamReview How do I become a member of yours? I love your bot comments, and would like them on my vids as well.

  • @lamaking1978
    @lamaking1978 5 років тому +1

    VLC has recently updated the software and I've no zero issues. It did an amazing job compressing my video and I like that I have the option to keep the quality of the audio the same during the conversion. I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks for the great video.

  • @mycallkenknee4380
    @mycallkenknee4380 6 років тому

    So so so so helpful! I've had VLC downloaded for years. I've had the solution the whole time. Thanks for making this video buddy!

  • @REDX16385
    @REDX16385 6 років тому +81

    Great video, man. I didn't know that VLC was able to convert videos. Keep up the good work, Brian :)

  • @davidnoah4690
    @davidnoah4690 2 роки тому +1

    Have seen similar tutorials on the above subject matter but yours stood out for me because am able to understand and follow every step as instructed and it works. Now my days of compression stalemate are finally over. Thank you ☺️

  • @Himanipb
    @Himanipb 5 років тому

    Thank you so much Britech. It really saved my life. This is Epic. Loved it how VLC compressed my file video file size from 7MB to 1 MB without even messing up with the quality of the video.

  • @sameerasenaratne6739
    @sameerasenaratne6739 5 років тому

    This is awesome and really must try this one. Never knew VLC can do this. Thank you so much for this very helpful video.

  • @marktuohy1088
    @marktuohy1088 5 років тому

    A very useful tutorial. Thank you for making this, it's really helped me a lot!

  • @saintpaulskinderhook1851
    @saintpaulskinderhook1851 4 роки тому

    Thank you! You have saved us no end of hassle as we have been trying to upload our services (no in-person services owing to Covid-19). May God bless and reward you richly.

  • @greventlv
    @greventlv 5 років тому

    Beautiful, more people need to know this about VLC!

  • @chrisjarvis4378
    @chrisjarvis4378 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks! That was as straight forward as you can get, even I understood. ;-)

  • @kristenphinney7097
    @kristenphinney7097 5 років тому

    For those with no sound - I chose profile: (Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4). Click "Customize..." Navigate to "Audio codec" tab and check "Keep original audio track", then click "Apply"... worked for me.

  • @StreetwisePhilippines
    @StreetwisePhilippines 4 роки тому

    Thank you mate. You make me realize that my favorite VLC will do a magic on recorded video. Cheers Mate.

  • @IntenseMX
    @IntenseMX 5 років тому +142

    keep compressing until there's nothing left!
    Than keep going and it will add space to your computer.
    just a universe loophole

  • @DeafRiderGhost
    @DeafRiderGhost 6 років тому +8

    oh that new thank you for video Britec09 and keep going for more :-)

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  6 років тому

      You're welcome.

    • @chandue8236
      @chandue8236 6 років тому

      hello sir, output firle is of ".ps" format and size is more than the original..

    • @juntorres5746
      @juntorres5746 6 років тому

      No Audio On Playback, H.E.L.P.

  • @ahmedkhaled1068
    @ahmedkhaled1068 6 років тому

    Amazing Tutorial!
    Helped me a lot. Thanks

  • @dirtforce0897
    @dirtforce0897 4 роки тому

    Thanks Bryan, looks pretty good! What would you say is the best qual/size converter out there for HD action sports footage?

  • @QLTD
    @QLTD 6 років тому +1

    awesome, gonna do that from now on

  • @tadpoles10
    @tadpoles10 6 років тому

    Thanks Brian looks to be smart bit of kit, with included file changing possibilities saves an additional job.
    atb t ..

  • @mxmsworld426
    @mxmsworld426 6 років тому

    this video is literally perfect. thankyou so much!!

  • @BlueprintBro
    @BlueprintBro 5 років тому +1

    Thank you! From 2 GB to around 300 MB. Works pretty good

  • @eririvec
    @eririvec 5 років тому +26

    Ain't working for me, it's giving me an audio file with no video ! :(

  • @carroyo911
    @carroyo911 3 роки тому

    This worked beautifully, including Lemon's tip down below about changing the audio codec to MPEG4 Audio (AAC). Thanks for the information...

  • @SAMURAI-xb7el
    @SAMURAI-xb7el 5 років тому +9

    Did anybody notice when he was doing the comparison if you look at the top they are the same file, deskcambest.mp4

  • @ChumyMototo
    @ChumyMototo 5 років тому +1

    Great thanks for this Tip buddy, I just uploaded my First Motovlogging video footage to YT and it was 2Gig. It took about 13 hours for me to render in Premiere Pro, and took 9 hours to upload, that was a serious hard work I should say, but thanks to your video, now I could at least reduce the uploading time.

  • @ADHDPatrick
    @ADHDPatrick 4 роки тому

    Thank you for this video! I have had trouble with huge video files since I bought myself a camera

  • @dapidminiAiki
    @dapidminiAiki 6 років тому +6

    thank you! you just saved me time (maybe hours) and risks on searching free software just to resize a video. I never knew vlc could do this..

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  6 років тому +1

      Always check my channel first, over 1500 quality videos for free :)

  • @simranchauhan5419
    @simranchauhan5419 5 років тому

    Thank you Britech as I found this video very helpful and thank you guys for sharing tips for video settings in comments

  • @savekarodeals
    @savekarodeals 5 років тому

    Thanks, it worked well, Keep uploading more videos like this please!

  • @tri4ever
    @tri4ever 4 роки тому

    Awesome stuff, saved me loads of time to not have to re-record my video, thanks so much for the help!!!

  • @JDHart
    @JDHart 5 років тому

    Thank you very much for this video. You solved a major problem for me.

  • @Mtktnstrends
    @Mtktnstrends 5 років тому

    Thanks man. You are of great help. I was in a real dilemma. Great video.

  • @omkaranjkar3448
    @omkaranjkar3448 2 роки тому

    Thank you, this was really helpful. A simple enough method that gets results.
    Easy to follow too.

  • @CinemaBurrito
    @CinemaBurrito 4 роки тому

    THANK YOU! I was uploading 14gigs onto UA-cam and it would take all night lol Now I can upload in 30 minutes or less with no visible loss in quality.

  • @ahmeddeyaa7784
    @ahmeddeyaa7784 5 років тому

    thank u i didn't know that VLC was able to convert videos. great video ❤

  • @annisaclarasinta8687
    @annisaclarasinta8687 5 років тому

    Thank you for making this video, it really helpful

  • @jdsgotninelives
    @jdsgotninelives 6 років тому

    I'd love to see more tutes on this and similar subjects. Cheers Brian :)

  • @singhrajratna
    @singhrajratna 6 років тому +3

    I am able to compress my video using this method. Thank you lot for this info!!

    • @momzilla9491
      @momzilla9491 6 років тому

      Hi Singh. Other people here have said that they lost the sound from their
      video once converted. Did you have this problem come up at some point?
      Thanks!

    • @officialtop10s29
      @officialtop10s29 6 років тому

      I am currently converting, will let you know once i have done it mate

  • @Giganthrax
    @Giganthrax 5 років тому +1

    I knew there's a reason why I love VLC more than any other player. :)

  • @beyondourdreams9894
    @beyondourdreams9894 4 роки тому

    thank you so much bro, you saved me a lot of uploading time ❤️❤️🙂🙂

  • @Espinete87
    @Espinete87 5 років тому

    Oh my god, i was trying to do with a online program that fails above 500 mb, and that was a problem, but now, thanks again to the awesome VLC i discover something great, very very usefull, i always want to send to my collegues small gameplays throught wasap, and this is the nice way! i love you, i dont know why not many people tell us about this very nice trick! VLC ROCKS! many features that we dont know

  • @freeelectron8261
    @freeelectron8261 5 років тому

    Really useful "how to" video. Got the video file size down to about 5% of original (did not need HQ). Thanks again Britec09 !

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  5 років тому

      Glad I could help.

  • @nocturnality1307
    @nocturnality1307 5 років тому +1

    Thanks friend, was very helpful :)

  • @ElJorgeGil
    @ElJorgeGil 5 років тому

    Thanks, @Britec09 this worked like a boss!

  • @inyourworldofmusic8545
    @inyourworldofmusic8545 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much I didn't remember VLC I create Music to he people sleep or just to relax and sometimes the video is long that's a lot GBs thank you again

  • @MiddleClassMayhem
    @MiddleClassMayhem 6 років тому

    So helpful, thank you man!

  • @andrewcole5658
    @andrewcole5658 5 років тому

    THANK YOU! You just saved my freakin life.

  • @dueenglish3810
    @dueenglish3810 6 років тому

    Thank You Man. it's Help me Alot.

  • @gnfb
    @gnfb 6 років тому

    Appreciate that video I have only just started playing around with video. I was using Openshot which left me with created files at around 32mb after following your video I was able to kep quality and end up with a file of 4.2mb Great!

  • @duanebidoux6087
    @duanebidoux6087 4 роки тому

    I did exactly what you said and my conversion actually got bigger.

  • @victorydance6439
    @victorydance6439 5 років тому +12

    it dropped 9.80MB (unable for normal discord users) to 2.28MB
    amazing discovery
    beyond science but works for me

  • @ASMRT
    @ASMRT 6 років тому

    Very helpful.. going to try this for my next 11hour ASMR video. I already wasted a full day uploading my clothes dryer sound vid yesterday. Glad I found you!

    • @darenoon
      @darenoon 4 роки тому

      11 hour ASMR video what

  • @Corrbin1
    @Corrbin1 6 років тому +1

    Yeah would like to see more about vlc settings you mentioned.

  • @sakura33777
    @sakura33777 6 років тому

    thank you i love this greatly help me reduce uploading time but also reduce the space it consume on my HDD specially may portable HD

  • @rannyday2635
    @rannyday2635 6 років тому

    This would be the same for master music recordings say a HQ .wav file? Would this program also be good for that or is there a different way music files are stored ? Would compression be bad for such files?

  • @benbeeton
    @benbeeton 6 років тому

    Thanks so much, I did as you said but somehow lost the volume? can u advise?

  • @MrLiif3
    @MrLiif3 4 роки тому

    Still working ! this is still useful in 2019

  • @JS-pi3vx
    @JS-pi3vx 6 років тому

    Great vid man 👍
    Will this work with 60fps vids?

  • @lornaedgar6861
    @lornaedgar6861 6 років тому

    Thank you Britec. I have been using VSDC Video Editor since UA-cam decided in their infiinite wisdom to stop doing their UA-cam Video Editor. I'm getting by with it but I've noticed my hard drive space is starting to get less after coversion plus when I'm uploading videos to UA-cam I get a message at the side saying something about Your videos will process faster if you encode into a streamable file format and it takes absolutely forever to upload.

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 5 років тому +1

    Hello Brian.
    As a bit of an amateur, I wold have liked to know what the conversion actually did.
    Eg what did it change?
    The bit rate
    The frame rate
    The codec
    The resolution?
    Something else?

  • @MrPitiboy
    @MrPitiboy 5 років тому

    Very nice and informative video. Helped out a bunch. Thanks! :D

  • @josephk7954
    @josephk7954 5 років тому

    Phew - Life saver - cheers bruv!

  • @xXxJokerManxXx
    @xXxJokerManxXx 3 роки тому

    This is the best tutorial of this one out here in UA-cam. I subbed. Thanks!

  • @n.h.specialcommitteeonvote2982
    @n.h.specialcommitteeonvote2982 3 роки тому

    I downloaded VLC. I followed your instructions. One crash later, I found that it had started to overwrite the file, then crashed, leaving me with a 26 second jumble and no original. 1.2 GB, vanished. Thanks. Now I remember why I stopped using VLC years ago.

  • @justsid
    @justsid 4 роки тому

    Subscribed! Thanks for this vid. Got a project due and this will be requried of me to share with mny peers.

  • @AutismLive
    @AutismLive 6 років тому +28

    This not only got rid of the audio, but also made the file 100 mb bigger?

    • @CreativeBlue
      @CreativeBlue 5 років тому +4

      My Audio remained, but it made my video file bigger too! Source file was mp4 and I simply wanted to compress it.

    • @Nixxen
      @Nixxen 5 років тому +6

      @@CreativeBlue If your file is already compressed, compressing it again won't help much.
      Check the bitrate of your original file. If the compressed file has a higher bitrate, there's no point compressing it since it'll just fill in blanks with duplicate data to reach the correct bitrate.

  • @marksteve8373
    @marksteve8373 5 років тому +4

    Thank you mate! I learn something new about VLC every time, such an outstanding tool!

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  5 років тому

      Yeah its a awesome program

  • @AFCA4EVER
    @AFCA4EVER 5 років тому

    WTF!! Using VLC for years now and never knew i could do this with VLC. Thanks man :D

    • @Britec09
      @Britec09  5 років тому +1

      You're welcome, learn something new everyday.

    • @AFCA4EVER
      @AFCA4EVER 5 років тому

      Indeed.. Never too old to learn new stuff.. 😉

  • @gdave53925_
    @gdave53925_ 5 років тому +1

    Can you convert more than one file at a time? I have been ripping my DVD TV series to MP4 files and each 24 min episode is like 450 mb's. When I convert they come out at 181 mb's and look to be the same quality. So want to convert them all. This will save me mega space. Is this much reduction for standard def normal? thanks for any tips. Used WINX DVD ripper to rip my DVD and the files came out huge.

  • @codekhalil6437
    @codekhalil6437 3 роки тому

    Welp. I thought this wasn't going to help me out. But I was totally wrong. You just made my life easier. Subscribed

  • @211sweetypie
    @211sweetypie Рік тому

    😮 Thanks so much! UPDATE: No sound. I finally tried this and the picture quality was good but there wasn’t any audio. Oh well , going to hand brake now.

  • @McCardo
    @McCardo 4 роки тому

    You are my hero of the week well done.. Many thanks

  • @juliuskaju9625
    @juliuskaju9625 6 років тому

    This video is legit!, exactly what you show is what i have achieved thankyou!

  • @mugwanja
    @mugwanja 4 роки тому

    Thanks, didn't know VLC could do that. Subscribed :)

  • @waseemahmed4926
    @waseemahmed4926 5 років тому

    Awesome Buddy. Thanks a lot

  • @beatsdddx
    @beatsdddx 6 років тому

    Thanks so much! ,,,MP4 went from 377mb to 107mb. I have VLC player I had
    no idea it can compress files!!!!

  • @revivedsoul1099
    @revivedsoul1099 5 років тому +1

    Dude the difference between the videos is that right is brighter than the left. Everyone can see that. Wish it was just on same line as the original. Either way nice video!

  • @fininsfinancialservices1079
    @fininsfinancialservices1079 5 років тому

    Awesome man! Its works and its great.... I have converted a 1.65 GB file to only and only 1.05 MB.

  • @KoleCook
    @KoleCook 6 років тому

    If the video I am compressing is 60fps, will the frame rate be maintained when compressed? Awesome video!

  • @thejedzone2684
    @thejedzone2684 6 років тому

    Really help me a lot, thanks mate!

  • @rebeccashetter2309
    @rebeccashetter2309 6 років тому

    Thank you great video; will be sharing this one..

  • @MrMewSeek
    @MrMewSeek 5 років тому

    cant belive XD its so easy and i use vlc that long and didnt notice that great option! thanks alot

  • @waqarkhaliq6988
    @waqarkhaliq6988 6 років тому

    very welldone bro very welldone it's working
    m really happy with u now m your subscriber

  • @aravindshiremath6403
    @aravindshiremath6403 5 років тому

    fantastic , can i convert without merging it the same MB with another format

  • @JohnMcKillop
    @JohnMcKillop 6 років тому

    Nice one Brian... more videos on this subject would be great buddy...

  • @lovewords
    @lovewords 4 роки тому

    very helpful video .
    thank you for your effort

  • @Lifeform84
    @Lifeform84 4 роки тому

    Thank You very much for this video, its was very helpful... Thanks !

  • @lelslie7407
    @lelslie7407 3 роки тому

    was wondering how to compress videos, thanks mate!

  • @josephmullen3254
    @josephmullen3254 5 років тому

    hi would this work on a timeline like from only to record a 1 hour video on a dvd-r it will fit two hours is this right?? thanks very much

  • @jimjohnston2149
    @jimjohnston2149 11 місяців тому

    thanks, simple but very effective or rather explained very well that made something people struggle with look simple ad yet be very effective. also too often forget about vlc

  • @danielaseo3483
    @danielaseo3483 6 років тому

    VLC is great, this video helps me alot. Thanks for video

  • @jimisminecraft5005
    @jimisminecraft5005 5 років тому

    Hi what about doing the same on a Mac? How can I decide what size to go back to? I have a huge video file here that is 43 GB and I want to downsize it to under 2GB so I can send it via WeTransfer. Thnx for your help!

  • @robeaton2191
    @robeaton2191 5 років тому

    Thanks for the video, worked a treat

  • @RIPUZI
    @RIPUZI 6 років тому

    Thanks for another video Brian. More "how to" videos please!

  • @coneyrosesalvador597
    @coneyrosesalvador597 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much for this video! Really helps me a lot!

  • @tensive2b2t2
    @tensive2b2t2 6 років тому

    the only difference between the two is the colours but hardly any difference. Great tutorial!!!

  • @ragemoh4453
    @ragemoh4453 6 років тому

    Thank You so much Really helpfull For me

  • @francismpazviriwo4781
    @francismpazviriwo4781 5 років тому

    Thank you! It helped a lot!

  • @TamiePryor
    @TamiePryor 4 роки тому

    Thank you! Worked perfectly!