Compress Video
Reduce video file size with adjustable quality controls, balancing compression ratio against visual fidelity. Uses efficient encoding to achieve significant size reduction while maintaining watchable quality. All compression runs locally on your self-hosted server.
Features
- Adjustable quality slider from visually lossless to aggressive compression
- Real-time size estimation based on selected compression settings
- Preserves audio quality independently from video compression settings
- Two-pass encoding option for optimal quality-to-size ratio
- Progress tracking with estimated time remaining for large files
What you can do
- Shrinking large screen recordings before attaching them to email or Slack messages
- Compressing raw camera footage for faster upload to a video editing collaboration tool
- Reducing video file sizes for a mobile app where storage and bandwidth are constrained
- Archiving surveillance or dashcam footage at reduced size for long-term retention
Self-hosted. Your files never leave your network.
SnapOtter runs entirely on your own infrastructure. Files processed with Compress Video are never uploaded to third-party servers. Deploy a single Docker container and process files with full privacy, no watermarks, and no usage limits. Open source under AGPL-3.0.
Frequently asked questions
- How much can I reduce the file size?
- Typical reductions range from 30% to 80% depending on the source material and quality setting. Highly compressed sources yield less savings. All compression runs on your self-hosted SnapOtter server.
- Will viewers notice the quality difference?
- At moderate compression settings, the difference is barely perceptible in most content. Aggressive settings may show artifacts in fast motion or fine detail. You can preview locally since processing is self-hosted.
- Does it re-encode the audio too?
- Audio quality is preserved by default, with an option to compress it separately if needed. Since SnapOtter is self-hosted, your video files never leave your network during the compression process.
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