Compress MOV files
Upload an MOV file and shrink its size by re-encoding the video at a lower bitrate. Re-encoding long videos takes a while, so keep the tab open.
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Upload an MOV file and shrink its size by re-encoding the video at a lower bitrate. Re-encoding long videos takes a while, so keep the tab open.
Camera-original MOV files are intentionally bitrate-rich for editing headroom. Once a clip is just being watched or shared, most of that headroom is wasted space. Re-encoding at a lower bitrate reclaims it, locally and privately.
After. Edit from the original, then compress the export. Compressing first throws away headroom your editor could have used.
Yes, same container, lighter contents.
No, compression happens on your device.