Digital movies can be recorded in a wide variety of formats. Each format has its own characteristics, which determine the quality of the picture and sound. Accordingly, the size of the movie will be higher the higher its quality. However, if necessary, any film can be squeezed to make it smaller.
Instructions
Step 1
Purchase or download a program to convert video files. The most suitable solution for home use is the free Any Video Converter application, which can be downloaded from the official website at the link https://www.any-video-converter.com/any-video-converter-free.exe. After downloading, install and run the application
Step 2
Load the video file to be compressed into the program. To do this, click the "Add" button in the program window. A Windows Explorer window will open allowing you to locate the file. The file loaded into the program will appear in the main part of the window. the program will determine the size, duration, format and some other parameters of this video file.
Step 3
Check the box next to the downloaded video file and select the format in which the final file should be encoded. The choice of the format is carried out in a special drop-down list, where all available codecs of the final video files are grouped according to the principle of common features. For example, in this drop-down list, you can select preset video settings for mobile phones, flash videos for uploading to Internet sites, videos for watching on computers or media players, and videos for burning to DVDs. In addition to the general format settings, in the options you can select more detailed video parameters after conversion. In the options, you can change the video resolution, frame rate, change the length of the video, edit the quality of the audio track of the video file, or completely remove the sound from it. All of this will affect the final size of the movie.
Step 4
After selecting all the necessary options, select the folder in which the final file will be saved and click the "Encode" button. The conversion process will start. After it finishes, a compressed video file will appear in the folder you specified, which will have a much smaller size.
