Compress a video for WhatsApp

1. Choose the video, or drop it on the page.
2. Leave 64 MB typed in, or type 100 if you're on a fast connection.
3. Press Compress video and download the MP4.
4. Send it in the chat, choosing HD before you send so WhatsApp doesn't shrink it again.

And about how long a 30 fps video fits in 64 MB while still looking clean:

• 1080p (1920 × 1080): about 2 min 55 s
• 720p (1280 × 720): about 6 min 13 s
• 480p (854 × 480): about 12 min 31 s
• Smaller, at the lowest usable quality: up to 43 min 7 s

WhatsApp shrinks videos sent in standard quality on its own, and you can't choose how. Compressing first, to a size it takes, means you pick the trade: this compressor keeps the picture as large as 64 MB allows and only steps it down when that looks cleaner than squeezing every pixel. Then send it in HD, so it isn't shrunk a second time.

A long video won't fit at any size worth watching. Send the part that matters: cut it with the video trimmer, or split it into parts with the video splitter and send each.

A status video can be up to 90 seconds and fills a phone screen best at 9:16. Make a wide video vertical with the 9:16 resizer, which makes a 1080 × 1920 video that fills the screen.