How to compress a video to the desired size (for example, to send it by e-mail or burn it to a USB flash drive, DVD, etc.)

Hello!

When working with a video, sometimes you need to compress it to the desired size: for example, you want to upload a video by e-mail, but the size of attachments to the letter is limited ...; about the same when it comes to CD / DVD disks, flash drives, or some kind of online services, etc.

No, you can, of course, take a calculator and start manually counting and adjusting the bitrate of audio and video tracks. But all this is quite time-consuming and troublesome (at least in my humble opinion 👀).

But there are such converters, where the "fitting" of the compression parameters is performed automatically, depending on what size of the output video you need. All this is done literally with 2-3 mouse clicks! This, in fact, will be today's note ...

Note!

For full-fledged work with any video - I recommend installing one of the sets of codecs on your PC - //ocomp.info/kodeki-dlya-video-i-audio.html

Compress video to "gram"

OPTION 1

I want to start an article with a converter "Video Master" ... The fact is that in the arsenal of this program there is one very interesting function (which I mentioned above): you set the video size to, say, 300 MB, and it calculates the bitrate itself so that the size of the converted video does not exceed it. Conveniently? In my opinion, yes!

Video Master

Site: //video-converter.ru/

This video converter has good functionality, a well-thought-out interface, and it is quite simple, which makes it an indispensable assistant on your PC! Allows you to convert videos easily and quickly without forcing you to have any professional skills. Supports over 500 video formats!

By the way, the program is completely in Russian, and is compatible with all modern OS Windows XP, 7, 8, 10.

Let's consider working with the converter step by step.

1) After installing and running the program, go to the menu "File" and add the video you want to compress.

Add video (Video Master)

2) If you only need a certain part of the video (i.e. not all, but only one moment), then click on the tool "Crop / Trim Video" (shortcut Ctrl + S). By the way, cutting off unnecessary parts of the video can significantly reduce the file size!

For those who are converting a full video - this step should be skipped.

Crop video

Trimming in the program is very simple: select the beginning and end of the section that you need, and then click on "Save trim". Everything! Now "Video-Master" will only convert the marked area!

Selection of the area, saving the crop (stills from the movie "Oz: The Great and Powerful")

3) Next, you need to specify the format into which the video will be compressed. For viewing on most PCs, video players - AVI (DivX) / AVI (XviD) will do. However, there are other options in the program: MP4, MKV ...

Format selection - AVI (DIVX)

4) Now for the key point!

Click on the link for setting the video quality (see arrow 1 in the screenshot below) and move the sliders "Resolution" and "Quality" for the video size you need (it is set in MB). Please note, it is desirable to give a small "gap": for example, if you need a video of 200 MB, set the value in the program to 195-198 MB.

Important! The smaller the file size you set - the lower quality the image will be when watching a video.

We select the video quality for the desired size

5) After that, it remains only to select the folder where the processed video will be saved, and click on the button "Conversions" ... See the screenshot below for an example.

Converting

6) Actually, at the output of the video of the desired size. Conveniently? Quite!

Video just the same for the ordered size ...

OPTION 2

There is another rather handy program (especially for beginners) - Freemake Video Converter (link to official site).I would like to immediately note the program menu: it is designed in such a way that the user can figure everything out step by step and without difficulty. In addition,Freemake Video Converter supports Russian language 100%!

I will consider in it the implementation of similar video processing.

1) First, click on the tab "Video" and add the desired video / movie. If you only need a certain part of the video - click on the tool "Scissors" .

Adding a video, a piece of unnecessary

2) Next, "cut off" all unnecessary using the subsection "Tenderloin" : There are several tools there to help you remove unwanted parts.

Cut off the extra pieces with scissors / Still from the movie "Oz: The Great and Terrible".

3) Then, at the bottom of the program window, specify the format to which you want to convert the video. The most common is AVI, and I recommend choosing it for watching video on a PC (however, most smartphones also support it).

Send to AVI

4) Now you need to set the conversion parameters:

select a profile (you can leave it by default, which will be selected by the program itself);
specify the folder to save the video;
set a specific size (in my example, 100 MB). I recommend setting the size slightly smaller than you need (for example, if your video should not exceed 105 MB, specify 100 MB).