How Compress video works
Compress a video to a smaller file. The tool re-encodes your clip to H.264 video and AAC audio in an MP4 using ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, with a quality (CRF) or target-bitrate setting.
Choose a quality/CRF setting when you care about consistent visual quality and are flexible on size, or a target bitrate when you must hit a specific file size. Re-encoding is computation-heavy, so long, high-resolution clips take longer than short ones.