Compress video to 8 MB
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Compress to fit a 8 MB limit
Eight megabytes is a common ceiling on forums and older upload fields, and it used to be Discord's own free-tier limit before it changed. It is tight but workable: a minute or two of clear 480p to 720p video fits comfortably, which covers most short clips people actually need to share.
The tool works out how much room 8 MB gives your specific clip, keeps the resolution as high as that budget allows, and verifies the output really fits before handing it back, re-encoding a little leaner if the first pass overshoots. All of it happens on your device, with nothing uploaded.
Questions people ask
- How much video fits in 8 MB?
- Roughly 1 to 2 minutes at 480p to 720p, depending on how much motion is in the footage. Short clips stay clean; long recordings are better trimmed first.
- Why 8 MB specifically?
- It is a frequent forum and upload-field limit, and a familiar number to anyone who used Discord before its free tier changed. If your target is different, the custom size option on the main compressor hits any number.
- Does the output play everywhere?
- Yes. It is a standard MP4 with H.264 video and AAC audio and the streaming flag set, so it plays across browsers, phones, and desktop players.