1. compress large video files without losing quality using Handbrake

2. It can convert video from nearly any format, e.g..wmv – Windows Media Video File,.avi – Audio Video Interleave File,.m4v,.mov, etc. It is free and Open Source it works on Windows, Mac and Linux Large video files are slow to upload and download. One of the most popular tools that can significantly shrink the file size without losing quality is Handbrake. It is popular due to three reasons:

3. The sample file I used to compress was called WL-Video.wmv and its original size was 25.0 MB. After compression the file size was down to 5.93 MB. The compressed video format is MP4 as it is the most supported video format on the web. Depending on your original video file.

5. Click Source > Open File to select the video you want to compress. In this tutorial, I select WL_Video.wmv and then click Open. You can see the original size was 25.0MB

8. under Destination you can decide where the compressed file is saved by clickingBrowse. By default, it is saved in the same folder where the original file is. You can change to other location if necessary. You are required to provide a name for the compressed file.

9. Video and make sure that H.264(X264) is selected.

10. he green Start button will become red Stop button until the compression is complete. When it is back to green. You are ready to view the compressed video. The original video file was reduced from 25.0MB to 5.9MB