How to make video files smaller

[yungman]

I record a video on the phone and it's 65MB, it too big to send. How do I make it smaller? If I just send from the phone, it'll get smaller, but the quality is really bad. I want to find a compromised size so I can make it smaller but not looking too bad.

I know there are downloads that can do that, I want suggestions here for a safe download.

Thanks

 

[russ_watters]

What kind of phone? How long is the video?

 

[yungman]

What kind of phone? How long is the video?

Thanks for the reply, it's a Samsung, the video is like 31sec. I record on the phone, when I play back, it's very clear. But when I send it to another Samsung, it becomes very grainy and choppy.

 

[jtbell]

How did you send the video? Email?

 

[yungman]

How did you send the video? Email?

Thanks for the reply, the grainy and choppy one was sent from the Samsung to another Samsung by attaching to the text message. I cannot send the video by email because it's over the 25MB limit.

Is there any setting on Whatsapp to set the size limit?

 

[Vanadium 50]

I'd just mail it. 75 cents for a stamp, 15 cents for the CD-R and you're done.

 

[yungman]

I'd just mail it. 75 cents for a stamp, 15 cents for the CD-R and you're done.

For over 10 people? There are better ways, worst is to put on youtube and send the link. I just want to know how can I compress to the desirable size like 20MB.

 

[jtbell]

How about Google Drive? A free account gives you access to 15 GB of cloud storage. Upload the video there. Set its sharing privileges so that anyone with a link to it can view it. Email the link to everyone on your list. (This makes the video private. I don't know if you can do that with YouTube.) They use the link to view the video or download the file via their web browser. Example:

Aha, the forum software automatically displays the video. Here's the raw link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fd9x1ObeqH5fH2ilR2JjNWBoGiWRw24p/view?usp=sharing

 

[yungman]

I guess there is no easy way. I already uploaded to youtube. Nothing important, just want to show friends what I've been up to since I quit programming almost 3 months ago. I am spending time on self defense with a walking cane. There are a lot of attack on older Asians now a days, so it is more pressing for me to practice self defense. I am 68, I am old enough to go out with a walking cane without looking strange. Here is the video of my practice, nothing good, just showing progress of two and half months of practicing since I quit C++.

Too bad people movement slow down as they get old. I hope I can get a faster if I keep practicing for another 6 months or so. Turn up the sound, with the whooping sound of the cane, it will look a little better!...Just a little. This is already from practicing almost everyday for two and half months. Progress is painfully slow.



Thanks anyway, just do it in another way.

 

[jtbell]

Email the link to everyone on your list. (This makes the video private. I don't know if you can do that with YouTube.)

I just now logged into my YouTube channel for the first time in two years. The same video is also there, but marked "private." I guess I never got around to annotating it and publishing it.

There is an option to "share privately". You have to give a list of email addresses to invite. All the invitees must have Google accounts. So it appears to be more private than Google Drive's link sharing, but less convenient.

 

[jtbell]

I am spending time on self defense with a walking cane. There are a lot of attack on older Asians now a days, so it is more pressing for me to practice self defense.

I hope you never have to use it. Some of that stuff I've seen on TV has been horrible.

 

[yungman]

I hope you never have to use it. Some of that stuff I've seen on TV has been horrible.

I hope so too, but I just don't believe to ask for respect and say pretty please! I just want to avoid going to guns and knifes, cane is not that deadly, I just don't want to be hurt, not out to kill someone.

The video is in public, two of my friends responded back already. I don't know why you cannot view it. Nothing you would miss, just want to give some context why I try to send the video.

Thanks

 

[jtbell]

I don't know why you cannot view it.

I can see it fine, no problem. This discussion simply prompted me to go back and look at how YouTube does private videos, because it's been so long since I've published something new on my YT channel. I forgot that I have a couple of "private" videos there that I never got around to publishing.

 

[Svein]

Have you tried WeTransfer?

 

[yungman]

To my big surprise, when I send the video through WhatsApp, the degradation of the video is minimal. I thought it would be the same as texting. Now I know.

 

[MikeeMiracle]

I would have suggested an upload to one of the cloud storage providers, most give you at least 2GB of free space and you can just send link to friends you want to share the data with.