Media2026-01-103 min readBy Abhishek Nair

Compress MP4 (Bitrate Explained)

#mp4#video#bitrate#compression#crf

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Lowering bitrate blindly often destroys quality. Prefer constant quality (CRF) when possible.

The 3 levers

  1. Resolution (often biggest win)
  2. CRF + preset
  3. Audio bitrate

Practical default

For web sharing, start at CRF ~23 and adjust.

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