Video Compressor

Compress video to 200 MB

The size is already set to 200 MB. Add your video and get an MP4 that comes in just under it.

Getting a video under 200 MB

200 MB is a limit some schools choose for their own course sites, below what the platform itself allows. It’s also about what Zoom expects an hour of recorded meeting to take, so a long lecture or webinar recording runs into it quickly.

A long video fits here without being cut: minutes of full HD, a lesson of half an hour at 480p, or a whole hour at 360p. When the number in an upload error is 200 MB, this page is ready; for Canvas’s own media limit, our Canvas page aims for 480 MB.

We aim a little under 200 MB so the file is sure to fit, since most sites reject anything even slightly over. Sizes are in decimal megabytes (1 MB is 1,000,000 bytes), so the result also fits a limit that counts megabytes the binary way. Your video is encoded once at the bitrate that lands on 200 MB; when it’s compressed in your browser, the result is measured and done again if it came out too big.

How long a video fits in 200 MB

The longest video that keeps each resolution, for a typical 30 fps video with sound. At 60 fps, expect about half as long.

ResolutionLongest video
1080p
720p
480p
360p

Longer than 1:01:50? Even 360p would look too rough, so the page asks for a bigger size. Trim the video first or choose a bigger size.

Where you’ll run into 200 MB

  • Canvas files at some schools

    Canvas lets each school set its own limits. Colorado State, for one, stops files in a user’s or group’s space at 200 MB, while the media tool takes 500 MB. If your upload fails at 200 MB, compress here, or record and upload through the media tool when the assignment allows it.

  • An hour of Zoom

    Zoom estimates about 200 MB for each hour of a recorded meeting, and real recordings are often bigger. Compressing to 200 MB keeps a full hour at 360p, or lets you cut out the part people actually need and keep it sharper.

  • Recorded lessons and talks

    Many learning platforms and conference sites cap a recorded talk around this size. Slides and a speaker don’t move much, so the file shrinks a lot; below 720p, small text on slides gets harder to read, so keep the most important part sharp.

How to compress a video to 200 MB

  1. 01

    Add your video

    Drop it on the page, or pick it from your files, photo library or camera roll.

  2. 02

    Check the size

    200 MB is already filled in. Change it if you need another size, or pick a preset instead.

  3. 03

    Download the MP4

    It comes out just under 200 MB. Compare it with the original, then save it.

Questions

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Will the video be exactly 200 MB?

Just under it. We aim a few percent below 200 MB so it’s certain to fit, since sites and apps reject a file that is even slightly over.

What if my video is already under 200 MB?

Then it already fits, and the page tells you so. You can send it as it is, or still make it smaller with a preset.

Will my video look worse at 200 MB?

That depends on its length. A short video keeps its full resolution; a longer one is scaled down, to 720p or lower, so the picture stays clean instead of blocky. The table above shows where each step starts. The sound keeps its quality unless the size is very small for the length.

What if my video is too long for 200 MB?

Past 1:01:50 there aren’t enough bits for a watchable picture, even at 360p, and the page asks for a bigger size. Trim the video with our video cutter first, or choose a bigger size.

Can a one-hour video fit in 200 MB?

Yes, at 360p, which is fine for a talking head but blurs small text. For an hour at 720p, you’d need about three and a half times as much. Cutting the video to the part that matters keeps more detail in the same 200 MB.

Why does Canvas reject 200 MB when it allows 500 MB?

Canvas has several limits, and schools change them. 500 MB is the default for videos uploaded through the media tool; a school may set a lower limit for files attached elsewhere. The number in the error is the one that applies to you.

Does a 200 MB video have to be uploaded?

Not when your browser can handle it: then it’s compressed on your device, and long videos are no problem. Otherwise our server takes videos up to 1 GB and 60 minutes, and deletes them 2 hours after compressing.

Should I choose H.264 or H.265 for 200 MB?

H.265 keeps more detail in the same 200 MB, so a longer video can keep a higher resolution. Choose it when the people you send it to have newer devices; H.264 plays everywhere.

Is my video uploaded to compress it?

Not when your browser can handle it: then it’s compressed on your device. Otherwise it goes to our server over an encrypted connection and is deleted 2 hours after compressing.

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