Highest quality video but under a specific file size.

[Ryuo1]

I want to send high quality videos on Discord, but the app compresses them too much. 8mb.video solves this problem, but it's not offline.

What I want to say is, is there a way to compress the video just under 8 mb, but the highest quality possible under 8 mb.

[meyverick]

I'm facing a "similar" problem. I don't care about the quality of the video/image/sound but I need to get the best quality while being always under a specified size. Is it possible?

I mean an easy and automatic mode that choose the best qscale/crf for my file to respect the max size.

Also, a separate settings of max file size for each file type (image, video and audio) could be welcomed 🙂

[Menelmacar]

I don't think there exists an algo that knows the size before it actually transcodes. Something that works often but likely not the "best" just under 8mb would be possible by a self made algorithm after some try and error.. But is not really a solvable problem.

[Ryuo1]

But 8mb.video and Steelseries Moments already do it?

[Noitarud]

In the parameters(which voids the other preferences in the options), Setting -b bitrate will limit the video stream bits per second, if you want 8mb you would have to know the resultant audio size before calculating. You can limit FPS with -r rate if you need quality over smoothness, stops shakey video (probably better options in ffm to stop that though).

Edit: there is a "Video Max file size", was this overlooked?

[Menelmacar]

Edit: there is a "Video Max file size", was this overlooked?

It didn't work the last time I tried that. But it's some time ago. I've found my preferred setting already, not involving that option...