{"id":2402,"date":"2021-10-15T07:18:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T07:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bandicam.com\/blog\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2024-04-24T05:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:06:18","slug":"how-to-compress-video-for-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandicam.com\/blog\/how-to-compress-video-for-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Compress a Video for Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, and Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Without a doubt, videos on social media platforms have become an essential part of communicating various messages. The social network, however, has technical requirements for uploading a video, such as a video format, file size, video duration, and resolution. Therefore, it is necessary to compress HD, Full HD, or 4K video to meet certain technical requirements, which include specific dimensions as listed below, for the video to be of high quality and easy to upload to social media sites such as Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Facebook<\/strong><\/td>YouTube<\/strong><\/td>Vimeo<\/strong><\/td>Twitter<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Video Formats<\/strong><\/td>Recommended video formats are .MP4 and .MOV.<\/td>Recommended video format is MP4<\/td>MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, and FLV<\/td>MOV or MP4<\/td><\/tr>
Max file size<\/strong><\/td>4.0GB<\/td>128GB<\/td>500MB per week
(basic plan)<\/td>		512MB<\/td><\/tr>
Video Duration<\/strong><\/td>Maximum of 3 hours<\/td>Maximum of 12 hours.<\/td>Unlimited<\/td>Maximum of 140 seconds<\/td><\/tr>
Resolution<\/strong><\/td>1280px Wide<\/td>Ranging from 240p to 2160p (4K)<\/td>Up to 8K resolutions<\/td>Can\u2019t be more than 1920\u00d71200 and 1200 x 1900<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, the question is, how do you compress or convert a video? In this article, we\u2019ll be elaborating on how to use a video compressor program to reduce the file size, convert videos to a recommended format, and compress videos for social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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