How to Compress MP4 File Effectively?

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How to Compress MP4 File Effectively?

2 September 2020 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

Summary
As we known, MP4 is widely used due to high resolution, well image quality and compatibility. But sometimes the MP4 file is still too large to be transferred in a short time. Therefore, we need to compress the MP4 file. Let’s go and see how to compress the MP4 file losslessly.

Content

Part 1: How to Compress MP4 Losslessly?

Method 1: Convert MP4 to the other video formats
Method 2: Change resolution, bit rate and frame rate
Method 3: Cut unnecessary part

Part 2: Practical Operation: How to Compress MP4 with Renee Video Editor Pro?

1. About Renee Video Editor Pro
2. How to convert MP4 to the other formats
3. How to edit resolution
4. How to cut MP4 file

Part 1: How to Compress MP4 Losslessly?

Video compression is the process of encoding. Generally, video compression is divided into two ways, lossy compression and lossless compression. These are the effective ways of compressing MP4 files losslessly.

Method 1: Convert MP4 to the other video formats

Size comparison between video formats: AVI> WMV> MPEG-2> VOB> MP4> MOV>MPEG> RMVB> RM> FLV.

You can convert MP4 to the smaller video formats, such as MOV, MPEG, RMVB, RM and FLV.

Method 2: Change resolution, bit rate and frame rate

Resolution: The file size will be larger when the resolution is higher. Therefore, you can lower the resolution to compress the MP4 file.

Bit rate: The image quality will be better and much data will be stored per second when the bit rate is higher.

Frame rate: The images are more fluent when the frame rate is higher.

Therefore, if you lower the values of bit rate and frame rate, the video will be smaller, but the video quality will be degraded, too.

Method 3: Cut unnecessary part

Cutting the unnecessary part is reducing the playback time. This is also a way of video compression.

Part 2: Practical Operation: How to Compress MP4 with Renee Video Editor Pro?

As mentioned above, we’ve known the factors of video sizes. Next, we will show you how to use Renee Video Editor Pro to modify these parameters.

1. About Renee Video Editor Pro

Renee Video Editor Pro is the multifunctional software that contains screen recorder and video editor. It can not only collect video and audio sources, but also edit videos. You can add watermark on the area that are being recorded and add some effects to the recorded video, such as transitions, filter and subtitles.

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2. How to convert MP4 to the other formats

Step 1: Download and install Renee Video Editor Pro. Select [Video Toolbox].

select video toolbox in Renee Video Editor

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the target video file.

select the video file in renee video editor pro

Step 3: In [Output Format], select one of the video formats mentioned above, such as FLV.

compresss mp4 file with renee video editor pro

Step 4: Click on [Start] to output the converted file.

output and save flv in renee video editor pro

3. How to edit resolution

Step 1: Select [Video Toolbox] in Renee Video Editor Pro.

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the target video file.

Step 3: Click on [Output Settings]. Then, select an option in [Video Size].

change video size within renee video editor pro

If you want to modify the values of bit rate and frame rate, you can check the option [More settings] at the corner to expand the menu.

change bit rate and frame rate to compress video within renee video editor pro

Step 4: Finally, save the settings and click on [Start] to compress the MP4 file.

4. How to cut MP4 file

If you want to cut the unnecessary part out of the MP4 file, here are the steps:

Step 1: Select [Video Toolbox].

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the target MP4 file.

Step 3: Click on [Cut] at the top menu.

convert video to mp4 vlc renee video editor pro

Step 4: Drag the progress bar, or modify the start and end time to cut the video.

Step 5: Finally, click on [OK] to return to the main interface. Click on [Start] to output the video.

click start to save the video in renee video editor pro

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