Compress video

Shell

2 mo. ago

Compress a video using the H.265 (HEVC) codec for a balance of quality and size.

compression

ffmpeg

compress-video.sh

# Input: input.mp4
# Video codec: x265 (HEVC)
# CRF: 28 (default), recommended range 18-28
# Encoding preset: medium (default), faster|fast|medium|slow|slower, etc.
# Audio codec: aac
# Audio bitrate: 128k (default), 96k|128k|192k|320k
# Video tag: hvc1, can help with compatibility issues
# Output: output.mp4
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx265 -crf 28 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k -tag:v hvc1 -metadata creation_time="2024-05-12T14:33:00Z" output.mp4