Compress Video for Email
Need a video small enough for Email? FileTinker re-encodes your clip to land under Email’s 25 MB limit, right in your browser. The target is preset to 25 MB — just add your video and download.
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How to compress a video for Email
- Drop in your video — it stays in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
- The target is preset to Email’s 25 MB limit; FileTinker re-records at a calculated bitrate to fit it.
- Preview the smaller video and download it, ready to share on Email.
About compressing video for Email
Email caps the size of videos you can share, so a longer or higher-quality clip often won’t send. Compressing lowers the bitrate — the data used per second — until the file fits under Email’s 25 MB limit, trading a little visual detail for a much smaller file.
Everything runs in your browser with the built-in recorder — there’s no ffmpeg and nothing is uploaded, so even private clips stay on your device. Processing takes about the length of the clip, sometimes with a second pass to hit the target. A very long video may not reach 25 MB without becoming blurry; you’re told the size it actually reached.
Most mail providers cap attachments around 25 MB (Gmail) or 20 MB (Outlook) — and because attachments travel base64-encoded, a "25 MB" limit really fits only about 18–19 MB of actual file. If the compressed clip still bounces, sharing a link from cloud storage beats fighting the attachment limit.
Frequently asked questions
What’s the video size limit for Email?
This page targets Email’s 25 MB limit. FileTinker compresses your video to land at or under 25 MB so it’ll send.
Will the video still look okay?
Compression trades some detail for size. Short clips usually still look fine at 25 MB; very long videos squeezed under 25 MB can look softer. You can preview before downloading.
Is my video uploaded?
No. Compression runs entirely in your browser, so your video never leaves your device.
How long does it take?
About as long as the clip itself, because it’s re-recorded in real time. Hitting an exact target may add a second pass.
Why does my 24 MB video bounce from a 25 MB email limit?
Email encodes attachments as base64 text, which inflates them by roughly a third — a 24 MB file becomes about 32 MB on the wire, over Gmail's cap. Aim for 18 MB or less of actual file size, or compress harder using the main compressor's custom target.