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Compress a video to 50 MB

Fifty megabytes gives a long clip real room to breathe.

  • Nothing is uploaded. Your browser does the compression, so the file stays on your device.
  • Lands under the real limit. We aim a little below it, so the upload goes through first time.
  • Fast. A 30 second 1080p clip fits into 10 MB in about two seconds on a desktop.
Where are you sending it?

Custom size 50.00 MB. We aim for 48.50 MB, a small safety margin so the file never lands just over.

Sent to our servers: 0 bytes. It all happens in this tab.

When you need 50.00 MB

Discord Nitro Basic, Telegram bots, and many content systems.

What to expect

Two minutes stays at 720p and a one minute clip at full 1080p. Five minutes drops to about 540p.

How much video fits in 50 MB

Worked out with the same maths the compressor uses, for a typical 1080p phone or screen clip with sound. Fast motion needs more room, still scenes and screen recordings need less.

Clip lengthResolution we pickHow it looks
10 seconds1080pSharp
30 seconds1080pSharp
1 minute1080pSharp
2 minutes720pSharp
5 minutes540pGood on a phone
10 minutes360pWatchable, small

How we hit the number

We work out how many bits each second of video can use: the target size, minus a safety margin, divided by the length, minus the audio. Then we pick the largest resolution that still looks clean at that rate and encode with your browser's built-in video encoder. If the result is still over, we automatically try once more at a lower rate.

The target we aim for is 48.50 MB, which is 1.50 MB under 50.00 MB, so the file is not turned away over a few bytes.

Questions people ask

Will this look noticeably worse than the original?

For most clips, no. At this size the picture stays clean unless the source is very long or in 4K.

Related

Limits change. We link the official page wherever there is one, and the safety margin means a small change is unlikely to matter. Last updated 2026-11-09.