Can you compress a video without losing quality?

Send the original instead

If the person can download a file, nothing needs compressing. Upload the original to a cloud service and share a link; Gmail's Help Center suggests Google Drive for files over its attachment limit.

Keep the loss small

• Use the largest size you can. The more data a copy has, the more detail it keeps. Type the destination's real limit rather than a smaller round number.
• Keep only the part you need. Trim the video, and the whole size goes to that part.
• Expect more loss on some videos. Long, detailed or fast-moving videos need more data to look the same.

What changes in the copy

Clipmino keeps your video's resolution and frame rate when it can, and steps them down only when it must, for example to fit the size you chose. The output is always MP4 with H.264 video. MB means 1,000,000 bytes.

Free copies are up to 720p and Pro copies up to 1080p, so a video above that comes out at a lower resolution. An HDR video becomes standard range, so its colours look different.

Every copy Clipmino saves has been measured and decoded first; if a useful copy cannot fit, it tells you instead.

Make a copy

1. Open Clipmino and choose the video, or share it to Clipmino from your gallery.
2. Type the largest size the destination accepts, from 2 to 500 MB. If only part of the video matters, drag the two handles to keep just that part; the whole size goes to it.
3. Clipmino compresses on your phone and checks the copy before it says done.

Your original is not changed. The copy is saved in Movies/Clipmino.