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Home » GUEST POSTING » How to Compress Video Files for Android Devices

How to Compress Video Files for Android Devices

March 4, 2019 By: babanature13 Comments

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Just like most mobile devices, the storage space on the majority of Android devices tends to be limited. Some may support expandable storage via microSD cards, but even then there is only so much that you can extend its capacity by.

The limited storage space that is available can be an issue if you want to store lots of video files on your Android device. The file size of videos tend to be relatively large, and will very quickly fill up your storage.

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One way that you can store more videos on your Android device despite its limited storage space is to compress your video files and reduce their file size. That can be done in two ways:

Transcode the video to a codec with better compression

By transcoding your video files to codecs that have better compression you can reduce their file size without affecting the video quality. However, there is one big problem with this option: Compatibility.

Simply put the codec that you convert your video to needs to be compatible with your Android device and ideally should have hardware support. That can be an issue, as newer codecs such as H.265 (HEVC) are only supported by newer Android devices.

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It is worth checking if HEVC is supported by your device, and if it is you could use it. If not your next best option is H.264 – but many videos may already be encoded in that.

Reduce the video bitrate


The other option that you could use to compress videos for Android devices is to reduce the video bitrate. Unfortunately, this will affect the video quality, and if the bitrate is too low you will start to see compression artifacts in your video.

Suffice to say this option should be exercised with care, and you should gradually reduce the bitrate while keeping an eye on the video quality. Ultimately your goal should be to find a reasonable compromise between the file size and quality of the video.

The main advantage of this option is that you can use it with any video and reduce its file size to make it easier to store on your Android device.


Regardless of the option that you choose, you will need a video converter to convert the video and reduce its bitrate. For example, you could try Movavi Video Converter and follow the steps at www.movavi.com/support/how-to/how-to-convert-mov-to-mp4.html.

All said and done between the two options listed above you should be able to reduce the file size of your videos enough that you can store them more comfortably on Android devices. In some cases, you may even be able to double or triple the number of videos that you can store.

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Comments

  1. Johan Smith says

    March 7, 2019 at 7:20 am

    Great information on this blog!! Thanks for posting in this article really helpful.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      March 9, 2019 at 12:49 pm

      Hello Johan,

      Thanks for the kind words, and also, thanks for dropping your comment.
      have a good weekend.
      babanature recently posted…How To See What Facebook Know About YouMy Profile

      Reply
  2. Siya Thakur says

    March 12, 2019 at 8:01 am

    Thanks for sharing such a great information..Its really nice and informative.

    Reply
  3. Stella Claire says

    March 13, 2019 at 3:45 pm

    This is really helpful. Thanks a lot for your post keep it up.
    Thank you so much!

    Reply
  4. Jane says

    March 16, 2019 at 5:45 am

    A Wonderful post, I never knew compressing movies and audio file is this easy. Now we can compress our file and have more space to save other works.
    Thanks for this post and have a wonderful weekend.

    Reply
  5. Kamal kumar says

    March 26, 2019 at 5:57 am

    I’m working with audio and video file, thanks for this article. Highly impressive

    Reply
  6. Aisha says

    April 6, 2019 at 12:57 pm

    This is one interesting post. I didn’t know compressing our file would be this easy. Thanks for simplifying this one out for us.

    Do have a wonderful weekend sir

    Reply
  7. Oluwaseun says

    April 16, 2019 at 6:37 am

    Thanks for the information provided in this post. The information are really informative and helpful

    Reply
  8. jeff chamberline says

    April 25, 2019 at 5:50 pm

    Thanks for sharing. My android devices always run out of space and I believe it’s because of the numerous 300mb vids full in the devices.

    Reply
  9. Marketmen says

    May 9, 2019 at 10:37 am

    Thanks for sharing this article. this is helpful for us. mobile memory was full with images are videos. and this compress video idea in android device is great learning new things.

    Reply
  10. meppotaxi says

    May 13, 2019 at 6:44 am

    That was a great blog. keep posting.
    thanks for such worthfull information

    Reply
  11. Amar Kumar says

    October 28, 2019 at 6:14 am

    Hello Babanature,

    Video transcoding involves translating all three elements of a digital video at the same time — the file format, the video, and the audio.

    This is a vital function when a target device does not support the current format of your media, or has limited storage capacity that requires a reduced file size.

    It is also great to convert incompatible or obsolete data to a better-supported, read newer, video format. Thanks for revealing a light on this topic.

    With best wishes,

    Amar Kumar

    Reply
  12. Matrix says

    June 17, 2020 at 11:03 am

    Education is the key source to everything. Really liked your blog.

    Reply

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