Simple Video compressor

Generally speaking, video compression refers to a method of reducing the data used to encode video content. Not only does this translate into smaller storage requirements, but also a reduced bandwidth transmission if the video were to be uploaded online.

As the name suggests, Simple Video Compressor is a tiny tool designed to reduce the size of the encoded digital video content. The app comes with an old-school interface that looks like the Windows command line, but is otherwise intuitive. To put it simply, to compress a video, you need to place it in the Input Directory and then, after a quick analysis, specify a value for the compression. The operation takes place rather instantly, whereas the new item can be found in the Output directory.

It is worth mentioning that the application is a simple wrapper for ffmpeg and therefore, employs the tool to encode and compress videos. The audio compression of the file is done using libopus. According to the developer, the default CRF value for the compression is 32 and using a higher value will considerably reduce the size. On the other hand, you should bear in mind that the compression is not lossless and a higher CRF means a reduction is quality as well.