VEED's Video Compressor reduces your file size without losing much quality — useful when a video is too large to email, upload, or send to a client. This article covers both ways to open it, what each compression setting actually does, and how to get a meaningfully smaller file.
Limitations
Free plan: Up to 1GB file size, no limit on how many times it can be used
Paid plan: Unlimited usage
How to open the compressor
There are two ways to get to the compressor, and both open the same tool.
From your dashboard — scroll to the bottom of the left panel, click More apps, then click Compressor.
Directly — go to veed.io/tools/video-compressor and click Compress a Video.
Compress your video
When you open the compressor, a new window will open up to upload your video. Click “Choose video”
Upload the video you want to compress.Wait for the upload to complete
Once uploaded, you’ll see a small window at the top right.Adjust your compression settings
In the window you'll find Basic Settings:Quality selector – Quickly choose a quality level.
Resolution – Change the resolution of your video.
(Optional) Click on “Advanced settings”
You can use the advanced settings to set the following parameters:CRF (Constant Rate Factor):
CRF means constant rate factor. This sets how close the video's quality should be to the original one and tries to keep it constant throughout the video. This setting is better if you want to get a smaller file. A lower number indicates lower compression.Bitrate:
Bitrate sets how much information should be stored about the video in a set amount of time. This setting is better if you want to stream the video(show it on another site). A lower number indicates higher compression.Framerate limit (FPS upper limit):
This sets what the highest frame rate can be during the video. This setting cannot increase the frame rate of a video. If your video is 30 FPS and you set the FPS to a higher value, the video will still be compressed into 30 FPS. If you set the FPS to lower than the original video's FPS, it will compress the video to this lower amount.
Click “Compress Video”
Your video will begin compressing.Download or re-compress your video
Once done, you can download the compressed file, change the compression settings, or upload another video to compress.
Advanced settings
Click Advanced settings if you want to control compression directly rather than using the quality presets.
CRF (Constant Rate Factor) — sets how close the output stays to the original quality, and keeps that consistent throughout the video. This is the better option when your goal is the smallest possible file. A lower number means less compression and a larger file.
Bitrate — sets how much data is stored per second of video. This is the better option if the video will be streamed or embedded on another site. A lower number means more compression and a smaller file.
Framerate limit (FPS upper limit) — caps the frame rate. This can only bring the frame rate down, never up: setting a 30 FPS video to 60 will still export at 30, while setting it to 24 will compress it to 24.
Note: CRF and bitrate work in opposite directions, which is easy to trip over. With CRF, a lower number gives you a bigger file. With bitrate, a lower number gives you a smaller one.
Frequently Asked Questions
My file size barely changed. Why?
The compressor can only reduce the file as much as your settings allow. If you've left them close to the original, you'll only see a small saving. Try lowering the quality level, dropping the resolution, or setting a higher CRF value in advanced settings.
Can I compress a project from my account?
Not directly. You'll need to export the project, download the video file, and then upload that file to the compressor.
Will compressing my video ruin the quality?
Some quality is always lost — that's how compression works — but at moderate settings the difference is usually hard to spot. If the result looks worse than you'd like, upload the original again and compress it less aggressively.
Can I compress the same video more than once?
You can, but we wouldn't recommend it. Each pass discards more detail, so compressing an already-compressed file tends to look noticeably worse than getting there in one go from the original.