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Compress mp4 using FFMPEG

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ffmpeg-compress-mp4

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec h264 -acodec mp2 output.mp4

Dinesh6777 commented May 24, 2025 •

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Here is the format using latest encoding algorithms h265 and mp3. It's around 15% better than h264.

Good quality(reasonable)
- ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -s 1280x720 -c:v libx265 -preset medium -acodec libmp3lame -y output.mp4
- 2.45 GB 131MB
For Best quality remove scaling paramater "-s"
- ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx265 -preset medium -acodec libmp3lame -y output.mp4

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