Compress a video for Telegram
Telegram takes files up to 2 GB each. That is a lot, but long recordings pass it. Make yours fit, on your own device.
Drop your video here
Choose your videoMP4, MOV, WebM or MKV. It opens right here, on your device.
- Nothing uploaded
- No sign-up
- No watermark
The limit, from the source
- Telegram
- 2 GB: Every user; 4 GB with Telegram Premium.
- What Shycut aims at
- 2000 MB, under the limit, so the file goes through wherever it is sent.
What fits in 2000 MB
| Picture | At full quality | Longest that fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 44 min 42 s | 1 h 37 min |
| 720p | 1 h 37 min | 3 h 27 min |
| 540p | 2 h 47 min | 5 h 41 min |
| 480p | 3 h 27 min | 7 h 15 min |
| 360p | 5 h 41 min | 11 h 27 min |
Shycut’s own sums for a 16:9 video at 30 frames a second with sound, at Balanced quality. “Full quality” keeps the bitrate Balanced would use anyway; past “longest that fits”, Shycut makes the picture smaller instead of letting it break up. An upright video fits the same.
Your video, by length
| Length | Comes out as |
|---|---|
| 30 s | 1080p, full quality |
| 1 min | 1080p, full quality |
| 3 min | 1080p, full quality |
| 10 min | 1080p, full quality |
| 30 min | 1080p, full quality |
| 1 h | 1080p, 4,139 kbps for the picture |
| 2 h | 720p, 2,005 kbps for the picture |
For a 1080p video at 30 frames a second with sound. The save window does the same sum for your own video before anything is made.
Long videos on Telegram
Hours of screen recording or a full event can run past the limit. The tables above show how much full HD it takes, which is far more than most chat apps allow.
A smaller file also uploads faster from a phone and saves the people you send it to their data, even when the limit isn’t in the way.
How it works
Open your video
Press the button and drop the file, or pick it from your files. It opens in this browser tab; nothing is uploaded, so the original can be as large as you like.
2000 MB is already set
The save window opens set to an MP4 under that size. Shycut works out the bitrate from your video’s length and shows what it will do before you save.
Save
If the video can’t fit at its own size, the picture steps down (1080p, 720p…) and the window says so. If nothing fits, it tells you how long a clip does, so you can trim first.
Where these facts come from
Questions
What does Telegram Premium change?
Telegram’s page says Premium raises the limit; this page aims for the limit everyone has.
Will compressing a 2-hour video take long?
As long as your device needs to make a new video of that length. Keep the tab open until it is done.
Can I do it straight from my phone?
Yes: open this page in the phone’s browser, drop the video, then send the saved file in Telegram.
Your video stays with you.
Open Shycut, drop the video in and export. Free, with no account, and your video never leaves your device.
Choose your video