Turn big videos into small MP4 files that start playing right away, in three steps. MOV, MKV and AVI all become standard MP4, you can set a "no larger than N MB" limit, and trimming, joining and watermarks are built in. Everything is processed on your own PC and nothing is uploaded.
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) · FFmpeg included
About 1/10
The same picture can come out at roughly a tenth of the original size*
3 steps
Add videos, pick a result, press Start. No bitrates to learn
Trim and join
Cut out or keep several sections, and join videos in order
Command line
One plan file runs in bulk on Windows or a Linux server
* Test example: a 38-second 1920x1080 classroom recording went from 70.9 MB to about 6.2 MB. Results vary with the picture content and the preset you choose.
Ever been stuck with a big video?
Easy Video Compressor does one thing and does it well: it turns videos of any common format into small, web-friendly MP4 files, quickly and reliably.
Uploaded to your site, learners wait through a spinner for ten seconds or more, and bandwidth and storage costs stay high.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Compresses to a small, web-friendly MP4 with the index at the front, so it starts playing as soon as it opens.
Phone clips, meeting recordings and files from older devices often fail to play in a browser.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Reads all the common formats and always outputs standard H.264 + AAC MP4 that browsers and phones play.
Chat apps and email have size limits, and an afternoon goes on guessing bitrates and re-compressing.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Enter "no larger than N MB" and the app computes the bitrate and fits the file in with a two-pass encode.
You want to cut an intro or outro or join a few clips, but that means installing an editor.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Trim & join is built in: cut out or keep sections on the timeline, and join several videos in order.
A course or footage library needs regular transcoding, and an afternoon disappears into repetitive clicks.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Save your settings as a plan file and run the evc-video command line on the whole library, unattended.
Online compressors send your video to someone else's server, with no guarantee for privacy or copyright.
How Easy Video Compressor helps
Everything is processed on your own PC. Nothing is uploaded and no third-party server is involved.
Three steps, that is all
The numbered sections of the window are the whole workflow: add videos, choose how to compress, then save.
Drag in files or a whole folder. MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, WebM, TS, GIF and other common formats are accepted.
Recommended gives a clear picture and a much smaller file. Best quality keeps the best picture. Smallest file suits chat apps and email. Exact size fits a file under the number of MB you enter.
Progress, time left and each file's status are on screen, and when it finishes you can open the output folder directly.
Why the output works so well on the web
Plenty of videos play fine on a computer but turn slow, choppy or unplayable on a web page. The problem is often not the size but how the file is packaged.
The most widely compatible combination, playable in nearly every browser and phone.
Playback can begin before the whole file has downloaded.
Seeking responds quickly, with no dragging the slider and waiting.
A video that already qualifies only gets a new container, which is fast and loses no quality.
The app decides for you, so time is not wasted and quality is not lost for nothing. A hardware encoder is used when available, with an automatic fallback when not.
Cancelling in the middle cleans up temporary files and leaves nothing behind.
Features
Quality and size
Picture shape
Useful for short videos, course covers and social posts, with one set of settings you can switch any time.
Trim and join
An ad at the start, a black screen at the end, a slip in the middle, clips from different cameras: tidy them up in minutes.
Watermark and cover
Plans and command line
Save your settings as a plan file (.evcv), then hand the same plan to the evc-video command-line tool to process videos in bulk on Windows or a Linux server.
Command line · three arguments
# compress a whole video library overnight
evc-video plan.evcv source-folder output-folderTranscoding after upload, scheduled jobs, unattended runs: all possible.
Plan files are exported from the app. The command-line tool does not check registration, and it accepts only plan files exported by the app.
Compared with what you use now
| Online compressors | General transcoders | Easy Video Compressor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big files and batches | Slow uploads, often size and count limits | Can do it, but many parameters | Local processing, no upload, batches are no problem |
| Privacy | Your video goes to someone else's server | Local | Entirely local |
| Ease of use | Simple | You need to know bitrates and containers | Choose one of four results, three steps |
| Web playback optimization | Not always | You set it up yourself | Web-friendly format by default |
| Limit the file size | A few support it | You calculate the bitrate by hand | Enter the MB, two-pass encode is automatic |
| Trim, join, watermark, cover | Usually none | Some, scattered | All in one app |
| Server batches | Not supported | You write scripts | The same plan runs from the command line |
Use cases
Course recordings and live replays uploaded to a website open faster for learners, and bandwidth and storage costs drop.
Promo videos on your site and product pages load faster, and a watermark keeps the branding consistent.
Switch product and short videos between wide and tall in one click, and keep the file size within what a platform asks for.
Fit meeting and event recordings under email and chat size limits, so they are never "just a bit too big".
Free up disk space from big phone, camera and action-cam files, and share them more easily.
Regular transcoding of a video library and server-side batches: one plan and one command, unattended.
| Output format | MP4 (H.264 High + yuv420p + AAC), index at the front |
|---|---|
| Input formats | MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, WebM, TS, GIF and more |
| Quality | Recommended, Best quality, Smallest file, or an exact limit in MB (two-pass encode) |
| Picture shape | Keep, 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or custom width x height; crop, pad or blurred background |
| Trim and join | Cut out or keep several sections, and join several files in order |
| Watermark and cover | Image or text watermark, cover image (poster) |
| Plans and command line | .evcv plan files (encrypted); evc-video runs on Windows and Linux |
| System requirements | 64-bit Windows 10 / 11, .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later |
FFmpeg is included with the software, and its license ships with the installer in the licenses folder of the install directory.
Trial and registration
Every feature works during the trial. When the trial ends, you need to register to keep processing videos.
During the trial
Registered
Try the full program first (15-day free trial), then choose a license. Your license key is e-mailed to you after checkout. Prices are in US dollars.
Personal License
One payment, no expiry, all future updates included.
Private, non-commercial use at home. One license per computer.
Commercial License
One payment, no expiry, all future updates included.
Use in a company or any other business. One license per computer.
Education License
One payment, no expiry, all future updates included.
Students, teachers and schools. One license per computer.
Several licenses, a school or a non-profit? Ask us for a quote. Already bought? See the activation guide or look up your license key. By buying you agree to the store's terms.
The latest version of Easy Video Compressor is v1.1 for Windows. It is free to download and includes a 15-day trial with every feature.
Requires Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) · .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later · FFmpeg is included
FAQ
With the Recommended preset most videos look the same to the eye. If picture quality matters most, choose Best quality. A video that already meets web requirements is only re-wrapped, not re-encoded, so its quality does not change.
Yes. MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, WebM, TS, GIF and other common formats are supported, and the output is always a web-friendly MP4 (H.264 + AAC).
With Exact size, the app computes a target bitrate from the duration and encodes in two passes to fit within your limit, lowering the resolution first if the bitrate would otherwise be too low. A video that is already smaller than the limit is not enlarged.
No. Everything is processed on your own computer, and nothing is sent to any third-party server.
Yes. Drag in a whole folder, or save your settings as a plan file and run the evc-video command-line tool on a Windows or Linux server to process videos in bulk.
Yes. In the Trim & join window you can either cut out the selected section or keep only the selected section. A single video can have several cuts, and several videos can be joined into one in the order you choose.
The output uses the most widely compatible combination, H.264 High + yuv420p + AAC, with the index moved to the front (faststart) and regular keyframes. Playback can start before the whole file has downloaded, and seeking is quick.
No. FFmpeg is included in the installer, so there is nothing else to download or configure.
The trial lasts 15 days with every feature available. After it ends, you need to register to keep processing videos.
It runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 and needs .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later. The evc-video command-line tool can also run in bulk on Linux servers.
If something does not work, or you have a suggestion, send us a message or an email.
Easy Video Compressor turns videos of any common format into small MP4s that play on the web. Three steps, an exact size limit in MB, plus trimming, joining and watermarks, all on your PC.