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Compress a video for email — fit the attachment limit

Gmail allows 25 MB per attachment, Outlook 20 MB. VideoCompress hits those numbers exactly, so your video arrives as a plain attachment — no cloud link, no account hoops for the recipient.

Attachment limits by provider

25 MB
Gmail — sending limit
20 MB
Outlook.com — sending limit

Per Google Workspace and Microsoft support documentation, October 2026. Corporate mail servers often set lower limits of their own — when in doubt, target 20 MB.

Why compress instead of sending a cloud link?

  • The recipient sees it instantly. A link means: open it, wait for a preview, maybe sign in. An attachment just plays.
  • Corporate filters. Many companies strip or block external drive links in inbound mail.
  • The file stays useful. An attached video is a real file the recipient can keep, forward, and archive.

How much video fits in 25 MB?

At 720p with standard audio, roughly 2-4 minutes of typical content; at 1080p, closer to 2 minutes. Two-pass encoding spends the budget intelligently — static scenes cost little, motion costs more.

Tip: VideoCompress ships with a Gmail 25 MB preset. For Outlook recipients, choose Custom and enter 20.

Why not just zip the video?

ZIP compression works on redundancy — and modern video codecs (H.264, HEVC, AV1) already remove nearly all of it. Zipping a video shrinks it by a percent or two. Real size reduction means re-encoding to a lower bitrate, which is exactly what VideoCompress does with a target you choose.

Hit the size limit on the first try

Free for videos up to 5 minutes. Windows 10/11, 64-bit.

Download installer — 103 MB Portable zip — 141 MB