Video guides

Practical guides to video formats, file sizes, and encoding settings. Find the right approach for your next export.

H.264, HEVC or AV1: choosing a video codec

Choose a codec for the devices that will play your video. Compare compatibility, encoding time and a short sample before committing to a full export.

A practical starting point for YouTube uploads, with source frame rates, SDR bitrate guidance and settings you can control in the editor.

Shorten the clip, reduce unnecessary resolution, then adjust bitrate. Re-encoding can reduce size, but it can also change picture quality.

Bitrate is a data budget, not a quality score. Learn how duration, audio and video settings combine to determine the approximate size of an export.

Keep useful source detail, choose a suitable frame size and test the encoder before processing a long 4K video.

Choose the framing your post needs, keep the subject inside the crop, and check the exported clip on its destination device.

How browser video conversion works, from decoding the source to encoding and saving your selected clip.

A practical guide to output containers, codecs and compatibility checks in the video editor.