Discord & 8MB Video Compressor

Choose your video above, leave the target on 8 MB and press Compress. The tool works out a bitrate from the video’s length so the file lands just under 8 MB, picks a resolution that suits that bitrate, and encodes an MP4. If the first try comes out over the target, it runs again with a lower bitrate, and if that still isn’t enough it lowers the resolution (up to two steps) and tells you. If it still can’t fit, it says so instead of saying Done.

Discord’s help center says free accounts can upload up to 20 MB as of August 2026 (it was 10 MB before), Nitro Basic 50 MB and Nitro up to 1 GB. Discord also says it is experimenting with limits, so some accounts may see different numbers.

For a free account, Discord’s help center gives 20 MB as of August 2026, so pick 20 MB for the best quality that fits. Nitro Basic allows 50 MB. 8 MB is the older free limit: it makes a smaller file that still fits, and is a common limit on other sites.

Yes. Pick 8 MB, 10 MB or Custom… for any target from 1 to 4,000 MB. The result is always an H.264 MP4 with AAC audio.

A fixed file size means a fixed number of bits. Spread over a long video, each second gets fewer of them, so detail is lost. To get a sharper result, trim the clip, choose a bigger target, or tick Remove audio to give the picture a little more room.

No. Your video is read and encoded by your browser on your own device, and the MP4 is created there too. Your video is never sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to the Network tab, and compress a video. No request carries it. The page counts visits and finished downloads (tool name only) with analytics that sets no cookies, and no file data is ever sent (see privacy).

MP4 and MOV files encode fastest in Chrome, Edge and other browsers with WebCodecs, usually faster than real time. WebM, MKV and anything the fast path can’t read use a slower fallback encoder, which downloads once (about 32 MB) and then runs offline. The output is always an H.264 MP4, with AAC audio. Files up to 500 MB are accepted; phones may run out of memory sooner.

We count 1 MB as 1,000,000 bytes, the smaller of the two common definitions, so a file made for “8 MB” fits under an 8 MB limit whichever way a site counts.

Choose 100 MB under Target size, or Custom… for any target from 1 to 4,000 MB, and press Compress. A target only helps when your video is bigger than it: files up to 500 MB are accepted, and the tool tells you when a file is already under the target.

Open this page in Safari, tap Choose video, pick a target size and press Compress. Safari uses the fast encoder, including for the sound. If Safari’s audio encoder doesn’t pass our check, only the audio goes through the fallback encoder, which downloads about 32 MB once. A phone has less memory than a computer, so trim long clips or pick 720p or lower. We haven’t tested it on a physical iPhone yet, so if it stalls, use a computer.