This script calculates video bitrate based on file duration and target size and than compresses the video with this value in 2 passes to save maximum quality.
Targeted size is usfull if you want to compress video for some of the social networks.
Also you can eneble hardware acceleration to speed up the process but it is not recommended if you want the best quality.
Clone the repository to your computer:
git clone https://github.com/antonsizikov/video-compress.git
To start the script type the following command in folder with the script:
python3 compress.py
Or doble click on compress-mac.command ro compress-win.bat.
Than you need to type the path to folder with videos and target size and wait until compression is done.
This script requires FFmpeg. You can install it on your system using the following commands.
Windows:
winget install ffmpeg
macOS:
brew install ffmpeg