First of all, it’s a pain: Who needs all those extra steps in their workflow when there are dozens of other things to do? But in most cases it also means removing data from your video file. It helps get around the often-frustrating file size limitations of many file transfer and email platforms, and compressed videos also reduce bandwidth usage, upload and download times, and the amount of buffering required when streaming video.īut for all its positives, the unfortunate reality is that compression has a lot of downsides. Compressing video files can be incredibly useful when sending footage to partners, clients, or film festival print traffic coordinators.
