Compress video for WhatsApp (16 MB media limit)
Honest note first: WhatsApp already re-encodes videos when you send them as "photo/video" — usually to 480p — so pre-compressing here is only useful in one specific case: your source is over 16 MB and WhatsApp is rejecting the upload before it can re-encode. For anything else, send the video as a document instead (WhatsApp keeps it bit-for-bit, up to 2 GB). If you do need the media-attachment path, this preset gets you under 16 MB with your own quality choices instead of WhatsApp's aggressive default.
How it works
- Drop a
.mp4file (or any video) onto the page. - The WhatsApp output preset is already selected — hit Convert Now.
- Download the result. The whole conversion ran in your browser via WebCodecs or FFmpeg.wasm. No file left your device.
Why convert Video to WhatsApp?
Honest note first: WhatsApp already re-encodes videos when you send them as "photo/video" — usually to 480p — so pre-compressing here is only useful in one specific case: your source is over 16 MB and WhatsApp is rejecting the upload before it can re-encode. For anything else, send the video as a document instead (WhatsApp keeps it bit-for-bit, up to 2 GB). If you do need the media-attachment path, this preset gets you under 16 MB with your own quality choices instead of WhatsApp's aggressive default.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. poqpoq is a static site — the page you're looking at is a bunch of JavaScript your browser downloaded once. It runs entirely on your device. There is no upload endpoint. When you open your browser's Network tab during a conversion, you'll see zero requests going out.