Send long videos on WhatsApp
Drop the video
MP4, MOV, WebM — even large files up to 2GB from your phone or camera.
Keep the 16MB goal
DigiCompress works out the right quality for the length of your clip and caps it at 720p, which is what WhatsApp shows anyway.
Share
Save the video and send it on WhatsApp. Nothing was uploaded to us.
Why WhatsApp says your video is too large
Videos sent as media from the gallery are limited to about 16MB, and status videos to about 16MB and 30 seconds. Longer clips are cut or refused. You can send bigger files as a document, but then they won’t play inline.
Shrinking the video to just under 16MB before sending gives you control over quality, instead of letting WhatsApp compress it again aggressively.
Tips
- Very long videos
- A 10-minute clip at 16MB has to be low quality. Trim it first, or send as a document.
- Phone storage
- The compressed copy is also great for freeing space on your phone.
- Voice notes too
- Use the audio compressor for long recordings.