Cheezos Video Compressor

A no bullshit video compressor.

Features

• Compresses multiple videos in a queue system
• Target any specific output file size in MB
• Supports GPU acceleration (NVIDIA, Intel QuickSync, AMD)
• Automatically downloads and installs FFmpeg (Windows)
• Progress tracking with detailed status updates
• Supports multiple video formats (mp4, avi, mkv, mov, wmv, flv, webm, m4v)
• Two-pass encoding for optimal quality
• Automatic bitrate calculation
• Desktop notifications on completion
• Preserves audio quality
• Clean and simple user interface, no bullshit!
• Settings persistence between sessions
• Auto-opens output folder when complete

New version on Patreon!

Build

Easy Way

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run setup.bat

Hard Way

1. Open a terminal.
2. Clone the repository with git clone https://github.com/cheezos/video-compressor.git
3. Enter the project directory with cd video-compressor
4. Create a virtual environment with python -m venv .venv
5. Activate the virtual environment with .\.venv\Scripts\activate
6. Install the required packages with pip install -r requirements.txt
7. Build the application with python setup.py build

The Result

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Created with Python 3.12.6, PyQt6 and the latest FFmpeg.