Modern phone cameras are pretty powerful and the videos created with these cameras have very good video quality with large files sizes. Although modern phones come with large memory capacity, the amount and quality of digital content that is generated on these phones can quickly fill up your phone memory. Since phones with larger memories are expensive, one might use video compression tools to reduce the size of videos files on their phones to save memory space. In this article, I will show step by step how can you compress a video file on your Android phone with the help of a third-party app for Android called “Panda Resizer”. Just follow the following steps. Also read: 7 Best Video Compression Apps for Android
Using Panda Resizer app
Step 1: First, go ahead, download and install the “Panda Resizer” app from Google Play Store. Once installed, double-tap to open it. Step 4: The app will ask for your permission to local data access. Tap on the “Allow” button to proceed.
Step 3: At the end of the tour, the app will ask you to upgrade to the premium version. Click on the “Continue with ads” button in the upper left of the screen to keep using the free version. Step 5: The app will display all the video files on your local phone memory in a browser. Step 6: Browse and locate the video you want to compress by using the tabs at the top of the screen and then select the required video by tapping on it. Step 7: Tap on the “Next” button towards the bottom right of the screen.
Step 7: The app will give you different compression options regarding the size of the compressed file and its video quality. You can also use the compression options for emailing or uploading to social networking websites. Scroll down, to see different video resolution options.
Step 8: After choosing a compression option that best fits your need, tap on the “COMPRESS” button towards the lower right of the screen to kick-start the compression process. Step 9: That’s it, now the app will start compressing the required video, and when the process is complete you will see the new compressed file, its resolution, and the file’s size in comparison to the regional one.
Step 10: If you are happy with the end result, then you can save the new file to the local phone memory by tapping on the “SAVE” button to the right-left of the screen. You can also tap on the “SHARE” button to share the compressed video with your contacts using social media or messengers.
Ending words
In this article, I have shown how the “Panda Resizer” a third-party app, can be used in simple steps for video compression. The good thing is that the “Panda Resizer” app gives you full control over how much compression (file size) you want to have and the corresponding resulting video quality. The app is free to use but comes with ads. For even more advanced options and an ad-free experience, one must buy the premium version.
