johnrgarland
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Q: Is there so kind of compression software so that I can mail large videos?

Know about uploading videos to UTUBE, would like to email friends videos of Atlantic Ocean, Apple mail says, file to large to email.

Is there software that will compress the files so can email them ?

Hope compress is the right term.

 

Have been wondering about this for many years.

iMac, 10.11.4

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 4:46 PM

by Allan Eckert,Apple recommended
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General video formats are already compressed. So compressing it again will be futile, in fact they may actually get larger.

 

You are going to have to move the video to a server such as DropBox and then email the link to the other party so that they can download.

Posted on Feb 16, 2016 3:44 PM

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  • by Allan Eckert,Apple recommended

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Feb 16, 2016 3:44 PM in response to johnrgarland
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    Feb 16, 2016 3:44 PM in response to johnrgarland

    General video formats are already compressed. So compressing it again will be futile, in fact they may actually get larger.

     

    You are going to have to move the video to a server such as DropBox and then email the link to the other party so that they can download.

  • by Terence Devlin,Helpful

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 16, 2016 3:45 PM in response to johnrgarland
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    Feb 16, 2016 3:45 PM in response to johnrgarland

    Simply, sharing video via email is not advisable.

     

    Many email services have an attachment limit of 20mb and some a limit of 10mb. As emails are sent through an array of relays, the effective limit is the smallest file size allowed on any of the relays.  That means that video is rarely suitable for emailing.

     

    Then there's the whole issue of Codecs and not all machines will have the codecs to play all videos. Plus, folks with slower connections can find it very inconvenient to download large video files.

     

    Upload it to a sharing site like YouTube or Vimeo and email a link - these will allow the recipient to view the material online. That will avoid the codec issues mentions, and the person can still download the video file if they wish.

     

    Upload it to sharing services like Dropbox or YouSendIt and email a link. This will require that they download the material to their machines to view.

     

    Regards

     

     

    TD

  • by Old Toad,Apple recommended

    Old Toad Old Toad Feb 16, 2016 4:20 PM in response to johnrgarland
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:20 PM in response to johnrgarland

    Have you tried Mail Drop? 

     

    Mail Drop limits - Apple Support

     

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  • by johnrgarland,

    johnrgarland johnrgarland Feb 18, 2016 3:59 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Feb 18, 2016 3:59 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks,

    Have no idea what that is, will research and try Mail Drop.

     

    Thanks,

     

    John R

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Feb 18, 2016 9:21 AM in response to johnrgarland
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    Feb 18, 2016 9:21 AM in response to johnrgarland

    Click on the link Old Toad supplied for details

     

    LN