How to Compress 4K Video at the Highest Quality?

How to Compress 4K Videos with the Best Quality?

Before anything else, we should know that bit rate, encoder, framerate, and resolution, they are the DNA of a video file. And the video quality is a joint result of the interaction of all these factors. We can hence compress 4K video by adjusting these parameters. Here, we can make it easy with a specialized 4K video compressor - HD Video Converter Factory Pro.

The program can easily compress 4K video without losing quality using advanced video encoders like H265/HEVC and VP9. It can also change other parameters like bitrate, framerate, and length to further compress 4K to smaller size. Moreover, it can also reduce 4K video file size by downscaling 4K to 1080p or lower resolutions. Just free download the 4K video compressor and follow the guide below to learn how to compress a 4K video.

Three Simple and Effective Methods to Compress 4K Videos

Preparation: Free download the 4K video compressor and launch it. Open Converter module and import your 4K videos into the main interface.

1. Compress 4K Video using H265 Encoder (Best Quality Output)

H265/HEVC offers compression 50% more efficient than its predecessor H.264 codec. So, re-encoding your 4K video with H265 codec will reduce the file to around half its size without compromising the quality. You just need to choose H.265 for MP4 or H.265 for MKV as the output format and then click “Run” button to start the process.

Optimize 4k video with h.265

2. Compress 4K Video by Lowering Quality (Smaller Size)

Also, you can downscale video resolution from 4k to 1080p to reduce 4k file size without damaging the overall visual experience. Simply drag the slider under the Output Profile to change the video resolution.

Compressing 4K video to 1080P

3. Compress 4K Video by Decreasing Bitrate/Framerate

The 3rd way to cut down video size is by lowering the bitrate or frame rate.

In the “Parameter settings” window, you can change the frame rate and bitrate. However, they both also have great impact on the video quality, therefore, to make sure the quality of your video is acceptable, you can choose to switch from CBR to VBR to reduce size.

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Reduce 4k video bit rate

4. Compress 4K Video by Trimming/Splitting

With the help of built-in Trimmer, you can trim off unnecessary parts or split video into clips to reduce the file sizes of your 4K videos without losing quality.

Now, please download the HD Video Converter Factory Pro to complete your jobs.

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These are the common and simple ways to compress the 4K video files. You can take the method you like. Apart from 4K video compression, the powerful HD Video Converter Factory Pro can do more, for instance, you can download 4K resources and download VR video from YouTube and here's a simple guide: Open "Downloader" > Click "New Download" > Paste video URL and Analyze > Choose a certain resolution > Add to download list > Press "Download All". Besides downloading from 1,000+ sites, this program is also capable of converting video to HTML5 formats then you can upload the video to the internet without hassle.

To boot, you can edit your 4K video with simple clicks, trim, split, merge, crop, rotate, flip, watermark video, add special effects and subtitles, etc. The program also supports batch video conversion, SD to HD video conversion, and you can use it to convert video to 4K video format with a few steps. With this multi-functional program, you can get better video viewing experience easily. Feel free to download it on your Windows computers.

Convert video to 4K video

Extra Tip for You

The video compressor provides optimal parameters in advance for many 4K devices. Which means you are able to stream the 4K videos you downloaded from the internet to your 4K TVs even you don't know the best video and audio specs for your device, you are supported to simply choose a device model it offers.

Why We Need to Compress 4K Video to 1080P, 720P, 480P?

4K resolution, also known as 4K UHD with resolution of 3840 x 2160 (2160p), is one of the trendy tags coming into people's sight in recent years. It’s a newly-emerging resolution standard for Ultra HD, which provides with the ultimate visual experience. You can find many 4K recorded videos uploaded by users, new movie trailers, and all kinds of pop music videos on YouTube and other video-sharing sites.

With the growing demand of the public, as well as the extraordinary advantage of better watching experience, 4K and above like 8K will definitely become the mainstream standard for digital video in the next couple of years. However, 4K video is also a double-edged sword. The large file size is definitely a real pain in differnet cases.

4k digital video

Limited by many realistic factors (like storage, devices, Internet technology and etc.), 4K video is still such hot potato nowadays. For example, if you happen to get a hot 4K video on the web, it will be a problem for you to free up some storage space on your hard drive or play it on your smartphone. Normally an original 4K movie might be bigger than 200 GB, that is to say, you can keep 10 copies of 4K resolution movies on your 2TB hard drive at most. Also, you may meet other problems as follows:

Q: I shot a two-hour 4K video with my camcorder. And the output size is very large, about 400G. How could I compress the video? Is there a smart way to keep original quality?

Q: I recorded a video in 4K. And when I opened the video editor , it can't import the file. Any advice? Please just tell me how to convert 4k to 1080p or how to compress 4K to 1080p?

With no doubt, it is a stunning experience to enjoy the visual feast of the 4K video! Considering the conflict between the lagging device support and the rapid development of 4K technology, 4K videos cannot be played well on a majority of mainstream devices, including iPhone and other Android smartphones. And let alone, storage space on the device is that precious. So if you’ve got a 4K movie video and want to transfer it to the portable device, a 4K video compression would be more beneficial and less stressful for the smooth playback.