Client compression of video

Discord will henceforth limit uploads to 10MB for the free plan.

This would be exceeded in about 1 minute for an mp4 (depending on the content, of course).

To solve this, we propose video compression on the client side.

feature overview

If the file to be uploaded is a video and exceeds the uploadable file size (e.g., 10 MB for the free plan), and the estimated file size after compression is less than the uploadable file size, a popup will appear allowing you to compress the file and send it, with or without compression.You can choose to compress or not to compress the file.

If you choose to compress, the file will be compressed in various ways (webm, lower resolution, lower FPS, etc.). By sending it to the server, you can now send longer videos at smaller file sizes and store more files on the Discord server storage.

Good point

No more need to compress on other sites. (I hate hassle).

By doing the processing on the client side, no server processing resources are consumed.

Compression increases the amount of data that can be stored on the server. (It's easy on Discord's wallet)

Bad point

Client load increases during compression. It may also take too long depending on client performance. (If it is done on the server side, the server side processing will increase.)

It may be difficult to implement in browsers, etc., due to the libraries used.

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