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Continue with DiscordClip too big, or not an MP4? How to fix it
Clips can be up to 100 MB. Most clipping apps save at very high quality, so even 30 seconds can go over.
Easiest: pick the clip anyway. If it's too big, or an iPhone .mov, a trimmer opens right here. Keep just the play, and it's shrunk to fit when you post. Any clip can be trimmed with the ✂ Trim button. If your browser can't trim, or you'd rather fix it on your PC, here are two other ways.
1. Record smaller next time
- Medal, Outplayed, NVIDIA or AMD instant replay, Xbox Game Bar: in the clip settings, set the length to 30 seconds or less, the resolution to 1080p, and the quality to medium.
- iPhone camera: those videos are .mov, not MP4. Screen recordings and most Android videos are MP4 and post fine.
2. Trim and shrink it with Plume
Plume is a free, lightweight video editor for Windows from lutzstack tools. It trims a clip and saves it as a small MP4 in a couple of minutes, and it handles .mov files too.
- Install Plume from tools.lutzstack.com/plume and open it.
- Press Ctrl+I to import your clip, then drag it onto the timeline.
- Drag the clip's left and right edges in to keep just the play.
- Press Ctrl+M to export. Choose H.264, size 1080p, and a custom bitrate from the table below. Set audio to 160 kbps.
- Post the new file. Its name ends in [H.264].mp4.
| Clip length | Video bitrate | File size |
|---|---|---|
| up to 30 sec | 20 Mbps | about 75 MB |
| up to 1 min | 10 Mbps | about 75 MB |
| up to 2 min | 5 Mbps | about 75 MB |
| up to 3 min | 3.5 Mbps (use 720p) | about 80 MB |
Rule of thumb: 600 divided by the clip's length in seconds gives the video bitrate in Mbps. That lands around 75 MB, with room to spare.
Don't need to trim? Use Plume's Encode tab instead: add the file, pick H.264 and the bitrate from the table, and click Encode.