"Hi, do you know how to compress a QuickTime file? I was suggested to use QuickTiem to compress video files but have no idea on how to do it. Is there any other video compressor that could help me compress QuickTime video file, and how? " Asked by one of my friends via email."

Actually, many people would come across such kind of questions. There are several different ways in which you could easily compress QuickTime video or reduce file size of QuickTime movie. In this guide, we would like to share 3 methods on how to compress QuickTime video.

Part 1: Introduction to QuickTime Video

Developed by Apple Inc., QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework that is capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. Now, the QuickTime has been available in both Mac and Windows.

QuickTime Video

As the default media player of Mac OS computer, QuickTime framework supports the following file types and codecs natively: Animated GIF, Animation, Apple ProRes, Apple Video, Audio Video Interleave (AVI), Cinepak, Component Video, DV, 3GP and 3G2, Graphics, H.261, H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2[11], H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265/HEVC (since macOS 10.13), Microsoft Video 1, Motion, JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 Part 2, Pixlet, Planar RGB, Qtch, QuickTime Movie, QuickTime VR, and Sorenson Video

Part 2: How to Compress Video with QuickTime Player Pro

QuickTime Player Pro actually enables you to compress QuickTime videos. Here QuickTime video means those video files saved in QuickTime compatible formats, as mentioned above. The detailed steps on how to compress QuickTime video are listed below:

1. Download and install the QuickTime Player Pro version.

2. Launch it and click the "File" button and then click "Open File".

3. Browse your target video and then click "Open" button. Make sure the target video files are QuickTime compatible, and the audio syncs with the video (which could be tested by playing back loaded video).

4. Click the "File" menu and then choose "Export" option.

5. On the "Save exported file as" window select "Movie to QuickTime Movie", and click "Options".

6. Click "Settings" under "Video" tab.

7. Select H.264 for "Compression Type" and click "OK".

8. To change the video dimensions and frame size, click the "Size" button and select one of the lower sizing options.

9. Click "OK" to exit from settings and then click the "Save" button to start compressing and outputting QuickTime video.

It would be quite easy for you to compress QuickTime video with the help of QuickTime Player Pro. You only need to purchase the Pro version of QuickTime Player.

Part 3: How to Compress QuickTime Video with Leawo Video Converter

Besides, you could also turn to 3rd-party video compressor software tools to help you compress QuickTime video files. Leawo Video Converteris one of the best QuickTime video compressor software you could choose in the market.

It could help you compress QuickTime videos by changing video and audio parameters like changing video format, resolution, frame rate, aspect ratio, quality, bit rate, etc. What’s more, it could help you convert videos to QuickTime compatible formats.

Download and install Leawo Video Converter on your computer first. And then follow the below steps to learn how to convert video to QuickTime video and compress QuickTime video.  

Step 1: Open Video Converter

Launch Leawo Prof. Media. On the main interface of Leawo Prof. Media, click the "Video Converter" option to enter the video converter interface.

Prof. Media

Step 2: Add source video files

Click the “Add Video” button to browse QuickTime video you want to compress or videos you want to convert and compress for QuickTime Player.

Add source video files

Step 3: Choose output format

Next to the “Add Photo” button, click the button and then on the drop-down panel select “Change” option.

Choose output format

On the "Profile" panel, choose any format as output format from either "Format" or "Device" group.

Set output format

Step 4: Compress QuickTime video by changing video and audio parameters

Click the button next to the "Add Photo" button and then choose "Edit" option. On the popup "Profile Settings" panel, you could adjust video quality, video bit rate, video resolution, frame rate, audio quality, audio bit rate, etc. To compress QuickTime video, make values of these parameters smaller into a proper degree.

Adjust  file parameters

Step 5: Set output directory

Then click the big green "Convert" button. Set output directory in the "Save to" box on popup sidebar.

Edit MOV files

Step 6: Convert files

Finally, click the bottom “Convert” button on the sidebar to start to output AVI files.

Convert MOV to 3GP

Once the conversion finishes, you get compressed QuickTime video files.

Part 4: How to Compress a QuickTime Video with Online Video Converter

Still, you could choose some free tools to compress QuickTime videos. You could find a lot of online video converter that could compress QuickTime videos online for free. Here we would like to choose VideoSmaller.com as an example to show you how to compress a QuickTime video file online for free.  

Compress a QuickTime Video

Follow the below steps to learn how to reduce AVI file size with Handbrake.

1. Click the "Browse" button to browse QuickTime video from local drive.

2. Check the "Use low compression level (best quality)" option.

3. Choose a scale under the "Scale (reduce video width)" box.

4. Choose whether or not to "Remove audio from video".

5. Click the green "Upload Video" button.

6. Once the uploading starts, this online video compressor would start to compress uploaded QuickTime video.

7. After converting, you could then downloaded the compressed QuickTime video to your local drive.

Conclusion:

Among all these 3 solutions above, Leawo Video Converter offers you the best and most stable solution on compressing QuickTime video (it even converts videos to QuickTime). Online video converters are not stable, which failed us times during the test, while QuickTime Player Pro fails to process non-QuickTime videos.