Autocompressor
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We compress media files to a target size - https://autocompressor.net
We've upgraded our website today! With the latest technology, you'll have no problem compressing your media to your floppy disks, ZIP disks, and CD-Rs.
April 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We've upgraded our website today! With the latest technology, you'll have no problem compressing your media to your floppy disks, ZIP disks, and CD-Rs.
Bluesky is reportedly getting support for 3-minute videos; no increase in the 50 MB upload limit is mentioned.
Why can't we just upload any video that fits in 50 MB with certain codec restrictions and have it be directly served by Bluesky?
www.theverge.com/news/627296/...
Why can't we just upload any video that fits in 50 MB with certain codec restrictions and have it be directly served by Bluesky?
www.theverge.com/news/627296/...
Bluesky gets three-minute videos and a filter to help with DM spam
Bluesky just got some notable upgrades.
www.theverge.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bluesky is reportedly getting support for 3-minute videos; no increase in the 50 MB upload limit is mentioned.
Why can't we just upload any video that fits in 50 MB with certain codec restrictions and have it be directly served by Bluesky?
www.theverge.com/news/627296/...
Why can't we just upload any video that fits in 50 MB with certain codec restrictions and have it be directly served by Bluesky?
www.theverge.com/news/627296/...
Bluetooth tethering is an absolutely terrible internet connection - it can be as bad as a 56K modem. However, you can use this to stress-test your website design. Android still supports this method for tethering to a computer. Our homepage is 102 KB of data w/o ads, but that took 35 seconds on BT!
March 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bluetooth tethering is an absolutely terrible internet connection - it can be as bad as a 56K modem. However, you can use this to stress-test your website design. Android still supports this method for tethering to a computer. Our homepage is 102 KB of data w/o ads, but that took 35 seconds on BT!
Do you compress your files for Discord using FFmpeg, Handbrake, or a similar tool? We have a bitrate calculator that computes the correct total bitrate for a target size, then splits it into audio and video bitrates.
autocompressor.net/tools/bitrat...
autocompressor.net/tools/bitrat...
Bitrate Calculator
A tool that calculates video and audio bitrate based on duration.
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March 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Do you compress your files for Discord using FFmpeg, Handbrake, or a similar tool? We have a bitrate calculator that computes the correct total bitrate for a target size, then splits it into audio and video bitrates.
autocompressor.net/tools/bitrat...
autocompressor.net/tools/bitrat...
If you're encoding an Animated AVIF for Discord, you might run into an FFmpeg pitfall - it may not default to infinite looping, so it'll only play once. Add the `-loop 0` option to fix this.
February 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you're encoding an Animated AVIF for Discord, you might run into an FFmpeg pitfall - it may not default to infinite looping, so it'll only play once. Add the `-loop 0` option to fix this.
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The ironic thing about VPNs is they are only safe because they cannot see your traffic because it's already encrypted by HTTPS. 15 years ago, VPNs were untenable because you trusted them with private data they could spy on. They are only enabled now by innate privacy the ecosystem already provides.
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The ironic thing about VPNs is they are only safe because they cannot see your traffic because it's already encrypted by HTTPS. 15 years ago, VPNs were untenable because you trusted them with private data they could spy on. They are only enabled now by innate privacy the ecosystem already provides.
Does anyone here know of an MPEG-2 encoder that outperforms the FFmpeg builtin one? We suspect that one exists, but have so far been disappointed with the proprietary encoders included in DVD-making software.
February 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Does anyone here know of an MPEG-2 encoder that outperforms the FFmpeg builtin one? We suspect that one exists, but have so far been disappointed with the proprietary encoders included in DVD-making software.
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It’s almost as if, unable to make computers smarter than people, we just settled on getting computers to make people dumber.
February 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s almost as if, unable to make computers smarter than people, we just settled on getting computers to make people dumber.
Bluesky proves that a fully-featured social media site doesn't need to have terrible performance. We've seen plenty of lightweight frontends for other sites like Nitter, but they aren't what anyone would consider "fully featured". It'd be cool if some of the other major players could take notice.
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bluesky proves that a fully-featured social media site doesn't need to have terrible performance. We've seen plenty of lightweight frontends for other sites like Nitter, but they aren't what anyone would consider "fully featured". It'd be cool if some of the other major players could take notice.
This new chat input design honestly seems like a downgrade.
Discord just rolled out the desktop visual refresh to 6% of all users. 3% with the new chat input design (first image) and 3% with the old chat input design (second image).
February 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This new chat input design honestly seems like a downgrade.
If you ask an LLM for help with FFmpeg, it might tell you that "-fs" targets a file size, but this is completely false! Your encode will be halted when the specified amount of data has been written, even if it isn't done. Don't believe everything that an LLM tells you.
February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you ask an LLM for help with FFmpeg, it might tell you that "-fs" targets a file size, but this is completely false! Your encode will be halted when the specified amount of data has been written, even if it isn't done. Don't believe everything that an LLM tells you.
Discord's servers are now capable of decoding AV1 and producing a preview/thumbnail with AVIF, so why isn't AV1 supported in direct video uploads? It's long been possible to use it through an embed tool, where Discord doesn't need to generate its own thumbnail.
February 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Discord's servers are now capable of decoding AV1 and producing a preview/thumbnail with AVIF, so why isn't AV1 supported in direct video uploads? It's long been possible to use it through an embed tool, where Discord doesn't need to generate its own thumbnail.
Do you have an Intel 8th-10th generation laptop? These can hardware decode VP9, but not AV1. If you want better battery life on YouTube, go to your Playback and Performance settings and switch to "Prefer AV1 for SD". You'll get VP9 for high resolutions, reducing power draw considerably.
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Do you have an Intel 8th-10th generation laptop? These can hardware decode VP9, but not AV1. If you want better battery life on YouTube, go to your Playback and Performance settings and switch to "Prefer AV1 for SD". You'll get VP9 for high resolutions, reducing power draw considerably.
With a hardware media engine like NVENC, it's usually not a good idea to HW decode → SW encode due to the perf cost of GPU → CPU transfer. However, with a large source and small output, such as a Discord encode, you may find that HW decoding and scaling with SW encoding is still faster than pure SW.
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
With a hardware media engine like NVENC, it's usually not a good idea to HW decode → SW encode due to the perf cost of GPU → CPU transfer. However, with a large source and small output, such as a Discord encode, you may find that HW decoding and scaling with SW encoding is still faster than pure SW.
AVIF images, still and animated, are now working on the web version of Discord! This allows much higher efficiency than GIF or JPEG.
Our website is able to compress any image or GIF to an AVIF at a target size, including 10 MiB for Discord.
Our website is able to compress any image or GIF to an AVIF at a target size, including 10 MiB for Discord.
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
AVIF images, still and animated, are now working on the web version of Discord! This allows much higher efficiency than GIF or JPEG.
Our website is able to compress any image or GIF to an AVIF at a target size, including 10 MiB for Discord.
Our website is able to compress any image or GIF to an AVIF at a target size, including 10 MiB for Discord.
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Discord has just added Animated AVIF support in the canary release of Discord!
January 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Discord has just added Animated AVIF support in the canary release of Discord!
You can upload a maximum of 50 MB to Bluesky - but with the length limited to 1 minute and the video transcoded server-side anyway, what's the point? We want to see unlimited-length uploads with Bluesky directly serving the user-generated video encode - much like Discord.
January 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
You can upload a maximum of 50 MB to Bluesky - but with the length limited to 1 minute and the video transcoded server-side anyway, what's the point? We want to see unlimited-length uploads with Bluesky directly serving the user-generated video encode - much like Discord.
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I already have onedrive, it's the one drive on my computer and that is where I want to save my work you clown
January 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I already have onedrive, it's the one drive on my computer and that is where I want to save my work you clown
We got our hands on an Intel B580 and the AV1 encoding speeds are insane - over 400 fps at 1080p. We're interested in seeing if it could work to accelerate target-size compression.
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
We got our hands on an Intel B580 and the AV1 encoding speeds are insane - over 400 fps at 1080p. We're interested in seeing if it could work to accelerate target-size compression.
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windows defaulting to hiding file extensions was like 9/11 for software literacy
December 20, 2024 at 5:23 AM
windows defaulting to hiding file extensions was like 9/11 for software literacy
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Idk about anyone else but the 1 minute max thing on videos is killing me. I’ve always been anti-long clips, but even 10 extra seconds would make so many clips much better. I don’t want to thread 2 together either. Too messy. This should be first order of business on improvements list.
December 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Idk about anyone else but the 1 minute max thing on videos is killing me. I’ve always been anti-long clips, but even 10 extra seconds would make so many clips much better. I don’t want to thread 2 together either. Too messy. This should be first order of business on improvements list.
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Real professionals do not plug random devices into their computers. Real professionals do "curl -sL totally-trustworthy-site.com/install.sh | sudo bash" instead.
December 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Real professionals do not plug random devices into their computers. Real professionals do "curl -sL totally-trustworthy-site.com/install.sh | sudo bash" instead.
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With just about every piece of technology up until now, when it's not working correctly that is apparent to the user in some way.
The reason LLMs and today's versions of "AI" scare me is that users think they are working correctly even when they're putting out nonsense.
The reason LLMs and today's versions of "AI" scare me is that users think they are working correctly even when they're putting out nonsense.
December 15, 2024 at 7:02 PM
With just about every piece of technology up until now, when it's not working correctly that is apparent to the user in some way.
The reason LLMs and today's versions of "AI" scare me is that users think they are working correctly even when they're putting out nonsense.
The reason LLMs and today's versions of "AI" scare me is that users think they are working correctly even when they're putting out nonsense.
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Tech Startup CEO: Our revolutionary AI APP can literally open portals to hell. But, like, a profitable hell?
Investors who are very smart: Shut up and take our money!🤑
Investors who are very smart: Shut up and take our money!🤑
December 13, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Tech Startup CEO: Our revolutionary AI APP can literally open portals to hell. But, like, a profitable hell?
Investors who are very smart: Shut up and take our money!🤑
Investors who are very smart: Shut up and take our money!🤑
Autocompressor is inspired by a Discord community compressing entire movies to Discord-compatible sizes — and with our proprietary algorithm, we're replicating these results completely automatically. Try it today!
December 12, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Autocompressor is inspired by a Discord community compressing entire movies to Discord-compatible sizes — and with our proprietary algorithm, we're replicating these results completely automatically. Try it today!