Compression & Quality

Control video quality, file size, and encoding speed with advanced compression settings

Control the quality and file size of your processed videos with VideoCascade's advanced compression settings. Balance quality, file size, and processing speed to meet your specific needs.

Compression Quality

The compressionQuality parameter controls video quality on a scale of 1-100:

Quality	CRF Range	Use Case	File Size	Quality
100	15	Near-lossless, archival	Largest	Excellent
90-99	16-18	High-quality uploads	Large	Excellent
80-89	19-21	Professional content	Medium-Large	Very Good
70-79	22-28	Standard quality	Medium	Good
50-69	29-38	Web streaming	Small-Medium	Acceptable
1-49	39-45	Low bandwidth	Smallest	Poor

Basic Usage

const response = await fetch('https://api.videocascade.com/v1/videos', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer vca_your_api_key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    fileUrl: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
    compressionQuality: 95,  // High quality
    outputFormat: 'mp4'
  }),
});

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.videocascade.com/v1/videos',
    headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer vca_your_api_key',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    json={
        'fileUrl': 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
        'compressionQuality': 95,
        'outputFormat': 'mp4'
    }
)

interface CompressionRequest {
  fileUrl: string;
  compressionQuality: number;  // 1-100
  outputFormat: 'mp4' | 'mov' | 'avi' | 'webm';
}

const request: CompressionRequest = {
fileUrl: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
compressionQuality: 95,
outputFormat: 'mp4'
};

const response = await fetch('https://api.videocascade.com/v1/videos', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer vca_your_api_key',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify(request),
});

Quality vs File Size Tradeoffs

Here's an example comparison for a 10-minute 1080p video:

Quality	CRF	File Size	Quality Description
100	15	~2.5 GB	Visually identical to source
95	17	~1.8 GB	Excellent, no visible loss
90	18	~1.2 GB	Excellent, professional quality
85	20	~800 MB	Very good, social media ready
80	21	~600 MB	Good, web-friendly
70	25	~400 MB	Good, streaming quality
60	32	~250 MB	Acceptable, minor artifacts
50	35	~180 MB	Noticeable compression
30	42	~100 MB	Poor quality, visible artifacts

File Size Varies: Actual file sizes depend on video content complexity. High-motion videos compress less efficiently than static content.

Compression & Quality