Bulk Video Compressor for Social Media

Step 2 Implementation

The Python Script

Save this as compress.py and run it in a folder containing your videos.

import subprocess
import os

def compress_video(input_path, output_path):
    cmd = [
        'ffmpeg', '-i', input_path,
        '-vcodec', 'libx264', '-crf', '28',
        output_path
    ]
    subprocess.run(cmd)

folder = './input_videos'
for filename in os.listdir(folder):
    if filename.endswith(".mp4"):
        print(f"Compressing {filename}...")
        compress_video(os.path.join(folder, filename), os.path.join('./output', filename))