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Compress video for Discord on Mac
Discord’s typical upload cap is 20 MB unless you pay for a larger limit. A phone clip or a QuickTime recording is usually bigger than that. Tiny Media’s Discord Ready action compresses to an MP4 aimed under 20 MB, named so you can find it.
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Discord Ready vs Compress
Discord Ready is one button. It targets about 18 MB with a 20 MB ceiling. You do not pick a bitrate. If a clip is too long to fit under 20 MB without becoming unusable, Tiny Media says so instead of giving you a file Discord will refuse.
Compress is for everything else: Smaller, Balanced, Best Quality, or a size you type, such as under 50 MB for email.
How to send a video on Discord from a Mac
- Drop the video on the Tiny Media menu bar icon.
- Click Discord Ready.
- Show in Finder — the file name ends with
_discord.mp4. - Attach that file in Discord chat.
Finder right-click can run Discord Ready on one or more videos without opening the app window. If the clip is too long to fit under 20 MB without becoming unusable, Tiny Media says so instead of giving you a file Discord will refuse.
FAQ
Why won’t Discord accept my video on Mac?
Free Discord usually caps uploads at 20 MB. A QuickTime recording is often larger. Discord Ready shrinks it to an MP4 aimed under that cap.
Should I use Compress instead?
Use Compress when the limit is not Discord’s 20 MB — email, a form, or a size you type. See compress a video on Mac.
Related
- Compress a video on Mac for email or a custom size, not Discord’s 20 MB cap.
- Convert to MP4 first if the source is MOV, MKV, or WebM and you only needed a compatible file, not a smaller one.
- Download a link with Max Compression when the file is still on the web.