Observed arrival · 2026-11-11
Flyweight: a tiny Windows video compressor
A free Windows app that compresses videos by drag-and-drop or from the right-click menu, with presets for resolution, frame rate, and file-size limits.
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- Windows users sharing or uploading large video files
- Worth noticing
- A custom 5 MB preset reduced a 93 MB OBS capture to 4.56 MB in a reported 13-second run.
Field notes
The app offers three named compression levels and lets users create presets around a file-size limit they choose. If a clip cannot meet that limit at its current size without severe quality loss, the page says Flyweight reduces frame rate before resolution. Advanced options expose codec, encoder, quality, audio, and custom ffmpeg flags; the app also describes running at low priority while compressing and doing no background work afterward.
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