Question 5

You are a content creator producing videos for an online platform. Your videos contain high-definition footage that contributes to large file sizes. You need to find ways to optimise the file sizes without compromising the visual quality of the videos. Which of the following techniques can help reduce file sizes of high-definition videos?


Adding more visual effects to the videos.


Removing audio from the videos.


Compressing the videos.


Increasing the resolution of the videos.

1 answer

To optimize the file sizes of high-definition videos without compromising visual quality, the following technique from your options can help:

Compressing the videos.

Compression techniques, such as using a codec like H.264 or H.265, can significantly reduce video file sizes while maintaining good visual quality.

The other options would not effectively reduce file sizes:

  • Adding more visual effects would likely increase file sizes as it adds more data to the video.
  • Removing audio may reduce the overall file size, but it also eliminates an integral part of the video experience.
  • Increasing the resolution would increase the file size, as higher resolutions contain more pixel data.

Thus, 'Compressing the videos' is the best option to reduce file sizes.