GetCompress - Lossless media compression without context switching

@petersamokhin congrats on the launch !

I definitely relate to the "just let me drop a file, compress it, and move on" workflow. It's one of those tasks that should take seconds but somehow ends up breaking your flow.

One thing I'm curious about: among your early users, what file type surprised you the most in terms of compression results? Was there a format where people consistently said, "I didn't expect it to shrink that much without noticeable quality loss"?

Also, the MCP integration is a nice touch. Feels like a natural fit as more AI workflows start handling media.

Wishing you a fantastic launch!

@danshipit thanks a lot, I've been cooking hard on every pixel 👨‍🍳

@artstavenka1 I see a pro here, thanks for asking!

You can control Apple native handling in settings, and switching to x265 is just one click (see screenshot), but also I added a lot of smart logic, that depends on the file format, and might try different fallback settings in order to get the smallest file possible ✨

@aleksei_martoias you are not gonna believe me but it's already available there, both ARM and x64 👀

@andrasczeizel hi Andras, thanks a lot for your comment!

You can control the quality by choosing the predefined presets, or set up e.g. target file size, or if you prefer you can even select some advanced settings (such as media codec, frame rate and almost anything else!)

After you apply your desired settings, you can save that preset and reuse it later:

@itruf thanks a loooot!

The compression logic is open-source and is available here: https://github.com/getcompress/extensions/tree/master/packages/extension-gif-optimizer

If you create a GIF from video, it's first converted using optimized approaches (with advanced colour palette for it to look fancier!)

Then (or initially, if you already had a GIF), it's compressed using an in-house developed tool that handles lossy compression in a way similar to lossy PNG compression: adaptive color quantization, weighted histogram, dithering, palette posterization and deduplication... many buzzwords but the point is that it's a very optimized and stable algorithm that helps making the GIFs look great but have a small file size!

@racine_g hey, thanks a lot for asking my favourite question!

There are many aspects that help reaching the best compression levels on the market, and I'm happy to share the secrets... just kidding: all compression logic is actually open-source, because GetCompress' main focus is your best UX! See it here: https://github.com/getcompress/extensions

Just a few examples:

• Videos: not just simple params like CRF are blindly used, but instead I carefully tested each format and made sure all advanced settings are applied, aiming at the fastest compression and smallest file sizes. For example, if you want a WebM video that will be fastest to load in your blog, the best codecs and compression params will be selected. Or, if you have a MacBook, you can benefit from Apple native VideoToolbox

• PDFs: any image-heavy files are analyzed in a smart way (e.g. detecting actual non-transparent images and any unnecessary info) and images are compressed separately (for example, lossy PNG compression is unbeatable!). I also did it myself (unlike competitors that use GhostScript and violate their open-source license that way!), so now even the edge cases like PDFs with form fields are handled carefully & not broken

• Images: an in-house utility compresses even PNGs, in a lossy way, with veeery smart algorithms applied!

• GIFs: multi-step logic that utilizes FFmpeg, Gifsicle and an in-house tool for even better lossy compression

I can dive into more details if you're interested!

@stanislau_zamana this one was unexpected 🫢

To be honest, I didn't plan on the mobile apps, as I mainly aimed to improve and speed-up frequent compression flows (which is easier & best done from your laptop, Mac or Windows), but I'll definitely consider it for the future!

@timur_masalimov hey, thanks a lot for sharing your feedback 👋

The main benefits of connecting to GetCompress MCP (vs just telling your agent to "compress it somehow"):

• reliability: Claude won't hallucinate and install some outdated CLI every time you ask for media compression, and you don't even need to write a detailed prompt that covers any possible edge cases

• better compression: the curated advanced logic already knows how's best to reduce the file size while keeping visual quality as best as possible, because just with some default params you could receive a pixelated result that is not really small in size

• speed: magic optimizations such as Apple native frameworks (VideoToolbox) sometimes can do magic!

So, you after connecting the MCP, could ask your AI assistant to prepare you a demo and ensure it's compressed nicely (just with natural words), fit some upload limits to Notion, and anything else!

@dmitry_manko wow, I didn't expect any interest on mobile side 👀

No plans for the nearest future, but probably I'd have to reconsider it!

My main idea was that you can't do this on mobile:

https://youtu.be/68AuSlchZto