GetCompress - Lossless media compression without context switching
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GetCompress is a lightweight desktop app that quickly compresses videos, images, GIFs, PDFs in batches: get up to 90% smaller files with minimal quality loss. Save your time & keep files safe with offline compression. Drag files in and out, no extra clicks. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Not totally sure I understood the main workflow, but the practical question for me is onboarding: can a small team get value before they clean up all their existing tools/data?
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@xiaosong001 hey, thanks a lot for your question! There is currently no free trial period but I guarantee refunds with no questions asked for 14 days. It means you can start by buying just one license, before cleaning up any existing tools, then proceed if it’s ok, or refund if you don’t like it (but I’d appreciate a chance to improve it quickly! no blockers though)
Love to see it! Quick, lossless compression FTW
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@jackrmcdermott thank you very much!
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Does it let you tweak things like target size in relation to target quality for video?
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@thamibenjelloun hello, thanks a lot for asking!
You can precisely specify the target size and GetCompress will produce the best possible visual quality for that file size, and you can control anything else like resolution or FPS:
Hey @petersamokhin ! Huge congrats on the launch!
As a hobbyist photographer with tons of hard drives full of photo archives, this is exactly what I need. I'm actually planning to compress my whole collection soon to free up some space!
The best part for me is that it's 100% local. When it comes to a personal media library, you definitely don't want to upload your files to any 3rd-party servers. Keeping it private is a huge win!
Quick question: you mentioned other apps struggle with previews — how does @GetCompress stay so smooth and fast when dealing with really heavy batch of photo files?
Upvoted and wishing you a great launch day!
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@valeriyknyazhev thank you! 🫶
You are making me disclose my secrets... just kidding, anyone who cares about UX for their users would've optimized it already :)
Same as for compression itself, I've just spent some decent time optimizing for the UI performance, with advanced techniques (that are actually common among apps) like previews caching, minimal UI updates where possible, optimizing the preview assets themselves.
Currently, GetCompress easily supports scrolling at least hundreds of items (no matter if it's videos, images, PDFs, GIFs) without lags and performance issues!