Using the method explained in this video you will be able to compress your videos into small size but with same high quality. Not only that, this video mentions and explains the formats and audio/video codecs recommended by Youtube.
Method is straight forward and is very easy for anyone to follow. Also it uses the popular software, Videolan Player or VLC player which is available on most of computers today.
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