About encodevideos.com

Who we are

EdProgress is a small independent software shop. We’ve been building software for over twenty years, including work on large-scale video processing and storage systems: the kind that move millions of hours of footage through datacenters every day.

Why now

A few things converged.

ffmpeg, the workhorse encoder behind a large share of the internet’s video, now runs in the browser via WebAssembly. That means the same core engine used in datacenters can run locally on your machine, in a browser tab, without sending your file anywhere.

Modern tooling has compressed what used to be multi-month projects into weekend ones. A small team can ship a polished utility in a fraction of the time it would have taken a few years back.

And there isn’t really a business model here. Video encoding is already built into tools like iMovie, CapCut, DaVinci, Premiere, OBS, and most phones. There’s no meaningful SaaS layer to add. That left two options: don’t build it, or build it as a free utility. We chose the second.

This is for the person who hit “your file is too large,” opened a search tab, and just wants a fast, clean way to fix it, no strings attached.

What we promise

Your video stays on your device. The encoder runs locally in your browser using ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. We do not upload your video files or send their contents to our servers. If you open your browser’s DevTools and watch the Network panel, you won’t see any requests containing your video data.

Free means free. No account, no quotas, no watermark, no email capture. The tool you see is the tool, there’s no upgrade tier.

No hidden agenda. We’re not using your files to train models, build profiles, or store data for later use. EdProgress is funded by other work; this exists because the version of this tool that respects users should exist somewhere on the internet.

We do collect limited, non-identifying analytics - things like whether an encode succeeded or failed and broad device characteristics - to help us improve reliability. We do not collect filenames, file contents, or use third-party tracking. Details are on the Privacy page.

About support

A note on expectations: this is a free tool from a small team, and we don’t offer traditional support (no help desk, live chat, or SLA).

Most issues with video encoding come down to browser or device limits, especially memory constraints when working with large videos. Those limits are determined by your hardware and browser, and aren’t something we can change remotely.

There is one exception. Our encoder supports a wide range of formats, but we can’t test against every device and codec in the wild. If you have a video from an unusual source - a rare device, a new codec, or an uncommon format - and you’re willing to share it, we can use it to improve compatibility for everyone. That’s the purpose of the upload option, used only when we ask and you agree. It’s not a general debugging channel.

Contact

Bug reports, format submissions, or feedback: hello [at] encodevideos.com.