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compress

v0.6.1.betalibrary

A mac utility to watch for new screen recordings . Once the files detected, it will call ffmpeg to compress it.

No license · updated 4 months ago

Compress - monitor and compress *.mov files

Screen.Recording.2025-11-09.at.17.49.03.mp4
  • screen recording is great, sharing uncompressed video is not
  • this small utility will check ~/Desktop/Screenshots folder for changes, convert any new file and delete the original

Why Odin ?

  • because why not, it is small and fast. Is so small you could share it on a floppy disk 💾.
  • learn to use and familiarize with it

How to use

  • install with homebrew (Apple Sillicon only supported)
brew tap xopo/compress
brew install compress
brew services start compress
  • last one ensure the service starts and will be enable on reboot

  • it can also be run manually

compress.bin
  • in order to override the default config, add ~/.config/compress/compress.json (check sample_compress.json)