<p>First off, why host your own videos? YouTube, Vimeo and many others have awesome embed tools, and unless you have a couple of GB to waste on your host, they're very practical.</p>

<p>But to your question, 1080x720 is perfectly fine, and creates a reasonable file size. 1920x1080 is pushing it a little, and 4K is just overkill. </p>

<p>I'm a web developer too, and when I have to host videos for a live background, featured video, etc, 1080x720 is my go to resolution, and I host things of larger size on YouTube since they'll take something like a 4K video, and give viewers the option of a resolution as low as 360p. </p>

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ilarsona
<p>I would analyze how YouTube encodes videos, as described in <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/q/16361/3481">this answer</a>. It also helps you to understand the logic behind it.</p>

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2015-10-12T10:06:33.110Z
Someone removed our close votes, but I don't understand why downvoted your answer then... Anyway,  removed my comment and upvoted the answer! :)
p2or
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Fred42vid
<p>What is the best video size for let's say a 5 minute video. I want to host my own videos. So, I want to understand more. </p>

<p>What is an acceptable size? </p>

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2015-08-29T11:58:15.480Z
Why not have a look at youtube's specs for a ballpark? Then test it on your server on a variety of devices and locations. http://bit.ly/1NNxDhX
stib
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@stib Why not converting this into an answer?
p2or
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2015-09-21T11:18:50.193Z
possible duplicate of [How to compress videos for a website?](http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/16361/how-to-compress-videos-for-a-website)
Fred42vid
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Video file size for web use
greyfox17
# Video file size for web use

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-28)

What is the best video size for let's say a 5 minute video. I want to host my own videos. So, I want to understand more.

What is an acceptable size?

**Tags:** video, compression

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why not have a look at youtube's specs for a ballpark? Then test it on your server on a variety of devices and locations. http://bit.ly/1NNxDhX  
> **username_2**: @username_1 Why not converting this into an answer?  
> **username_3**: possible duplicate of [How to compress videos for a website?](http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/16361/how-to-compress-videos-for-a-website)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2015-10-11. Score: 1

First off, why host your own videos? YouTube, Vimeo and many others have awesome embed tools, and unless you have a couple of GB to waste on your host, they're very practical.

But to your question, 1080x720 is perfectly fine, and creates a reasonable file size. 1920x1080 is pushing it a little, and 4K is just overkill.

I'm a web developer too, and when I have to host videos for a live background, featured video, etc, 1080x720 is my go to resolution, and I host things of larger size on YouTube since they'll take something like a 4K video, and give viewers the option of a resolution as low as 360p.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-09-19. Score: 0

I would analyze how YouTube encodes videos, as described in [this answer](https://video.stackexchange.com/q/16361/3481). It also helps you to understand the logic behind it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Someone removed our close votes, but I don't understand why downvoted your answer then... Anyway,  removed my comment and upvoted the answer! :)  

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