Tips & Tricks

5 Ways to Send Large Videos on Discord Without Nitro

Stuck with the 10MB limit? Here are proven methods to share your videos without upgrading to Nitro.

The 10MB Problem

Discord's free tier limits uploads to 10MB. That's about 20-30 seconds of phone video. A 1-minute clip from your iPhone? That's probably 50-100MB. Here's how to work around it.

BEST METHOD

1. Compress Your Video

The fastest and easiest solution. Video compression can reduce a 100MB video to under 10MB while keeping it watchable. No need to upload to third-party services or share links.

How it works:

  1. 1. Go to VidCompressor
  2. 2. Drop your video file
  3. 3. Select 10MB target size
  4. 4. Download and send to Discord
FreeNo AccountPrivateFast

2. Use Cloud Storage Links

Upload your video to a cloud service and share the link in Discord. The video won't embed, but people can click to watch.

Google Drive

15GB free storage

Dropbox

2GB free storage

OneDrive

5GB free storage

iCloud

5GB free storage

Requires AccountNo Embed

3. Upload to Video Hosting

Video hosting platforms let you share videos that embed directly in Discord chat.

YouTube (Unlisted)

Embeds in Discord, unlimited storage, but slow to upload

Streamable

Fast uploads, embeds nicely, 250MB limit on free tier

Imgur

Works for short clips under 1 minute

4. Split Into Parts

If your video is too long to compress to 10MB without losing too much quality, split it into multiple clips. A 2-minute video becomes two 1-minute clips at better quality.

More EffortBetter Quality

5. Use a Boosted Server

Servers with Level 2 boost (7 boosts) get 50MB upload limits for everyone. Level 3 (14 boosts) gets 100MB. Find a boosted server or ask your community to boost.

Server Dependent

Method Comparison

MethodSpeedPrivacyEmbedsFree
Compress (VidCompressor)FastBestYesYes
Cloud LinksMediumOKNoYes
YouTube/StreamableSlowPublicYesYes
Split VideoMediumBestYesYes
Boosted ServerFastBestYesMaybe

The Easiest Solution?

Just compress your video. It takes 30 seconds, keeps your video private, and works in Discord's native player.

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