How Many Times Can You Compress a Video Before It Looks Bad?

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If a compressed video looks worse than you expected, the problem usually isn't the compressor — it's that the file was already compressed once before you touched it. Does SquishyFile compress the same file twice if I run it through the tool again? Keep your original source file around if you might need to compress it differently later.

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