Video to link

Email and chat apps limit the size of a file, and video goes past those limits fast. A 1080p video at the 8 Mbps YouTube recommends is about 60 MB a minute, so Gmail’s 25 MB holds under half a minute of it. The video file size calculator works out the figure for your own video. If it has to be a real attachment,compress it for email instead.

A link has no such limit, because the video isn’t in the message. The person opens the link and watches in their browser, so they don’t wait for a download or need an app that plays your file’s format.

A link only helps if the person presses play and keeps watching. A few habits make a short recording easier to follow than a long email.

• Say the point first. Open with what you want them to know or do, then show it. People decide in the first few seconds whether to keep watching.
• Keep it short. One video for one topic. If you need to cover three things, three short videos are easier to find and resend than one long one.
• Share a window, not the whole screen. It hides notifications and other tabs, and makes the text larger for the viewer.
• Plan what you will say. A few bullet points are enough. The teleprompter and the script timer help with a longer script.
• Turn your camera on for anything personal. A face in the corner makes a request, a thank-you or feedback land better than a voice alone.

Rescreen edits the recording for you: it zooms in where you click and type, and takes out filler words, retakes and the silence at the start and end. You can put any of them back, and the video people open is shorter than the one you recorded.

Rescreen can’t take a file made somewhere else. These free ways turn one into a link, or make it small enough to attach:

Google Drive (Any computer or phone)

1. Upload the video to Google Drive.
2. Select it and choose Share.
3. Under General access, choose Anyone with the link.
4. Press Copy link and send it.

Free up to 15 GB, shared with your email and photos. Large videos can take a while to be ready to play in Drive, and viewers may be offered a download instead.

YouTube, unlisted (Any computer or phone)

1. Upload the video in YouTube Studio.
2. On the Visibility step, choose Unlisted.
3. Copy the video link and send it.

Free, and it plays well on anything. Anyone with the link can pass it on, and the video sits on a public site with YouTube’s suggestions around it.

Compress it and attach it (Any browser)

1. Open the video compressor and choose your video.
2. Choose To fit a size and type the limit, such as 25 MB for Gmail.
3. Download the smaller file and attach it.

Fine for a short clip, and the person gets a file they keep. A long video has to lose too much quality to fit.

Rescreen suits a video you record to show someone something: the link opens a clean watch page with no suggested videos, and viewers can comment on it.

• Rescreen gives a link only to videos recorded in Rescreen. You can’t upload a video file.
• You need a free account to record and get the link. The people you send it to don’t.
• With a free account: recordings up to five hours each and 2 GB of storage in total. Pro has 100 GB.
• Downloading the finished video is part of Pro.
• Recording needs a computer: Chrome or Edge on Windows, Chrome or Safari on a Mac, or Chrome on a Chromebook. The link plays on any device.

• A personal Gmail account can attach up to 25 MB. Over that, Gmail takes the attachment off and adds a Google Drive link to the email. Source, checked 7 November 2026.
• Outlook’s limit is on the whole email: 20 MB for internet accounts such as Outlook.com and, by default, 10 MB for Exchange work accounts. Source, checked 7 November 2026.
• Discord lists a 20 MB upload limit for accounts without Nitro, and says it is trying out other limits. Source, checked 4 November 2026.
• WhatsApp’s default video limit is 100 MB at 720p on faster connections and 64 MB at 480p on slower ones. A document can be up to 2 GB. Source, checked 7 November 2026.
• YouTube recommends uploading 1080p at 8 Mbps (24 to 30 frames a second), which is about 60 MB a minute. Source, checked 3 November 2026.
• A Google Account comes with up to 15 GB of free storage, shared between Drive, Gmail and Photos. Source, checked 7 November 2026.
• To share from Google Drive, choose Share, set General access to Anyone with the link, then copy the link. Source, checked 7 November 2026.
• An unlisted YouTube video can be seen by anyone with the link, who needs no Google Account, and stays out of search results and your channel’s Videos tab. Source, checked 7 November 2026.