Multimedia contents of all kinds have become more than common elements in any current computer. This is where photographic, music, video files, etc. come into play. It is precisely the latter that we want to talk about below, since they are a type of file that does not stop growing in terms of quantity and use in our disk drives .
While a few years ago video content, or at least its management on a PC , was limited to a few users, things have changed a lot. We say this because these days many have, to a greater or lesser extent, a good number of files of this type stored on their disk drives. And it is that if something characterizes these files in particular, it is the amount of space they occupy in many cases.
This is something that becomes especially palpable if we talk about high-quality videos, for example, 4K . It is also true that the storage units that we have now are increasing, but not infinite. That is why we must take special care when saving these files , or at least take certain measures so as not to waste space . Precisely all this is what we want to talk about in these same lines, we refer to some tricks to save your videos in an optimal way.
Compress video files as much as possible
As we mentioned before, one of the biggest problems that these files offer us is their size. this is something that becomes especially evident if we deal with a good amount of these, or these are high definition. Therefore, when storing them in our PC drives, we can always compress them as much as possible.
We will not always need to save these videos to their original resolution. With this, what we want to tell you is that we can convert its format and choose one with a higher compression rate. In this way we manage to keep and save that video, making it take up much less space, even if we have lost some quality. This is what allows us to handle large amounts of these files in particular.
Use editing programs to trim videos
Another of the steps that we can take in this same sense is to optimize the content that each of these files houses. What we mean by this is that we have the possibility of eliminating certain useless parts, which will make the content much less heavy when it comes to storing it.
For this we can use specific programs to edit these contents. In addition, it must be borne in mind that these types of functions in video editing programs are becoming easier to use. Whereas just a few years ago these applications were limited to a few professionals, now we can handle almost all of them easily.
Use external drives for storage
In the event that we intend to save these contents for a long period of time, we should consider not using the units integrated in the computer . This will allow us to use that valuable PC space on a day-to-day basis for other content. In addition, it must be borne in mind that at the moment we find external hard drives or large USB memories at very affordable prices.
Therefore, if we want to store these video files for the future, as a video library, it is best to opt for the use of one of these external storage systems. Likewise, cloud services can also be very useful in these cases.