README.md

Telegram Video Compressor Bot (telegram-video-compressor)

A Telegram bot that validates video URLs, downloads the videos, compresses them using FFMPEG, and shares the compressed video back with the user.

Features

• Validates user-submitted URLs to ensure they are valid and accessible.
• Checks if the URL returns a 200 HTTP status code (no 404 or invalid URLs).
• Retrieves file metadata, such as video size, without downloading the video.
• Downloads the video in the background.
• Compresses the video using FFMPEG with efficient settings (libx264, crf 32).
• Sends the compressed video back to the user as a downloadable file.

Reduce 377 MB Video to Just 27 MB in Minutes with This Fast Telegram Bot!

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/basemax/telegram-video-compressor.git
   cd telegram-video-compressor

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install FFMPEG on your system:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ffmpeg

4. Set up your bot token:

Obtain a bot token from BotFather on Telegram.

Replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN in the main.py script with your actual bot token.

Usage

Start the bot:

python main.py

Send a video URL to the bot in Telegram.

The bot will:

• Validate the URL.
• Download the video.
• Compress the video using FFMPEG.
• Send the compressed video back to you.

Example

User sends:

https://example.com/video.mp4

Bot responds:

✅ URL is valid!
🔄 Downloading video...
🗜️ Compressing video...
📤 Sending compressed video...

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• requests Python library
• python-telegram-bot library
• FFMPEG installed on your system

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork this repository and submit a pull request with your changes.

Contact

Feel free to reach out for any questions or suggestions: @basemax

Copyright 2024, Max Base