Video compression is a technique used to reduce the file size of video content without significantly affecting its quality. This process involves removing redundant data and using algorithms to encode the video more efficiently. By compressing videos, they can be stored more easily and transmitted faster over the internet, making streaming and sharing more convenient. There are various methods of video compression, including lossy and lossless compression. Lossy compression reduces file size by permanently eliminating some data, which can result in a decrease in quality. In contrast, lossless compression retains all original data, allowing for perfect reconstruction of the video, but typically results in larger file sizes.