Every few weeks I hit the same wall: I have a 300 MB screen recording, and something on the other end wants it under 8 MB . Discord, an email attachment, a bug tracker, a form that silently rejects anything bigger. The usual advice is "just use HandBrake" or "run ffmpeg with a lower CRF.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/deeplab/how-i-make-ffmpeg-hit-an-exact-file-size-the-bitrate-math-nobody-explains-3o7o)