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vcompress

Include this in your bashrc / bash_profile:

function vcompress() {
    local base="$(basename "$1" .mp4)"
    ffmpeg \
      -i "$1" \
      -vf 'scale=if(gte(iw\,ih)\,min(1580\,iw)\,-2):if(lt(iw\,ih)\,min(1580\,ih)\,-2)' \
      "${base##*/}-compressed.mp4"
}

Usage:

vcompress largefile.mp4
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