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Ffmpeg

Bitrates for different resolutions:

Resolution fps bitrate
4K [3840x2160p] 60 20,000–51,000 Kbps
4K [3840x2160p] 30 13,000–34,000 Kbps
1440p [2560x1440] 60 9,000–18,000 Kbps
1440p [2560x1440] 30 6,000–13,000 Kbps
1080p [1920x1080] 60 4,500–9,000 Kbps
1080p [1920x1080] 30 2250–6,000 Kbps
720p [1280x720] 60 2,250–6,000 Kbps
720p [1280x720] 30 1,500–4,000 Kbps
480p [854x480] - 500-2,000 Kbps
360p [640x360] - 400-1000 Kbps
240p [426x240] - 300-700 Kbps

Some useful commands:

Get information about video:
ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams "video.mp4" > "video.mp4.json"

Encode video:
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf scale=1280:720 -vcodec libx265 -b:v 2000k video_compressed.mp4