diff --git a/src/cogs/auto_responder.py b/src/cogs/auto_responder.py
index 03f8329..f21e168 100644
--- a/src/cogs/auto_responder.py
+++ b/src/cogs/auto_responder.py
@@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ class AutoResponder(commands.Cog):
 
     @staticmethod
     @typing.overload
-    def extract_links(text: str, *domains: str, raw: typing.Literal[True] = False) -> list[ParseResult]: ...
+    def extract_links(text: str, *domains: str, raw: typing.Literal[True] = False) -> list[ParseResult]: 
+        ...
 
     @staticmethod
     @typing.overload
-    def extract_links(text: str, *domains: str, raw: typing.Literal[False] = False) -> list[str]: ...
+    def extract_links(text: str, *domains: str, raw: typing.Literal[False] = False) -> list[str]:
+        ...
 
     @staticmethod
     def extract_links(text: str, *domains: str, raw: bool = False) -> list[str | ParseResult]:
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class AutoResponder(commands.Cog):
                 return update_reaction("\N{TIMER CLOCK}\U0000fe0f")
             streams = info.get("streams", [])
             hwaccel = True
+            maxrate = "5M"
             for stream in streams:
                 self.log.info("Found stream: %s", stream.get("codec_name"))
                 if stream.get("codec_name") == "hevc":
@@ -159,8 +162,12 @@ class AutoResponder(commands.Cog):
                         hwaccel = False
                     break
             else:
-                self.log.info("No HEVC streams found in %s", uri)
-                return update_reaction()
+                if int(info["format"]["size"]) >= 25 * 1024 * 1024:
+                    self.log.warning("%s is too large to render in discord, compressing", uri)
+                    maxrate = "1M"
+                else:
+                    self.log.info("No HEVC streams found in %s", uri)
+                    return update_reaction()
             extension = pathlib.Path(uri).suffix
             with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=extension) as tmp_dl:
                 self.log.info("Downloading %r to %r", uri, tmp_dl.name)
@@ -195,10 +202,8 @@ class AutoResponder(commands.Cog):
                         tmp_dl.name,
                         "-c:v",
                         "libx264",
-                        "-crf",
-                        "25",
                         "-maxrate",
-                        "5M",
+                        maxrate,
                         "-minrate",
                         "100K",
                         "-bufsize",
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ class AutoResponder(commands.Cog):
                         "-movflags",
                         "faststart",
                         "-profile:v",
-                        "main",
+                        "high",
                         "-y",
                         "-hide_banner",
                     ]