Short answer
Videos stored in iCloud must download before they can be compressed. iOS pauses large downloads when the app is in the background, so those videos wait. Open Phone Cleaner and tap Continue — they pick up where they stopped.
- 1Open Phone Cleaner
Keep it open while the originals download.
- 2Tap Continue
Waiting videos are compressed one batch at a time.
- 3Stay on Wi-Fi
Large originals download faster and more reliably.
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