Best rendering format for subsequent upload-youtub

yellowsubmarine wrote on 5/13/2008, 8:19 PM

What is the best rendering selection for subsequent uploading to youtube? I assume that smaller the file size the better. Thanks.

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xberk wrote on 5/13/2008, 10:41 PM

I just did my first upload to YouTube. I used .wmv .. Went well. No problems. I used a Vegas render to create the .wmv. 640 x 480 as You Tube recommends. Check it out:

StormMarc wrote on 5/13/2008, 11:18 PM

I've been using windows media for a while now. But recently I tried Main Concept AVC/AAC (mp4) and I think it looks better especially when you try to get it as close to the 100 meg limit as possible.

Here's a sample link since I can't seem to figure out how to embed the video in this post.

yellowsubmarine wrote on 5/14/2008, 4:57 AM

What template did you use for the wmv?

Former user wrote on 5/14/2008, 8:15 AM

I have had good luck with the QT H264 codec.

Dave T2

xberk wrote on 5/14/2008, 11:38 AM

Marc -- solid work. Loved the effect at the end. Can you post on the how you did that?
I'll try the Main Concept AVC/AAC (mp4) as yours looks so good.

Check out post number 1 on the forum called " New Markup for Forum Posts" for help embeding links etc.

Embed a link

xberk wrote on 5/14/2008, 11:42 AM

I changed the properties on the Vegas project to 640x480, then rendered the wmv on the "default template" .. works fine. I'll try posting a video in mp4 as StormMarc suggested above..

Coursedesign wrote on 5/14/2008, 2:08 PM

StormMarc, great video.

Did you shoot those photos?

If so, would you license them?

StormMarc wrote on 5/14/2008, 2:16 PM

Thanks... All but two of the photos were stock photography. I get most of the my stuff from Dreamstime.com. Subscription rate is the best if you need a lot of photos like I do for a project I'm working on. There are some extremely talanted independent photographers online selling their stuff.

StormMarc wrote on 5/14/2008, 2:23 PM

Thanks for the embed instructions.

The multi picture effect at the end was created in After Effects using the Card wipe effect. I first made a photoshop file 2880x1920 (4 times the size of normal NTSC). I filled it with 8 rows across and 8 rows down of photos sized at 4:3 aspect ratio. The rest was done in AE. I learned how to use the card wipe effect from the Lynda.com tutorials.

The writing of "Happy Mothers Day" was done following a free online AE tutorial called "Afterista"

Hope this helps. Marc

xberk wrote on 5/14/2008, 4:08 PM

I tried a project rendering to Main Concept AVC/AAC (mp4) .. the rendered file was very small and did not look very good. I think by default it renders:
Audio: 128 Kbps, 48,000 Hz, AAC.
Video: 512 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 320x240
video rendering quality: good

Did you use a diff template Marc -- and/or any custom settings to get it looking so good.
I thought YouTube and Google video recommended 640x480 ?

StormMarc wrote on 5/14/2008, 4:59 PM

You want to get it as close to 100 megs as possible using the 320x240 setting. This is the tutorial I basically followed.

http://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_you_tube.html

Also keep in mind that I was using high quality photographs and rendering in Vegas at Best quality. I think the photo quality was the largest factor but I have noticed my video looking better since switched to MP4. I think I also deinterlaced by setting my project settings to progressive and the settings in the MP4 encoder to progressive before output.

Your zoom in at the beginning of your video is suffering from interlace artifacts.