Best Youtube settings for a PV-GS320 Mini DV/SD?

KSTONER wrote on 11/7/2009, 5:29 PM

Hey there guys. Sorry to bother you with what I'm sure is a simple problem. For a while I've been trying to get the best Youtube settings/quality and have failed miserably.
Here's what my videos are looking like right now

As you can see, even with HD selected, the video looks far from it.
I'm sure this has to do with the fact that the video camera is not HD/HDV. But it tapes in 16:9, so I was hoping that would count for something.....I'm starting to get a feeling that I thought wrong. ;) Anywho, I was wondering what exactly I should or could do to get my videos to look crisper , not in HD necessarily, but just to look clearer and to fit into the player, unless Youtube has once again switched the settings.

Here are my project properties. Sorry about the size. If they are too hard to read, let me know.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/Stealthcamo/Props.png

Well, that's all I got, what do I do guys?
Thanks in advance!

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farss wrote on 11/7/2009, 6:05 PM

Had to watch it twice, too busy laughing the first time. Probably because I'm cutting a hunting video at the moment.

As to your problem.
Based on your project settings you're uploading an interlaced avi file. I'd suggest de-interlacing and rendering to a AVCHD codec with a square pixel 16:9 frame.

The thing that I've found has an impact on how well YouTube's encoding turns out is noise. Looks like you've shot your video using available practical lights. Adding more light during the shoot could really help. Obviously you don't want to reshoot so one trick I've had some success with is crushing the blacks just a little to kill some of the noise. looking at your video again I think you'll see where I'm coming from, the exterior shots looks fine, it's the interiors that are suffering.

Bob.

KSTONER wrote on 11/7/2009, 6:16 PM

Thanks alot!
And I'm glad you liked it!

ushere wrote on 11/7/2009, 6:51 PM

do you do mail order?

;-)

KSTONER wrote on 11/12/2009, 7:25 PM

We can. ;)
By the way, sorry to resurrect an old topic, but farss, how would one de-interlace their avis? Are you saying I should do it through the project properties, or through something else. Sorry, I'm very green when it comes to HD. Seems as though I got into video just when SD stopped being the standars (pun not intended).

KSTONER wrote on 11/13/2009, 11:20 AM

Bump.

amendegw wrote on 11/13/2009, 12:56 PM

When you render, choose the "Sony AVC" encoder. There's an "Internet 16:9 HD 30p" template. This is a good place to start. Search this forum on YouTube & Render and you'll find lots of discussion on this.

...Jerry

KSTONER wrote on 11/13/2009, 3:03 PM

Is that template in Vegas 9?
I'm using 8.0b and I'm not seeing it.
Haha....I'm dumb. I'm downloading 8.0c right now.

amendegw wrote on 11/14/2009, 3:12 AM

I just re-read your original post and I see that your source is SD not HD - so you probably would not want to use the "Internet 16:9 HD 30p" settings (although it would probably work - just overkill). I'm traveling right now & don't have Vegas available to me right now, so I'd have to re-look at the settings.

Maybe someone else can chime in.

...Jerry

amendegw wrote on 11/15/2009, 12:56 PM

Okay, I did some experimenting and here's what I came up with. I think (when using these setings) that the quality of the YouTube upload is good when compared to viewing the original .avi locally. Obviously, neither are even close to HD.

The following settings were configured in Vegas 9.0c, but I think they will also work in Vegas 8.

PROJECT SETTINGS note: lots of discussion of Blend vs Interpolate see: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=675781 pick your poison.

RENDER SETTINGS

Good Luck!
...Jerry

PS: Note I used the MainConcept AVC encoder, NOT the Sony one I mentioned in a earlier post.

KSTONER wrote on 11/17/2009, 3:44 AM

Hmm...this is quite strange. The video looks a bit worse now. The video already on Youtube has a higher quality to it in terms of clarity.
Agghh! Damn SD! :)
What should I do guys?

amendegw wrote on 11/17/2009, 5:06 AM

Try increasing the bitrate.

...Jerry

PS: I'm not sure whether this is true for SD (maybe HD only), but I've noticed upon first upload the quality of the video is low. Wait a few hours (maybe 24) and YouTube further processes your upload which improves the quality (again, this may be for HD only).

KSTONER wrote on 11/20/2009, 2:44 PM

That did the trick! Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! GREATLY appreciated guys!