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Chienworks wrote on 5/2/2007, 6:02 PM
It's all about bitrate and duration. If your video is 5 minutes long then the combined audio & video bitrate must be below 2730Kbps. If it's 10 minutes long then it must be below 1365Kbps. 20 minutes, below 683Kbps.
Ace Fortune wrote on 5/2/2007, 7:05 PM
Thanks for the reply. Where can I change the bitrate at?
Chienworks wrote on 5/2/2007, 7:18 PM
Choose a template that's close. Then click the custom button to get to screens where you can adjust to any bitrate you want.
busterkeaton wrote on 5/2/2007, 7:27 PM
When you choose Render As there are several presets for each file type.
You can choose one of these or you can go to Custom and change settings there.
johnmeyer wrote on 5/2/2007, 8:05 PM
1. Read the YouTube instructions on the best format to use to get the best quality:

What's the best format to upload for high quality?

2. Read this Sony Forum post -- and the link provided therein -- for more information:

YouTube settings

3. In Vegas, click on File -> Render As. You will get this dialog:



To render as WMV (which is one option) fill out the dialog as shown and then click on the Custom button. Navigate to the bitrate tab and you should get a screen that looks like this:



You can change the bitrate setting to create larger or smaller files. The higher the bitrate, the larger the file. Double the bitrate and the file will be twice as large.

If you prefer to upload the MPEG-4 files, as Youtube recommends, then change the Render As dialog to this:



and then click the custom button and change the AVERAGE bitrate as shown here:



Ace Fortune wrote on 5/2/2007, 8:21 PM
Thanks for all the info! Should I go with a .wmv file? My video is about 8 minutes long.

EDIT- Also, should I try to get as close as I can to 100mb for better quality?
johnmeyer wrote on 5/2/2007, 8:33 PM
Did you watch the tutorial in the link I gave under step 2 in my previous post??

Somehow, I don't think you did.

Well, do it!!

Take a look at the amazing quality of that YouTube video and follow his steps. It's the best-looking video I've ever seen on YouTube.
Ace Fortune wrote on 5/2/2007, 9:13 PM
I watched it (I have it under my favorites). Did you watch some of his other videos, they weren't very clear (More Than A Pinch). That's why I think I'm second guessing it. I followed his steps exactly and I think my video was 120mb. So I guess it's just trial and error. Is there any way to figure how much lower the bitrate needs to be so I don't have to render it 20 times? Thanks for everybody's help!
teaktart wrote on 5/2/2007, 9:22 PM
JohnMeyer :
Your response with screen prints and explanations was awesome!

The whole idea of being able to actually "show" an answer to a post is incredibly helpful.

Only challenge is reading the finer print but maybe that can be cleared up....

Tooo cool!

Eileen
johnmeyer wrote on 5/2/2007, 10:01 PM
Only challenge is reading the finer print but maybe that can be cleared up....

Yeah, there is something wrong with the IMG tagging. I left a note for the Sysop. It worked fine for some images I posted yesterday, but everything was distorted this time around.

I think my video was 120mb. So I guess it's just trial and error. Is there any way to figure how much lower the bitrate needs to be so I don't have to render it 20 times?

Well, as I said in my earlier post, the file size is directly proportional to the bitrate and therefore, as I said, if you double the bitrate, you'll double the size.

So, to create a 100 MByte file, take whatever bitrate you used to create a 120 MByte file and multiply it by 100/120 (and then make it a little smaller, just to make sure you get under the 100 MByte YouTube limit).

I the future, use a Bitrate Calculator.