Native 720p video uploaded to Youtube is NTSC

Terabyte wrote on 12/27/2009, 6:25 AM

I have native 720p video shot by a Canon T1i SLR in .mov format. When I open the video in Vegas Studio 9.0b build 66 and upload it to Youtube it's always uploaded a letterboxed NTSC video and Youtube always sends it to users as letterboxed NTSC not true 16x9 widescreen. If I upload the raw mov file Youtube it processes just fine. Here are examples:

720p uploaded from the raw mov file:

Here's video processed by Vegas shot with the same camera as the one above but Youtube shows it as NTSC letterbox:

I've tried repeatedly to get help from Sony but they're totally clueless. I can take these videos to a friend with Premiere Elements and it works just fine. Is it just that Studio 9 is an ancient product with no updates in over a year and that we're just out of luck if we stick with it or am I doing something wrong that Sony has no idea how to fix? Perhaps they need a FAQ on how to upload 720p HD video to Youtube using their product. In the end, I can guarantee Sony if there's no fix I'm gone. I wonder how many others have already left for Adobe?

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 12/27/2009, 8:10 AM

I'm guessing when you say "NTSC" you mean 4:3, otherwise your question doesn't make any sense. NTSC can be 4:3 or 16:9. 4:3 can be NTSC or a whole host of other things. I don't think you're complaining about the video encoding format but instead the shape of the frame, correct?

When you load the video into Vegas how does it look in the preview there? Are you creating a widescreen project or are you leaving it set to a default 4:3 project?

Eugenia wrote on 12/27/2009, 12:58 PM

Please export like this:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/11/09/exporting-with-vegas-for-vimeo-hd/

If you shot in 720/30p, please export at 29.97 fps, but "disable resample" on all clips in the timeline, as shown in the tutorial linked above.

If you shot in 1080p, please export at 20 fps (unfortunately the T1i doesn't do 24p).