vegas timeline to Mpeg4 for youtube??? going insan

vpctv wrote on 1/31/2008, 6:37 PM

i have searched forums for days and still can not find a step by step way to "render as" from the timeline to preferred settgins for upload to youtube: Can somebody please explain this for me..im using Pro8 the latest build (217).
They want MPEG4, MP3 audio ,30 Frames, 640x 480, 4:3, deinterlace.

My source material is SD dv. 16:9 PAL...

its driving me insane..surely there has to be a way..im just missing it.
Ive tried to render as an avi , as one post suggested, but there is no way to select the Divx codec..under my avi options

Should i have a Divx or Xvid codec in my options...?

My Procoder 3 wont do it either....

BTW the sony forums are incredibly slow...ive looked on Cow forums as well....

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busterkeaton wrote on 1/31/2008, 7:10 PM

You want to render to either of Sony's mp4 templates.
Main Concept or Sony AVC/AAC mp4.

Cheno wrote on 1/31/2008, 7:10 PM

This is as great forum - probably the best recipes you'll find on encoding for YouTube.

If you're wanting to render to mpg4 - try the MainConcept AVC/AAC mp4 template and work from there.

Other than that, you'll wanna keep searching here. I know forums are deathly slow, but if you're patient, you'll find some really good methods.

cheno

MFS wrote on 1/31/2008, 8:51 PM

I don't know, but I've always rendered to Quicktime and then upload those to YouTube -- seems fine to me.

John_Cline wrote on 1/31/2008, 9:55 PM

I've always used Windows Media 9 .WMV files at either 320x240 or sometimes 640x480. I usually upload stuff between 5 and 10 minutes long. Since YouTube has a 100 meg filesize upload limiit, I encode the files at whatever bitrate gets me close to 100 meg at 192kbps for the audio. Sometimes this results in a very high bitrate .WMV, but what the heck, if the limit is 100 meg, then I want to upload the highest quality video before they decimate it into a 256kbps 320x240 Flash .FLV file. So far, the stuff I have uploaded looks quite good.

John

autopilot wrote on 2/1/2008, 1:29 PM

I've always used WMV, too. This link will give some settings you can try.

Jonathan Neal wrote on 2/1/2008, 1:33 PM

Search for YouTube and yesterday someone was asking something very similar.

Video Resolution: 450 x 338
Video Frame Rate: 30 FPS
Video Key Frame Every: 45 Frames
Video Codec: Sorenson Spark Pro
Video Data Rate: 680 Kbps

Audio Codec: Frauhoffer MP3
Audio Sound Field: Mono
Audio Data Rate: 128 Kbps

Total Data Rate: 805 Kbps
YouTube's preferred Encoding Format: Flash FLV (Sorenson 2-Pass VBR)

Their post can be found here.