YouTube question ...

ClipMan wrote on 3/20/2010, 2:20 PM

Hi, I'm really confused about the movie specs YouTube recommends for uploading. All I want to do is get a client's widescreen presentation uploaded with the highest quality. I can do 1280/720 @ 30fps in Vegas 8c for the 3 minute audio/visual but where do I go from there? TIA for any advice.

Brian

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musicvid10 wrote on 3/20/2010, 2:23 PM

YouTube accepts full HD 1920x1080. Of course if your source video isn't full HD there isn't any point in upsizing.

ClipMan wrote on 3/20/2010, 2:27 PM

Thanks, musicvid

But what if my end product is over their size limit and I have to compress? They recommend mpeg2 but they'll recompress it again on the way up. What codec would you use?

Brian

musicvid10 wrote on 3/20/2010, 2:52 PM

I've had good luck with x264 in Handbrake. Seems crisper on YouTube than MainConcept or Sony AVC in Vegas.

ClipMan wrote on 3/20/2010, 3:07 PM

Thanks

Brian