optimizing for youtube?

Lavoll wrote on 7/6/2008, 1:39 PM

Any rendering settings youve found that works best for youtube?
for 2-3 minutes videos.

I found one way that activated the "watch in hi rez" option on that video's page, but now i forgot how I did it.
Is there a way to avoid that the audio is converted into mono?

:)

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goodtimej wrote on 7/6/2008, 2:57 PM

I've always had good luck rendering full quality .wmv's and just uploading them, especially with the new higher quality you tube

Lavoll wrote on 7/6/2008, 3:42 PM

so just crank everything to the max? resolution and everything?

:)

how about the mono audio, any ideas about that?

Thanks :)

fldave wrote on 7/6/2008, 4:43 PM

I do 640x480 wmv. 3 MBps as long as the final file size is < 100MB.
The greater the audio quality the choppier the video playback, or audio gets a bit out of synch. I usually do 162mbps on the audio.

johnmeyer wrote on 7/6/2008, 6:17 PM

Lots of posts on this subject in this forum. Do a search on "youtube" and restrict it just to the pro forum and the last two years, and search only on the subject heading. Here is a sample of some of the excellent (and usually very long) threads on the subject:

Youtube and "high quality"

Best Settings for Output for YouTube

vegas timeline to Mpeg4 for youtube??? going insane

Video for YouTube

There are dozens more. This is asked (and answered) a LOT.

Lavoll wrote on 7/7/2008, 3:35 AM

yes i thought there would be, but when i searched it returned just 1 topic on the subject (most likely due to "user error"). thanks for the links :)

InterceptPoint wrote on 7/7/2008, 6:32 AM

"I found one way that activated the "watch in hi rez" option on that video's page, but now i forgot how I did it."

Are you thinking of the "Video Quality Settings" on your YouTube Administration page? Choosing "Fast Connection" will force the playing of the hi-rez version of any YouTube video that you play on your machine.

Ros wrote on 7/7/2008, 7:01 AM

I uploaded 3 videos last week on Youtube and for some strange reason they are not made available to view in high quality.
About 2 months ago, I did upload one and it is available to watch in standard and high quality.

I believe all my videos where rendered in mp4 with the MainConcept codec , i-pod setting at 640x480.

Anyone experienced similar problems, because standard quality is really useless and this video needs to be posted on Youtube for a client of mine?