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Exporting videos for YouTube
Hi there!
I shot some video in 1080i/60i and am trying to export from FCPX and then post to YouTube.
How should I export the video to get the highest quality possible but still have it be small enough to fit on YouTube?
I’ve been using Compressor 4 and defaulted to 1080 YouTube, but the quality is lacking!
Is it smart to upload a ProRes 422 video to YouTube? My video is about 2:30 and is 2.8 GBs.
Thanks for your help in advance!
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5 Replies
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I use QT7 and export h.264 codec at 10,000kbps. Am happy with the results and the file size is about a tenth or so of the original file size.
Will be interesting to see what other people do though.
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I’ve always had very good results exporting to youtube directly from FCPX. But youtube doesn’t always show the full quality depending on the internet connection, at times it defaults to a lower quality. Check the settings in the viewer.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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I use Google’s YouTube guidelines.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en -
For me,the Vimeo/YT presets (with a few minor changes) in FCPX and Compressor have worked quite well. As an experiment, I’ve tried uploading a Pro Res file; IMO, it wasn’t worth the extra upload time…at least for that one test.
Russ
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Episode Pro, x264-option, 1080p 50 mbps. Looks great.
Another option is uploading ProRes. Also great quality but 2-4X the bandwidth. I’d recommend having a balanced mix and normalizing the audio as well.
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