another YouTube question

[Kevin Monahan]

FCP 7? Try File > Share > YouTube

Kevin Monahan
60 Blu-ray Templates for Final Cut Studio 2009
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

[Bill Willins]

There are quite a few tips from the guru’s on how “to get the best results” from your YouTube upload. But I’ve found that YouTube never looks so great no matter what I do. So after many tries I’ve just gone to uploading 720 files at 15fps ( my video doesn’t contain many fast action shots ) … but this is a very fast workflow. Fast to encode …fast to upload .. and it looks fine. My clients seem happy enough , and I’m spending a lot less time moving those monster files around.

[Jason Harvey]

For YouTube –
Usually, (working with HDV here) – I start with a render/export of my sequence in Pro Res and throw it into Compressor.

apply the settings for
H.264 – under the Quicktime settings

change the size to 1280×720 (recomended – Ive noticed that YouTube sometimes skips a bit with 1080 files)

and audio to 41.00 AAC

I think it looks pretty good. I use it for most of my vids under 9-10 min…And after Youtube finishes the processing – you can select the HD setting.

-HARVEYHEAD-

[Greg Ball]

Guys, I don’t have FCS3. I’m on FCP 6.0.5. The file is SD 4:3

[Jiggy Gaton]

Kevin, all, maybe u can help. I am having a horrible time trying to get quality on youtube from this project, which comes in two versions from within FCP 7: 1) Pal SD and 2) Pal HD rescale using InstantHD.

The results of the FCP Share can be seen here on youtube:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RryDj2c8HNg
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKb7fyYVxZw

Both are unaccepable. The strange thing is that I can “share” an iphone version and both are perfect representations of the project, only in a smaller frame:)

Any help? thx!!!

Phoenix Studios Nepal: A small A/V Production House in Kathmandu.

[Rafael Amador]

Carps!!!
Don’t upload H264 to YouTube.
Exporting H264 takes ages (Multipass in H264 means THREE PASSES).
and the movie will be re-compressed on uploading.
I send PhotoJPEG at 75%.
faster for rendering and supreme quality.
Makes bigger files than H264 but your clip is 422.
Let YouTube crunch it, but don’t crunch it your self.
cheers,
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jiggy Gaton]

Raf, thx for ur fast reply! Shubu is chomping at the bit to get this done. But how exactly do I do what you suggest? Export from FCP or compressor, and use photojpeg settings? can u provide a few steps for this tutless overworked editor? thx!!!

Phoenix Studios Nepal: A small A/V Production House in Kathmandu.

[Jiggy Gaton]

oh, i see in compressor, there is photojpeg 100 and 75…or do you mean to scale it as a custom setting under geometry, or to pick photo-jpeg 75? this is cool, thx again!

Phoenix Studios Nepal: A small A/V Production House in Kathmandu.

[Rafael Amador]

Hi jiggy,
IMO to blow a clip up to show it at 1280×720 in YouTube makes no much sense.
If your footage is SD PAL, keep it in this size.
Open in FC a new sequence and set it:
– 1024×576 SQUARE PIXELS
– Field Order: NONE
– Compressor: PhotoJPEGCodec (set it at 75%).
(You may set “High Precision Rendering” and “Motion Rendering: BEST”)
Drop your SD master there.
Export.
Your 16×9 clip is ready to upload. The clip is 422 but the file is smaller than DV.The idea is to upload the clip to YouTube with as little compression as possible.
No problem to upload H264, but send it with high enough data rate. YouTube will re-compress anyway.
I prefer to upload the PhotoJPEG. Takes longer to upload, but less to render and no risk on the YouTube re-compression.
Cheers,
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jiggy Gaton]

great tut, only one question, do you “share” or export from the FCP timeline? and if export, at what settings? thx!!!

Phoenix Studios Nepal: A small A/V Production House in Kathmandu.