DSLR 5D Exporting issues

[Todd Kopriva]

Your export settings for YouTube/Vimeo have little to do with the nature of your source material. It doesn’t matter that your source material came from a Canon 5D. Your export settings for YouTube/Vimeo are dictated by what YouTube/Vimeo expect.

See “FAQ: How do I export a movie for YouTube, Vimeo, iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV?”.

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[Keith Moreau]

You need to export with the exact frame rate as your sequence for best results. What app are you playing back the video with? Sometimes the high bitrate H.264 files (such as the HDTV setting) will not play back smoothly with Quicktime player, if that is what you are using. I use Movist, it’s free and uses a variety of decoders, mostly ffmpeg, to play back and it’s quite efficient.

Encoding: For Vimeo I use H.264, framerate same as source, bitrate 5000kbs-10000kbs depending on the final file size, for Youtube similar except I use 1080 P size.

If in doubt, the AppleTV (inside H.264) setting (with the framerate of your sequence) is a very good setting for both Vimeo and Youtube, though the bitrate could be even higher.

[Sonia Meg]

thanks for the tips Keith,

I did a test with H264, Framerate 23.976 (as my sequence), I’m not sure how to change the bitrate to what you’re suggesting. it gives me the option of up to 50Mbps, I left it at 32Mbps. I also downloaded and played back in Movist. the result is better but it’s not 100% smooth; it’s still jittery.

just for testing I also did a test with the Vimeo HD preset (under H264), and that one turned out just fine (as far as motion) although I know that file is super compressed.

the AppleTV (inside H.264) only has 720p, (no 1080p).

do you think there is anything else I can try out?

thanks!

[Keith Moreau]

when you export, you can select some presets that Adobe provides, you can also customize them by going lower down in the export window, click on the video tab and scroll further down, you can adjust the bitrate and framerate there and you can

For Youtube I use a high bitrate since the have a 2TB limit for files, vimeo basic has a 500MB limit so depending on the length of the video you have to vary it to fit within the 500MB.

You will find that H.264 at very high bitrates won’t necessarily play on your Mac that smoothly, I wouldn’t necessarily worry about this.

You should do some uploads to youtube and vimeo. They take your video and re-encode it so it plays well with various bandwidth connections and systems (flash, h.264, html5) so their video will always be a re-encode of whatever you upload. Then check the smoothness once playing from their sites.