fps for youtube video – 30 or 60fps?

[Mike Kujbida]

“Like why Vegas does not have a 30 fps template for Canon DLSR video at 1080P”

You should be able to create your own custom template using the “Match Media Settings” option found in your Project Properties window.
If you’ve never done this before, go File – Properties, click the Match Media Settings icon (looks like a folder) at the top right of this window, browse to a folder containing your footage, click on any one of them, click Open (save this as a custom preset if you want) and then click OK.

“Why is there so much emphasis on interlaced and 60i, when the internet videos or anything aimed at LCD TV’s will be better at 30P ?”

Interlaced video will take a long time before it’s finally gone.
Besides, for things like sporting events, interlaced is, IMO, still better than progressive, especially for freeze frames and slo-mo.

“How come there are not more videographers unhappy with the compression artifacts and limited color space of the mpegs used for Blu Ray?”

I gave up a long time ago because I know that I will never be able to afford the broadcast gear necessary to maintain my signal at its maximum throughout the various stages it goes through during editing and then encoding for whatever purpose.
Most videographers are thrilled with the quality of a home-made Blu-ray disc.
Keep in mind that these same people regularly watch satellite TV and we know how compressed that is.

I started my television career in the mid 70’s on black and white 1/2″ reel-to-reel gear.
From there I went to 3/4″, then miniDV and just this year tapeless HD.
Nothing is more frustrating than looking at a broadcast monitor in the control room, seeing how good things should look and then watching the playback from a 3/4″ deck, especially if you’ve gone down a few generations 🙁

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks for this Youtube link Mike!

Interesting that the chap recommends the MainConcept instead of the Sony AVC as an approach for getting the “good” result.

I thought most folks were using Sony AVC

Gilles

[Mike Kujbida]

[Gilles Gagnon] “Interesting that the chap recommends the MainConcept instead of the Sony AVC as an approach for getting the “good” result.

I thought most folks were using Sony AVC”

Gilles, I don’t even begin to understand why some some folks do things the way they do.
All I know is that a lot of work went into this tutorial by folks who play around with different techniques a lot more than I do so if they recommend it, then I’d do what they suggest.

[Gilles Gagnon]

I share your thoughts Mike.

As soon as I can get the Main Concept template working on v11, I’ll use it with the settings suggested in the enlightening video.

Gilles