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  • Why do my 1080p videos look like crap on youtube?

    Posted by Travis Roesler on November 9, 2013 at 6:54 pm

    I have the most updated version of compressor, and I use the highest quality preset classified under “Video Sharing Services”.

    Yet, my videos do NOT look sharp at all. Could this be a youtube data-rate playback issue? Here’s one of the videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofV9k1cu13Y&feature=youtu.be

    If any of you guys have a system of compressor settings that you use specifically for youtube, I would absolutely love to hear what they are.

    Thanks for your time…

    —Trav

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    Conrad Olson replied 12 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Conrad Olson

    November 9, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    That video defaulted to SD, once I changed the playback to HD it looked a lot better. The logo in the corner looked fine. The only issue I could see where he crunchy edges around the presenter, which looked like it was due to your key, not compression.

    conradolson.com

  • Travis Roesler

    November 9, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    Yea… I can fix the key, I guess just by softening the edges a little bit.

    Why does it default back to SD? Is that something that I can fix by compressing correctly?

  • Conrad Olson

    November 9, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    It’s something at the Youtube end, not a compression problem. Have at look through our Youtube settings to see if you can change the default. I know you can in Vimeo. I’d check, but I can’t sign into my Youtube account at work.

    All of my Youtube videos are loading in SD by default too.

    conradolson.com

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