If the quality is good then that is the actual DVD Mpeg requirement. WMP is a bit useless sometimes and nothing to do with your output video. WMP does not have the relevant Codec and VLC does. When you make a DVD from your Mpeg file it will be OK on any DVD player. I don’t use Youtube that much and when I have I usually make an MP4 file 1280×720 as I still use VP 10e. In your version of VP12 there is an upload option for Youtube .. Go to FILE – top left…and select Upload to Youtube. You then get a Template you need to fill in with the relevant user name, etc, etc. If it does not look good on Youtube you can always delete it and then we need to find out what is wrong with your MP4 Render… Maybe Mike who also has giving you an input may comment. The bit that concerns me is that you can’t use the Sony AVC template but if you can use the Mpeg then worry about it later////