I’ve uploaded an original clip to https://mega.nz/#!6IEzEBYZ!Miztywpvn6e1ew7O-_tSg0SQwqczaVD8ZNLDKpXzACo
The clip was uploaded to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RQ-C2zRds.
As you can see, the difference is huge. Warning: The clip contains some adult language but when you see it you’ll laugh. 😉 First drone flight.. lol.
It looks fine in Windows Media Player, VLC, and QuickTime. One thing that seems a little odd to me is Premiere exports the H.264 mp4 as a 1.1 GB file for 13 minute clip. I’m using Premiere to export, not Adobe Encoder. (Should I?)
Another weird thing – the video is 1920×1080 but on YouTube it reports the dimensions at 1600×900 and the resolution at 1280×720.
I’m not sure if this matters but in premiere I started with a new 1080p sequence and then dragged the 1920×1200 clips into the timeline while keeping the sequence’s settings. The black bars are expected but again, after exporting, the quality looks perfectly fine regardless of the file format Premiere exports. I’ve tried mp4 and wmv.
This really seems like a problem with the way YouTube processes it as I’m definitely uploading a perfectly fine 1920×1080 file and YouTube trashes it.
Suggestions are welcome. 🙂