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Shaun Toole
March 13, 2009 at 3:49 pm in reply to: I really really can’t get my youtubes to look good

Don’t mean to double-post, but I just noticed that the “Best Video formats” link on the Upload page points to the same information as the link posted by odd magne nilsen. It had been pointing to a different pop-up which said the SD preferred format as 480×360. That’s what I pasted above. So I’m glad to see they’ve now corrected the contradictions on YouTube.
Shaun Toole
March 13, 2009 at 3:40 pm in reply to: I really really can’t get my youtubes to look good

Thanks for the link.
Shaun Toole
March 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Rendering for Best DVD Quality

>>When you buy the plugin, the water mark goes away.

Yes, I’m aware of that. The “free” version also will encode just 30 minutes of video at a time. I’ve seen the noise come back around the 30-minute mark.

I’m doing this on the cheap, since I’m not a pro, hence my need for work-arounds. But any other advice on bit rates, brightness & contrast adjustments, etc., would be appreciated.
Shaun Toole
March 12, 2009 at 4:26 pm in reply to: I really really can’t get my youtubes to look good

So YouTube keeps the uploaded video AND converts it to their current standard? Who’d have thunk it!

Where is the tutorial that specifies 1280×720? I only saw the pop-up on their upload page. I’m new to uploading on YouTube and want to learn more.
Shaun Toole
March 11, 2009 at 11:23 pm in reply to: I really really can’t get my youtubes to look good

YouTube’s Handbook says…

Best Formats for Uploading

YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but for most users we have found the following settings give the best results.

* Video Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred
* Aspect Ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9)
* Resolution: 640×360 (16:9) or 480×360 (4:3) recommended
* Audio Format: MP3 or AAC preferred
* Frames per second: 30
* Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes)
* Maximum file size: 1 GB

I found that uploading SD video in larger formats than recommended results in a long period of waiting while the video is being “processed.” I think it is being resized to 480×360. When I uploaded a video in the recommended size, it was immediately available and looked better than the same video uploaded in a larger format. So perhaps you want to try 640×360 with your HD videos (depending on what YouTube calls “HD”).