[Tommy Thorsen]

For YouTube, I suggest you take advantage of the widescreen format and High Definition format. It will look very professional to your viewers.

For starters, go to the Project Properties (ALT+ENTER)

Template: HDV 720-30p (1280×720, 29.970 fps) – this is High Definition Widescreen. All the selections below that are also HD WS.

This is what I usually use for YouTube videos.
https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6161/snag0000f.jpg

For rendering settings I use WMV or MainConcept AVC/AAC MP4, but I use WMV to match the exact colors for my original project.

Here are my settings for WMV:

Audio: 96 Kbps (or higher), 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo, WMA 9.2 CBR
Video: 29.970 fps, 1280×720 Progressive, Bitrate 6.3 Mbps (Internet/LAN, type “6 M”), Smoothness 100, Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000, Framerate 29.970 fps NTSC, Seconds per keyframe 5, Override default compression buffer 3
Project: Video Rendering Quality – Best

Hope this helps!

[Tommy Thorsen]

Thanks Mike!

The applied filter looks very close to the original.

[Tommy Thorsen]

That depends on your video format. Did you record your video at SD or HD? SD-widescreen or HD-widescreen?

Since your want to promote your book using a trailer on YouTube, its best that you go for HD-widescreen for better quality.

[Tommy Thorsen]

Hi mike thanks for replying.

Looks like I have to stay with WMV. Less tweaking and all that. I mean, everybody says good things about MainConcept AVC/AAC MP4, but the high contrast its video produces destroys the original color of the original video.

[Tommy Thorsen]

thats weird. the CUSTOM button should be clickable.

maybe you need to reinstall vegas?

[Tommy Thorsen]

Mike

I dont think it has something to do with square vs rectangular format because I created a wallpaper (JPG) with a 1120×630 size and imported it to vegas. It turned out the same. The rendered output video still stretched the wallpaper image.

About the 1120×630 (16:9), it is the highest camcorder resolution for recording. Canon ZR930.

[Tommy Thorsen]

I use Main Concept AVC/AAC MP4 and I dont have a 1280×720 option too, but I just use Custom Settings and enter 1280×720.

[Tommy Thorsen]

hello Mike thanks for replying!

my camcorder is a Canon ZR930 consumer minidv camcorder. 1120×630 is the max resolution for widescreen.

The “Stretch video to fill output frame size (so not letterbox)” option is most likely selected in the render options tab.

I forgot to mention, this option is not selected during my rendering thats why im still confused. Selecting this should eliminate black spaces/bars right? So how come my rendered video already filled the black spaces/bars?

im rendering my video in WMV, btw.

[Tommy Thorsen]

* Fixed the ability to seek in files rendered using the MainConcept AAC/AVC format.

wow i thought my computer and my media players were the problem. so theres a bug i see.