I have a few youtube videos that the quality is just... crap. Every scene change seems to look like it is really artifacted and it goes away looking sharp in a second or 2 after a scene change. One person said in the past this was youtube's compression, but I have many videos where this does not happen. Since .mov is there as an export option, I wanted to try it to see if the method of file structure would minimize what I am seeing. I have not yet taken the time to alter the GOP structure and file size to see if I can minimize this. Yeah... the original clips are highly compressed AVCHD panasonic files.

Hi,

to export to Youtube see the parameters that Youtube need. As usual a mp4 file 1920 x1080 p and bitrate over 8000 yield a good result. Also when you play a Youtube movie you can select the highest quality to playback on your computer. Any video file you upload to Youtube is process or compiled by Youtube. The best is to upload maximum quality and use constant bitrate not vbr.

Regards,

YR

for what its worth... most the export presets don't allow me to choose constant bitrate. The WEB export presets don't include 1920x1080

I presume that you are using Movie Edit Pro. Which version (see under Help, About) and flavour - basic, Plus or Premium?

Under File, Export, click on Display all in the Export screen and then do the popdown.

John CB

No. Video Pro X. I just looked... yeah.. I am in the right category. 😎

@Glenn-Woiler

Hi

. . . . a few youtube videos that the quality is just... crap. . . .

Youtube have a required format and settings as YR has indicated, use these.

. . . . I have not yet taken the time to alter the GOP structure and file size to see if I can minimize this . . . .

That and trying constant bitrates will be a waste of time - Youtube will convert the video, and you have no control over this, to several variants eg 1080p, 720p to as low as 240p for delivery that depends on the viewers Internet connection speed - also you may be looking at a lower resolution depending on your Internet connection.

The same goes for other video sharing sites such as Vimeo etc.

HTH

John EB

Hi,

expert not use the pre export module, expert export on hard drive using the maximum quality and size and leave youtube rendering to process the file. That means you export on harddrive and upload manually the file on Youtube channel. Avoid the automatic solution because you control nothing. Personnaly i use cbr constant baud rate 16000 and leave youtube to process in vbr because if you process the video file 2 times using vbr sometimes you lack quality on some part of the movie.

Regards,

YR

Hi,

expert not use the pre export module, expert export on hard drive using the maximum quality and size and leave youtube rendering to process the file. That means you export on harddrive and upload manually the file on Youtube channel. Avoid the automatic solution because you control nothing. Personnaly i use cbr constant baud rate 16000 and leave youtube to process in vbr because if you process the video file 2 times using vbr sometimes you lack quality on some part of the movie.

Regards,

YR

You are saying to use constant 16000 for Full HD 1920x1080?

@Glenn-Woiler

That and trying constant bitrates will be a waste of time - Youtube will convert the video, and you have no control over this, to several variants eg 1080p, 720p to as low as 240p for delivery that depends on the viewers Internet connection speed - also you may be looking at a lower resolution depending on your Internet connection.

John EB

I always thought the quality I was uploading affected the final youtube quality. I know, if I start out with junk, it will look like junk. I wish some people here that upload quality professional footage could tell what settings they use on export. Do they use different export settings for high movement/action videos versus slow moving videos?