Youtube video quality
Hi!
I'm unsure if this is the right topic to ask this, but here goes: why do my good quality 1280x760 videos (with screen captures for instructions) end up looking like rubbish after uploading to Youtube?
If I watch them immediately after Youtube says they're OK, then they are (OK).
But 5-10mins afterwards, they suddenly look very bad. And it seems there is no difference what screen resolution the user asks for.
So how do I get _real_ HD video uploaded to Youtube????
I'm unsure if this is the right topic to ask this, but here goes: why do my good quality 1280x760 videos (with screen captures for instructions) end up looking like rubbish after uploading to Youtube?
If I watch them immediately after Youtube says they're OK, then they are (OK).
But 5-10mins afterwards, they suddenly look very bad. And it seems there is no difference what screen resolution the user asks for.
So how do I get _real_ HD video uploaded to Youtube????
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Ok. But I use Sony Vegas Video, which I think is a quite acknowledged program. But I can't find any way of "rendering as" anything like "H.264", so I'm sort of lost in the dark with your suggestion.
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Thanks for your answers!
I'm slowly realizing that the problem must be in the way Youtube decides which resolution you can handle. At work yesterday, everything was rather grainy (we tested on a lot of PCs). But looking at the same videos from home, they are good! Can anyone confirm that even if you select HD video during playback, Youtube might decide you can't handle it and send you everything in lower resolution?
We have a fast network at work, so I have no idea _why_ it's not considered fast enough by Youtube, but that's another question...
I'm slowly realizing that the problem must be in the way Youtube decides which resolution you can handle. At work yesterday, everything was rather grainy (we tested on a lot of PCs). But looking at the same videos from home, they are good! Can anyone confirm that even if you select HD video during playback, Youtube might decide you can't handle it and send you everything in lower resolution?
We have a fast network at work, so I have no idea _why_ it's not considered fast enough by Youtube, but that's another question...
Yes, Can anyone confirm that even if you select HD video during playback, Youtube might decide you can't handle it and send you everything in lower resolution?
I personally believe sometimes a video on youtube will appear grainy then render to really clear, could be bandwidth as my video card is brand new and Nvidea 680 OC.
A lot depends on the combination> internet speed how big the aspect ratio is of the video and the video card and what format youtube converts the video from to flash
YouTube Upload: Tips, Specs, Limits & Formats
http://www.freemake.com/blog/youtube-upload-tips-specs-limits-formats/
cheers
I personally believe sometimes a video on youtube will appear grainy then render to really clear, could be bandwidth as my video card is brand new and Nvidea 680 OC.
A lot depends on the combination> internet speed how big the aspect ratio is of the video and the video card and what format youtube converts the video from to flash
YouTube Upload: Tips, Specs, Limits & Formats
http://www.freemake.com/blog/youtube-upload-tips-specs-limits-formats/
cheers
See: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en