Rendering video using Vegas 7 for Youtube...

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cr3ativen4th

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I've looked everywhere for specific specs on what to output videos as, I've even done my own experiments with video clips in different formats, and I just cannot manage to find the right one that shows good quality.

Could someone fill me in on this, on what the settings need to be to get the best quality of videos onto Youtube?

Thanks
 
I've just noticed the quality of the uploaded video on to Youtube is alright, it just seems to have some sort of 'grainyness' on it (fuzzes) ?
 
Youtube's "native" resolution after their flash re-encoding is 320x240. Just export to 640x480 (with letterboxing if your video is widescreen) at 1 mbps. That's good for YouTube's algorithm to get 1/4 of the pixels out without losing too much quality and without messing up with widescreen videos.
 
Eugenia Loli-Queru said:
Youtube's "native" resolution after their flash re-encoding is 320x240. Just export to 640x480 (with letterboxing if your video is widescreen) at 1 mbps. That's good for YouTube's algorithm to get 1/4 of the pixels out without losing too much quality and without messing up with widescreen videos.
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Does this get rid of the grainyness on the video as I've noticed it also on the video clip its self..

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOk99fbM7-4
 
What do you mean nothing has worked? YouTube's quality will be lower than your average video online, that's to be expected. I personally use revver.com because it has *slightly* better quality.
 
Eugenia Loli-Queru said:
What do you mean nothing has worked? YouTube's quality will be lower than your average video online, that's to be expected. I personally use revver.com because it has *slightly* better quality.
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I've tryed exporting it from Sony Vegas (avi, NTSC DV) and then using Quicktime Pro, export it both an .mov and .mpeg with the H.264 and a high bitrate.

I've pretty much experimented with everything...
 
cr3ativen4th said:
I've tryed exporting it from Sony Vegas (avi, NTSC DV) and then using Quicktime Pro, export it both an .mov and .mpeg with the H.264 and a high bitrate.
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Why bother with the extra step? You can export AVC/H.264 directly out of Vegas.

You can also use Windows Media 9 (a variant of H.264) -- follow the steps in the video Dan linked to in post 7 above?
 
I ran a series of experiments on something like this recently. I'm not sure if it will help, but here's the thread where I documented my experiences.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=101977

Your own experience may vary, so don't take my word as law. I just happen to enjoy experimenting. As for "Why the extra step?", I've been much more satisfied with the results of that method when it comes to certain resolutions (like 720 and 1080). For films sized for the web (I prefer 480x270) the AVC/.mp4 file type has suited me fine. I used to be cool with WMV9, but trying to shuttle through those results in blocky bullsh*t no matter what my settings. Again, your experience may vary. That's just my personal preference.

As for this short, http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=102273 I tried uploading a .mov I had made with the "extra step" method, but youtube did something funny to it and added a bunch of flickering, so I went back to the .mp4 straight out of Vegas and met with no problems. And as you can see from the video, the quality was relatively nice. Anyway, hope this helps. :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QzxSxlYdk
 
David Jimerson said:
The "Quicktimes" on our page here are MP4s rendered from Vegas.
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But thats not anything relating to Youtube...?


Could this problem be generating from my Sony Handycam? Maybe the auto focus feature? I'm not sure what it is, but some videos on my Youtube channel, seem to be a mix of good and bad quality videos...so either I've got lucky on the output settings for a individual video or my camera isn't good enough all together?
 
cr3ativen4th said:
But thats not anything relating to Youtube...?
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No, but it shows you that you can indeed get good-quality MP4s out of Vegas.


Could this problem be generating from my Sony Handycam? Maybe the auto focus feature? I'm not sure what it is, but some videos on my Youtube channel, seem to be a mix of good and bad quality videos...so either I've got lucky on the output settings for a individual video or my camera isn't good enough all together?
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Can't really say, based on those clips.
 
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