SD - FCP to the "new" youtube. Best quality???

[ryan brown]

By, "New" youtube, I mean the recently added quality gains and widescreen.

I've tried 3 times now to upload a decent quality video to youtube, and it still sucks. So far I've tried an H.264 version sized for the web from compressor (about 60mb), a full quality .mov (668mb), and a high quality H.264 from quicktime (650mb).

All look awful.

How are people getting the nice clear, crisp youtube videos? do I need a third party encoder?

I don't get it. Retarded 8 year olds' videos look much better than mine.

 

[Zak Forsman]

1280x720 frame dimension, h.264 with maybe 2500 to 4000kbit/sec data rate. use Compressor and turn all Frame Control settings to "best". set audio to AAC at 160khz or better.

nd after you upload, wait a while. the better version isn't available right away. it takes up to an hour depending on length.

example... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlUyZGHWqw&fmt=22

 

[ryan brown]

You da man, Zak. I'll try it now.