What Video settings should I use for Vimeo or Youtube?

[Harm Millaard]

Originally Posted by Hugh Mobley

already a member, yes I will go do that

Just play the clip and then single click on the heart icon in the upper right corner.
Thanks in advance.

[Serge Victorovich]

I've recomendation from my friend how upload to youtube w/o recompression:
your video+audio must be under 350 Kbps in flv container with resolution 320x240
video is H263 sorenson codec and audio - mp3 and duration of video no more than 10 min.

[Harm Millaard]

How do you think that compares to encoding 1280x720 @ 5200 kbps?
And why use YouTube when it is so much worse in quality than Vimeo?

[Serge Victorovich]

I can upload to rapidshare or p2p 1920x1080 at 50 or 100 Mbps videos.
But if you need resonable size/quality and big auditorium for your video
you must do compromises. For youtube possible also 1280x720p24 H264 1Mbps (~3min)
but with hack and size limited to ~30MB equal to 10 min of 350 Kbps.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TMouePCf8
1024x576 600 Kbps H264

[Julian Frost]

Originally Posted by Serge Victorovich

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TMouePCf8
1024x576 600 Kbps H264

That was really nice footage. How did you do the panning and tracking shots?

[David Allen Smith]

Web videos from Final Cut Pro

I found this online a while back, sorry I don't have a link.

To compress and encode video for the web from Final Cut. Go to File, Export, and choose Using Quicktime Conversion. Name the file, make sure the format is Quicktime movie, and click on options. Click on the settings, and under compression type select H264. This is the latest quicktime compression.

Final Cut Pro Web Export Size
Now click Size. Click the dimensions tab and click on custom. Web videos are seldom encoded at the videos original size, because the larger the size the longer it takes to watch and download.

The resolution of fullsize standard definition video is 720 X 480. Export at 480 X 360, this retains the aspect ratio of the movie video. Set letter box I'll click OK.
Final Cut Pro Web Export Audio
Now encode the audio. Make sure Sound is checked and click on settings. Under format select IMA 4:1.

Under rate select 22.05. These settings will help shrink the file size. And hit OK. And OK one more time.
Completing Web Export
And finally hit save. You have to wait a few minutes for the movie to export. And there's a video ready for the web.

[Craig Lieberman]

Originally Posted by Harm Millaard

For the HD format on Vimeo, I have pretty decent results with export setting to WMV 1280x720 with 1.0 PAR with 2-pass unconstrained VBR @ 5200 Kbps. After conversion by Vimeo it looks like this: http://www.vimeo.com/1122531

This was HD footage, so it may not apply to your SD footage. I find the YouTube quality far less than Vimeo.

How many MEGS was the ouptut file?

[Craig Lieberman]

Originally Posted by Serge Victorovich

I can upload to rapidshare or p2p 1920x1080 at 50 or 100 Mbps videos.
But if you need resonable size/quality and big auditorium for your video
you must do compromises. For youtube possible also 1280x720p24 H264 1Mbps (~3min)
but with hack and size limited to ~30MB equal to 10 min of 350 Kbps.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TMouePCf8
1024x576 600 Kbps H264

Can you explain this in a little more detail?

I want to upload 720 x405 (16:9) format to YouTube in similar quality.

My videos are ONLY 8:30 secs each.

What did you do with Rapidshare?

I usually output at 2.25MBps CBR (constant bit rate) and use an H.264 codec.

PLEASE TEACH ME!

[Roger Akers]

After trying several different settings including various h.264, divx, etc. These settings work the best in Vegas for Letterboxed HDV on YouTube. You get the High quality setting and it renders quick.

Project Video Settings:
WIDTH: 1,440 Field Order: Upper Field First
HEIGHT: 1,080 Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.333
Output Rotation: 0

Frame Rate: 30
Pixel Format: 8 bit
Full Resolution Rendering Quality: BEST
Motion Blur Type: Gaussian
Deinterlace Method: Interpolate

FILE > Render As > WMV.
Be sure to UNCHECK 'Stretch Video to fill output frame (do not letterbox)'

Hit Custom Tab

Render Settings
Video Rendering Quality: BEST

Audio:
CBR
WMA 9.1
128kbps audio

Video:
Mode: CBR
Format: Windows Media 9
Image Size: 640x480
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000 (square)
Frame Rate: 30
Video Sharpness slider turned up to max.
Bit Rate: Internet / Lan - '3M'

Save your preset and render away. After uploading wait a bit for 'Watch in High Quality' to appear below your video. That's it!