Hi, I have some clean footage 4:3, 720x480, it's going to be 30 minutes long. I know YouTUBE has a limit of 10 minutes or 100MB, so I'm sure I'll need to upload it in three parts. Is there a way I can calculate what bitrate I should encode each 10 minute piece for maximum quality? (Can it be a full 10 minutes or should it be 9:30 or...?)

Also, I would like to know in general the best procedure for editing and encoding video for the final viewing being on YouTUBE..

Thanks!

I came across this but it's for final cut pro:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html

I've determined from a bunch of reading that 425x318 is better to upload at, than 320x240 so that's a start..

bumpity bump bump.. I know I can't be the only one here pulling his hair out over how much youtube craps all over clear video uploads...

http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/16/help-key-how-to-optimize-your-video-for-youtube/

http://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_you_tube.html