Exporting video to youtube

I Have a camera that records AVCHD...once I put my card in and import, I start editing in FCPX...when I export, I export to h.264 to publish to youtube...my question is, am I getting the best quality possible? Or should I export to ProRes 422 then use that file to convert to H.264? I hope this makes sense...

You Tube will recompress anything you upload.
Some people skip the H,.264 compression and upload Pro Res; of course that's a much larger file and increases the upload time. Personally, I find the H.264 version woks perfectly well.
It's possible that you might get a slight improvement by uploading a Pro Res file directly – saving one generation of compression loss, Depends on the material.
Do a couple of short test with challenging material.
Good luck.
Russ

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Exporting video for Youtube

Does anyone know the best way to export video for youtube, whenever I put something on that website the quality goes down dramatically.

Check out these links:
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=165543
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/you_tube_hdgary.html
Regards
Nolan

IOS7 Bugs? Can't export videos to youtube?

I've encountered a bunch of bugs so far. I thought iOS 7.0.2 would help it, but it's only made them worse! I have an iPhone 4S btw.
Bugs:
- Music controls don't always work when my phone is locked. This includes the music controls in the control center. I couldn't change songs, pause the song that was playing, etc...
- My screen blacks out when I slide to unlock my phone.
- I can't export videos in my camera roll to youtube. It keeps telling me my password or username are incorrect, but they aren't. I was hoping 7.0.2 would fix this.
- Emails aren't always updating. I've only seen this once or twice since I updated to 7.0.2, but in 7.0.0, they were working fine. I had that problem in iOS 6.1.3, but once I updated to 7, it seemed to be fixed. I've also noticed that the number of unread emails isn't always updating. I have to update it myself.
- Bluetooth keeps randomly turning itself on. I don't know why or how it's doing this, but I know I'm not turning it on.
- I noticed a problem with my brightness settings. I changed them (lowered it), and noticed it kept lowering itself even more. I kept changing it to where I want it, and it seems to be okay now.
- Siri keeps telling me she "Can't take any requests right now." I've got 3-4 bars, and my wifi signal is at max. I've also noticed that she takes 2-3x longer to respond to one of my requests. She doesn't pick up my voice as well as she did in 6.1.3.
- And is it just me, but my volume is way too low? That, or it's too high. The same goes for my alarms -- I can never hear them, no matter how high my ringer volume is.
I've been able to resolve some of these by restarting my phone, but I don't know if they'll come back or not... However, the youtube bug (and the Siri problem) are still there.
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Hi there,
I had the same Problem with uploading youtube Videos from the Photos app until I tried the function for app specific passwords.
This is something Google offers for applications which don't support the 2way authentification.
I generated a new password for my ios7 youtube uploader and it instantly worked.
This should bring you to the correct page in your google account.
https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens#accesscodes

Export videos to YouTube but audio isn't there after exporting

I exported my video to YouTube via Quicktime but audio isn't there after I go to the YouTube link. I turned up my volume all the way but no sound comes out. I JUST upgraded to Mac OS X 10.6.8 TODAY ON JUNE 23RD! Has anyone else experienced this AFTER upgrading to 10.6.8? With 10.6.7 I could export videos perfectly. AND AFTER upgrading to 10.6.8, it takes FOREVER for the video to export to YouTube. It takes hours!

OK so I tried a few more videos. The first had the problem but the several more I tried a few more and they worked fine. Then I went back to the first and it started working fine again. So the problem seems to have gone away.

Editing and exporting videos from youtube

I downloaded a justin bieber video from Youtube.com.I edited this video using adobe premiere pro cs5. I tried exporting the file and it seems that I am not able to play the exported file. Is there something wrong with my file selection? Adobe Premiere Pro does not allow editing or exporting copyrighted materials? I am not gonna use the video for any commercial purposes. I am just making a video for my niece who would celebrate here birthday next week. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum.
Can you please give us the full details of the YouTube file that you downloaded and edited, plus your Project/Sequence Preset? Then, what Export settings did you choose? What happens, when you Export?
CS5 does not know if the material is ©, but that is an ethical question, that you must address.
Also, starting with YouTube material will never yield good quality, but again, this is something that you must address.
Good luck,
Hunt

I am using the old imovie HD on my old Mac laptop... it works fine, but when I export a video to YouTube there is a black frame around it.. how do i get rid of that? thanks!

I am using the old imovie HD on my old Mac laptop... it works fine, but when I export a video to YouTube there is a black frame around it.. how do i get rid of that? thanks!

Hi MyAppleID99,
You may want to check to make sure the clip hasn't been moved back and forth between wide screen and standard aspect ratios; sometimes a combination of letterboxing and pillarboxing can lead to a black frame "windowbox" when playing the final video. You may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: What are Letterboxing, Pillarboxing and Windowboxing?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2320
Regards,
- Brenden

HELP!!! I did everything i could all day to fix this and i can't upload my video to youtube or export file because it keeps saying "sharing requires more memory to be available" How do i enable my movie to be uploaded or exported?

Question 1 / Plan A : When i finished making my movie project in iMovie 11 on Mac, i tried sharing it at all ways such as youtube, export, etc... it kept popping up: "sharing requires more memory to be available". I searched up all day on the internet on how to figure this out, i followed all of their advices but nothing seems to happen. btw i already got permitted for longer than 15 mins video on youtube. it's also weird that my computer has more than 600GB free space. So how do i upload my 2 hour video to youtube? and how do i avoid the popup of "sharing requires more memory to be available"?
Question 2 / Plan B: If plan A won't work out, i definitely don't wanna do this all over again because i took centuries and effort on this. What im trying to do is divide them to multiple projects, and maybe it will let me upload it because of it's file size? So how do i copy parts from a project and paste it to another project or event library so it would be easier for me to finish it in iMovie?
Question 3 / Plan C: If plan B won't work out, how do you screen record my movie with audio? What im trying to do is to record it by screen using quicktime and divide them by parts. I know how quicktime and soundflower works, but when i tried it, but the problem is that soundflower and quicktime audio was very crappy and broken at some point. So how do i record good quality audio with screen recording?
Question 4 / Plan D: If plan C won't work out, i guess the worst way to do this is to record from my phone, its such a bitter idea but i want this to be published in good quality. i am so tired and i took so weeks finishing this project and the ending results just ****** me off. Id be glad if someone has an idea on this problem im occurring. Hope y'all people and mac experts understood on what im struggling about. leave a reply on those of you who might have an idea on solving this problem!

When You select share, are you able to get either of these two windows?
First one is Export As
Second one is Save as QuickTime
I looked at earlier post and see You have 4GB RAM, maybe try a smaller format to convert it to,
then save it to file first before trying YouTube.

Export option for highest quality posting to Google video and YouTube

I'm trying to figure out what the best export options are for posting video on Google Video and YouTube. My primary interest is skiing video with quick actions. Here are the 5 options I tried on my iMovie HD 6, the latest and the greatest:
MPEG4, LAN
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2913246368993273712
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL6RHKXydhQ
MPEG4, LAN, High Quality
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1920438333553484589
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0myAYyBx0k
Quicktime, LAN, 320x240, Deinterlace
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2101048758986639008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rExhbmBksVs
Quicktime, LAN
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8289794703671829891
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-nwmyJ-y_g
Quicktime, LAN, Deinterlace
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1116022416411494165
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Wch75hTzs
You can get the whole list on each site with following URL
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=imovie-quality-comparison
http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=C0D08A3D961234E4
Each video has cross reference URL in the description which link to the same video posted on other site.
Currently my choice is "Quicktime, LAN, Deinterlace" on Google Video. Only thing I don't like is doubling of image for fast moving part, which somehow disappears if I reduce the size to 320x200, but then it is too blurry when displayed in full screen.
None is usable on YouTube. They look horrible, but there are much better quality videos on YouTube.
Since there are so many knobs to play around on each option, I'm at loss what to play around with. I did quick things like increasing the size to 720x480 or increasing the frame rate, but surprisingly, none seems to make any difference when filtered through their encoder.
I like to solicit suggestions on what option to try. I'll export the same video with that options, upload it to both sites and we can take a look.
eMac & iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi — I also found you via Slashdot. You've gone to a good amount of effort to solve this scientifically.
I'm just here to say: Face it, you need to go past the built-in options. Here's what you need to know:
1. YouTube is 320x240 (or 320 by anything lower, for widescreen). You must scale to that.
2. YouTube is 30fps maximum, so if you already have that, set that. If you have 25 or 24, use that. If you have 50, it looks better with 25 (I've tried).
3. The interlacing choice is purely up to your original video. Does it have 480 lines or 576 lines? And if so, does it have fluid "live camera" motion, unlike film? If your answer is yes to both, then you have interlacing. Since YouTube doesn't do interlacing, you need to remove it.
4. Both YouTube and Google Video have a problem with the (seemingly open, standard) MP4 format. We think it's because of the VLC software they used. Anyway, use a QuickTime MOV file for the wrapping container, so export to QuickTime Movie (not MPEG-4). But use the H.264 codec. It's good.
OK, that's it. It's your pretty complete, simple guide to making good YouTube videos.
Don't forget to use a tripod and external microphones, and lay off using the zoom too much. That's my other advice, for earlier in the process. Now you've learnt everything technical The rest is only down to viral marketing and you can learn all that by example out on YouTube.
CK.

Why can't I export my video to youtube in HD from the trial version?

I am using final cut x trial version and all the video that I shot was in HD and when I go to export it to youtube it doesnt give me an option of 1080p I can only export in 540p. I need to have the video uploaded in high definition I am using it to apply for jobs. Can anyone help me?

Exporting video to 8k from premiere or third party program for youtube.

Hello all,
i have been uploading video that has been scaled to youtube in 8k and it processed in 8k! the problem is that with some video codecs (shadowplay) i was using to lightly capture a game scene is not working.
ShadowPlay encodes video using H.264 codec and outputs in MP4 format. It's compatible with popular players such as Windows Media Player, VLC, and YouTube.
i have tried exporting the video matching the sequence settings and even with tons of others.
after that i usually take that exported video and export it again through this program.
ClipToolz Convert V2 Home Page
this program scales and compresses the video in .h265 at 8k and then i upload it to youtube most of the time it works. but for the life of me this last video will not process in 8k on youtube.
so youtube processes and shows done but only has up to 360p even if i leave the video up on youtube for 1 week it will not process up farther than 360p..
the problem i come to you today with is when processing on youtube the video processed for upload to youtube in 8k only work on any other video even if i download one and do a test upload in 8k it processes in 8k.
im thinking there is something wrong with the initial filmed video or something.
SO i uploaded to youtube the raw video that i captured before the first premiere export. and guess what?
the video posted and processed in its native 2k resolution that it was filmed in..
i would like to know if you know any way possible to upload in 8k so it processes or any third party program i can use to make it work.

I understand this might be a good technical exercise but how do you view 8K content?

First Export - 3 Min 720p Video for YouTube is 287MB?

I've just finished my first project in FCPX, a 3 minute video shot in 720p. The original video was a h.264 mp4 file at 259MB. The master file is almost 2GB. I'd like to export something that I could upload to youtube. I took the masterfile exported from FCPX and used Compressor with the video sharing settings, I am getting a 287MB .mov file that youtube is complaining about as not being in a streaming format, and won't complete uploading as it just times out.
What am I doing wrong?

My suggestion: keep it simple.
The simplest way is to export a master file AND also export to youtube. There is nothing preventing you from making several exports of the same material!
(As it happens, you can also do this "double export" in one fell swoop, using destination bundles - but, again, keep it simple; you can learn that later).
Anyway, you certainly don't need Compressor. Compressor is only useful if you need something specific that FCP X can't directly provide - but that usually means an experienced user who knows his/her way around the arcane compression options - in other words, complex stuff.
If you don't want to use FCP X to export directly to youtube: just export a Master File, but instead of the default (which is ProRes, and, as Karsten explained and you acutely felt, produces massive files), choose H264. Then upload via the youtube site.

After FCX export, video of stills are choppy on YouTube

I have a series of videos that I have uploaded to YouTube, they are made up of entirely high-resolution images (which have been shrunk a bit in Photoshop). The images are mostly panned throughout the video, and appear a bit choppy at times on YouTube, obviously varying from what I am seeing in FCX.
I have tried pretty much all the types of exports, and have even tried re-exporting the video through Photoshop (it has more export options that FCX?) This obviously degrades the images a bit, but still results in some lag in YouTube video.
What am I missing / what is the optimal way to export videos of just still images?
Being that the photos are of such high quality, I'm trying to keep them as clear and smooth moving as possible.
Thanks!

moskalt21 wrote:
a part that is smooth the first time may be choppy the second go round. It is also varies from machine to machine (windows, mac)
Sorry, but I'm not sure I understand. You mean varies when played from YT site…or played from files located on a computer?
YouTube recompresses your video – as does Vimeo, et al. You gave them a video formatted file – not stills. So the question I have is how well did FCP treat your PNGs when it encoded to that video format. Which is why I was asking how they played in QT from the file stored on your computer.
Here is an article on compressing for YT that you may find helpful.
Russ
Russ

What's the process of uploading videos to youtube?

This might sound like a silly question... but what is the process of uploading videos to youtube?
Does the video get processed into youtube friendly format and then get uploaded to youtube?
So therefore, no re-processing is required on youtube? And therefore the video appears intantly after upload
This has been what I have experienced
Or does the video still need to be processed by youtube as well?
If the above is true... then I think the best way to do the work is to process the video on my laptop and output in best format
And ONLY then upload to youtube
From experience, I've found this takes time for the video to be processed and then published on youtube
Problem: I've had about 40 videos, all of about 1 minute 30 seconds uploading from FCPX
I left overnight. he queue is STILL processing
I'd rather have youtube process and use up their CPU power!
Any feedback to the above would be great
Thanks
Omar

I think the best way to do the work is to process the video on my laptop and output in best format
And ONLY then upload to youtube
Encode before you upload use the share function or better with Compressor (export master file anad let Compressor encode with youtube preset and upload that file via Safari or the Uploader
Problem: I've had about 40 videos, all of about 1 minute 30 seconds uploading from FCPX
I left overnight. he queue is STILL processing
I'd rather have youtube process and use up their CPU power!
It is almost an hour it seems rather slow but not unusual and they were encoded before upload ?

Final Cut Pro X export troubles: exports video with only half the audio.

Ever since I updated Final Cut Pro X, I've been having problems exporting. I either get error messages or the audio doesn't fully export. When I tried exporting a master file to my desktop, I got a message saying “error occurred when creating frame” then lists the frame number. Someone suggested copying the project file and pasting it into a new project. I did that, and it exported without the error popping up; but halfway through the video, the audio disappears, and does so in the same spot it disappeared in a previous youtube export before I tried the copy/paste method. I don't have the original footage; I'm making color correction changes to an edit; so I'm not sure if the second half of the video is somehow corrupted, don't know how to check that, and not sure what to do if it is.
Another suggestion given to me was to delete the event my footage is in, then create a new event, re-upload all the footage into that one, and relink my project files to it. He also said don't delete my event and project folder at the same time, which I'm not even sure how you simultaneously delete two things on a laptop. I don't understand how this method would work though, since deleting the event makes my project disappear since it has nothing to link to. I'm scared to try this method since I don't want to lose my work; I really don't want to color correct it all over again.
Is there any way to successfully export the file suitable for youtube posting, or is this a bug in the system they haven't fixed yet?

Just turned off background rendering.
I'm not certain what you mean for specs in a specific point in the video, but here are the specs for the entire edit I initially received:
Dimensions: 1920 X 1080
Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecode
2 Audio Channels
Total bit rate: 12,083
Size: 951,735,770 bytes (951.7 MB on disk)
Here are the specs for the exported video that has the audio issue:
Dimensions: 1920 X 1080
Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecode
2 Audio Channels
Total bit rate: 12,274
Size: 966,817,082 bytes (966.8 MB on disk)
The video is 10:28 minutes long and the audio leaves at 5:57.
If that wasn't what you were looking for, just let me know. I'm not very good with technical stuff sometimes so may have misunderstood.
Is there something I should have done to the piece before I began color correcting it, like transcoding?

Output file size restrictions - HD Video for YouTube

For over a year YouTube has removed restrictions on file sizes for individuals that want to do so. The preset output in Premier Elements 11 for "Online - HD Video for YouTube 1920X1080" will not allow a video longer than 15 minutes. I need to remove this restriction and be able to produce files to upload to YouTube without file size restrictions. How can I do this?

TheBanjoNut
You cannot. And, Premiere Elements 12 has the same YouTube limitations as 11.
You need to export your Timeline to a file saved to the computer hard drive, and then upload that file to YouTube at the YouTube web site.
At YouTube, you would need to explore the opportunities that it offers in the way of "extended times". It may require special accounts.
Without further details of your Premiere Elements project preset and the properties of your source media, I would generalize and suggest that you look at the follow choices for creating this file for upload to YouTube at the YouTube web site...
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets =
MP4 - H.264 1920 x 1080p30
or
YouTube Widescreen HD (changing the settings under the Advanced Button/Video Tab of the preset)
Please review. If you have any further questions on this, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thanks.
ATR

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