Using compressor for youtube

I have a 3 min 20 sec music video 1080p shot on canon 60d. Edited in fcpx. What is the best way to compress this for quality on youtube?
Any helpful ideas using compressor 4? Thanks!

FWIW, I duplicate the HD presets for 1080 and 720, make a few changes and save as custom YT settings.
My changes are: Video Settings, Optimized for Streaming; turn off Frame Re-ordering.
In the Encoder, set Streaming to Fast Start.
For 720, activate Frame Controls and set Resize Filter to Best. For 1080, do nothing…unless the source material is interlaced. If interlaced (for any resolution), turn on Frame Controls and de-interlace.
Good luck.
Russ

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If you have encoded your video files to m2v for tracks, and imported them, then they are not reencoded upon build.

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I am new to DVD Studio Pro and Compressor and am trying to create a DVD of a 50 minute PAL project that I made using FCP. I have found a couple tutorials on how to export my project using compressor to be compatible with DSP via pre sets (DVD: Best Quality 4:3) and actually manipulating the controls myself. I have found in using both techniques that during any scene with motion, the edges of the moving actor become blurred and grainy. The tutorials that I checked out I assume (since they were from the US) were for NTSC projects, is there any other considerations that I should make in compressing a PAL project, which might contribute to this graininess? Any ideas?
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The general concepts are the same in terms of maintaining quality throughout the work process in terms of Codecs, exports etc.
As to the motion areas, compression markers in FCP can help in problem areas. What you should do is grab some of the problems sections and drop markers in there and encode them. Some of the frame controls can help, depending on source footage. What was the original material and cpautred/edited? Sometimes things in there can also give quality hits.
Lastly some things (like real black outfits on light backgrounds) can cause some edging issues which can take some work to clean up as much as possible...

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I've created a video in Final Cut Pro and trying to export using compressor to apple tv. Each time about half way through it crashes final cut and gives me the 'final cut pro had to quit unexpectedly'.
Haven't a clue what is going on, it happened sometimes when i was trying to conform to HD but when i did it bit by bit it was ok.
All the media is online so really haven't a clue. I've tried using quicktime conversion in pro-res then bashing into compressor and it works but interlacing is all over the shop, even with de-interlace filter.
ANy answers with regards to why its crashing greaty appreciated!
P.S when it crashes says something about a pro-core plugin
Message was edited by: jim__bob

Hi Jim,
Can you update your profile, we don't know what your hardware set up is or your OS, or version of FCS. It could give you answers a lot faster if we know your details from the off.
Ok, what format is your original media, what are your sequence settings please.
DM

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I am trying to export a FCP project using Compressor - I have 8 channels of audio - to make up L, R, C, FLE, Ls, Rs,Lt, Rt. I am exporting ProRes 422 HQ with the SMTP DTV Audio setting. At the end of the export, I have been dragging the file into soundtrack to check the audio output, and there is only info on the first two channels of the 8-channel audio track.
The sequence settings are set as discrete channels. What am I missing?

And then, you feel like an eejit when you realize that you forgot to assign the channels in the timeline....

How to use Compressor for FCP X to YouTube

I just downloaded "Compressor 4" and find it's interface a lot more complex than FCP X. All I want to do is send my video to "YouTube".
The last video I uploaded to "YouTube" was a 1.25 hour HD video, using FCP X's Share to QT 7. It took 17 hours to upload this QT file to YouTube. I would like to upload the next 1.25 hour HD video at a lower resolution. I can't afford to ty up my only computer for so long.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
David

The Compressor preset for video sharing defaults to 720p and a bit rate 8 Mbs. If your orginal footage is 720, that's what I'd stay with. Actually, I might even bump up the bit rate; You Tubes just going to recompress and you might as well give them more to work with than less. If you started with 1080P, I would not scale it down.
I'm not sure I understand what happened with your 17 hour upload…specifically, how you came to share your video to QT7. I normally export from either FCX or FCP7 as QT movie self-contained, bring that into Compressor and encode for eb downoad using one of trhe h.264 presets as a start. If I re-size, I use frame controls. If I need to de-interlace, I also use frame controls. If I don't need to do either, or need filters, I let Compressor figure pretty much figure it out. I've never uploaded a movie aslong as yours. but if I did, I woud expect it to take under 2 hours…maybe.
Perhaps there was soething going on with at You Tube's end.
Russ

Using Compressor for broadcast quality?

I apologize for posting this question here, but I did a search and found in one thread that nobody goes to the Compressor forum and they all post here.
Are there any online tutorials on what the best steps are to preparing a broadcast safe MPEG2 file? There are so many options , and I honestly have not used this part of FCP much. We've got a computer playback system now and it's something I am going to utilize more often now.
Or if anybody reading this has a suggestion to steps I could take I'd appreciate it greatly.
Thanks for any help

From what I can gather, it won't be as easy as creating a file with Compressor. For starters, you will probably need to "mux" (that is, mix the video and audio together) so this automatic system will play the program when you provide it to the server. This will need to be done in a program like DVD Studio Pro. Below are some VERY BASIC step-by-step instructions. If they don't make sense, pull out your manuals and start reading. I've left out explanations and alternatives as time and space doesn't allow for everything. That's why they have manuals. But here goes otherwise:
Export the final FCP timeline out as a Quicktime file. You can do this as a self contained movie but it's faster if you don't. Place the resulting file where you can readily find it. (Note: you can also export directly from FCP to Compressor. This is a long way to do it, as FCP has to first encode it out to Compressor.)
Open Compressor and drag your new QT file into the Batch window. Look over to your right in the same Batch window under Settings and using the pull-down menus, choose something like "MPEG-2 60 min High Quality Encode". Choose "All" in this situation because you'll want to go ahead and encode your audio too. You should see two entries: one for audio and one for video. Note the Destination tab (where the file will end up). In this regard, I suggest you use the pulldown menu and choose Source. This will place the resulting file(s) in the same location as the QT file. Click Submit to begin encoding and sit back, have some iced tea and wait a while.
When it's done, open up DVD Studio Pro. (If you don't have Studio Pro, then you're really stuck because -- again-- you have to provide it as a format that the player, be it server-based system or disc based, can read). But let's assume you have DVD Studio Pro and when it opens, import up the two files into your Assets (bottom left corner). When they import, drag the video (the one with the .m2v suffix) over into the Tracks timeline. Since they both have the same name, but different suffix, the audio file should follow over and sync up with the video. You can test it by playing the Timeline. Now go to the top left hand corner of DVD SP and click on the disc icon within the By Type window. Over on the right of the interface, in the Disc window, you'll see the name of your disc (probably Untitled) and under it, a pulldown menu again. Holding it down, choose Track 1. Save your project under a name, like the name of your video. Click on the little hammer, or Build, icon near the top middle of the DVD SP interface. You'll be asked where to place the results. Create a new folder and name it-- and decide where it will be placed. Click Build and sit back. This too takes a while. When done, you can upload the resulting folder (with the two folders that will be inside labled VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS) to your server. How your "juke box" player system will locate your file is beyond me but I'm sure there is a way to make it locate the folder. When it does, there are instructions written in the DVD standard so the player can play the program.
Once again: this a very basic explanation!! But you didn't really ask for details. If you get stuck, try some of the tutorials in FCP/Compressor and DVD Studio Pro. Good luck!
Oh yeah, as the others have written, "broadcast quality" is a very loosely based term these days. When providing programs to media outlets as "DVD quality", it usually means as good as a quality you can get with the amount of space on a DVD. This all depend on your bit rate and the length of your video. There are bitrate calculators out there that can certainly help!
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
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I am making a FCP X movie and when it's finished I want to put it on a DVD using DVD Studio Pro. I have done this before but now I'm wondering if I should first export it to Compressor 4 and then to DVD Studio Pro. I understand that if I was puting it on YouTube or an iPod device I would need to Compress it however why would I need to go to Compresss 4 first if ultimately going to DVD Studio Pro? Would I get a better Codec quality then what I get from exporting in FCP X using their default Compression format i.e. Quicktime? Should I use an Apple ProRes Compression from Compressor 4? I guess I really don't understand the encoding quality options very well however I do want the best quality on my finished DVD. The DVD or Sequence is somewhere around 20 - 25 minutes if that makes any difference in your response.

The following applies equally to both C4 and C3.5 (which you have, if you have DVDSP). There is really very little that C4 can do compared to C3.5.
Bring your movie into Compressor as the source file. Drag the MPEG2 and Dolby Digitlal presets into the Batch window. Set the destination where you want your output file to be saved to.
If you are using HD material, open the Inspector>>Frame Controls and activate Frame Controls. Set Resize filter to Best. (If your source file is SD skip Frame Controls.) In the Encoding section, click on Quality and in mode change to CBR. Set your bit rate to 7.0.
Test a short representative section of your movie by marking a range in the Preview window. Submit.
Take your test file and drag it into the DVDSP asset pane. Do your build. Open it in DVD Player and see what you think. If you like the results, proceed with your project. If you're not satisfied, tweak your settings and test again.
Good luck.
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Using Compressor for DVD Output

I used a Sony CX-430V to record an event in 60p. Am I limited in the amount of video to compress to DVD? With standard video, I could work between 90 to 110 minutes. Total video I completed editing in HD is roughly 100 minutes. I am new to HD, FCPX and Compressor which is why I am inquiring.

Parm4u wrote:
Am I limited in the amount of video to compress to DVD?
Yes. You can lower the bit rate to fit more and more content, but at some point image quality will become unacceptable. Above two hours and you should probably use Dual Layer disks.
If you give Compressor an HD file it will down convert to a SD resolution and encode an MPEG2 file.
Russ

My sound mix does not sound the same after using Compressor for DVD

Hi,
Is there something I can do to maintain the sound mix of my original file when converting to the dolby in Compressor. It needs to be louder overall and sometimes the music goes way too low and the dialogue goes to soft. Sound effects were louder and now get quiet during some parts.
Help?
Thanks!

Hi:
You must do some changes in the standard AC3 preset from Compressor. Duplicate it, and chage the following settings:
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Save it and try it. You must get the same mix and level than your original.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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When I go to purchase from the app store it says it is only compatible with yosemite. And it will not download.
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You definitely don't need FCP to get Compressor.
But you do need Yosemite. Apple does make available updates to earlier versions of applications for people running 10.7 and higher, but AFAIK it's only for those who have previously purchased the application. Here is the support doc if you're interested in testing whether it will work for a new purchase.
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Thanks c F McBob...we now have sound!
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The "x" means the sound was set to "Mute" (See below)
http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-5707154-428325/450-71/FirefoxS creenSnapz001.jpg
When you move your mouse the the speaker icon, a "slider" will appear to the right.
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You can then slide the volume control and the "x" will turn to arcs indicating volume level
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Hey guys, your help would be greatly appreciated!
I shot a bunch of clips using 'ishowu' with the '640x480' option enabled... then imported them into Final Cut to make a movie.
My question is, now that the movie is done, what is the best way to export for youtube, using what dimensions? I tried to export using 1280x720 for youtubes widescreen, but it stretches out my whole video making everything look abnormally wide. How can I get the best video size but without it streching out my video?

Export it using 640x480.
There is no point in making it larger because you cannot put in information that is not there originally.
640 x 480 is the optimum size. Make it any bigger and it will just appear degraded.

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I have been using compressor for years to compress my video files. I edit the videos during the day and I let Compressor run all night long. Last night when I tried to run compressor over night something happened and I am hoping someone out there can help me out. What happened is that after a few minutes (probably 30 or less) my computer went to sleep. I have the computer settings set to never sleep, and it never does. Except now I find that when I run compressor, for some reason it goes to sleep. I can wake it up using the mouse, but that is not productive for overnight batch jobs. I even tried installing "jiggler" a program designed to move your mouse for you, but that didnt work. The computer still falls asleep. Does anyone know what is going on or how I might fix this problem?
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