Settings for YouTube HD

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YouTube recommend "you may get the best uploading results from converting your file to MPEG4 video with MP3 audio" - http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55744

 

For the sound, use 44100 Hz instead of 48000 - http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=132460

 

I use AVI, 1280x720, framerate as per original clips (YouTube preserves this, allowing 25 or 30 fps for example - and so do Vimeo), and it works well for me with Encoder Options as follows: MPEG4 (Native) with average/max bitrate 9000, sound: MP3, 44100, 320 kbps, stereo.

 

I have also found that if I convert AVCHD Lite mts files in NCH's Prism converter (because they don't work 100% well in VideoPad otherwise) it's best to select [Options]... [Conversions]... and tick the box to use FFMPEG. Otherwise it looks shoddy. YouTube do say "it is recommended that you use FFMPEG" (see first link above).

 

Those settings should get you some good looking results... it works for me!