MPEG4 for YouTube
by Rick Wise
on
Feb 14, 2008 at 11:51:34 pm
A client insists I load her video on YouTube. Currently YouTube specifies that best upload settings are a file rendered to:
--MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid)
--640 x 480
--MP3 audio
--30 fps
Vegas 8 does not seem to have the MPEG4 option. Is that a codec I have to buy separately? If so, how do I get Vegas to recognize it?
Elsewhere I have read it is possible to upload a video rendered to FLV-6 with On2 (which I have.) But YouTube makes no mention of this option. Anyone know about it vs. the MPEG4 route?
Thanks.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
www.RickWiseDP.com
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com
Re: MPEG4 for YouTube by Neil Moxham on Feb 15, 2008 at 12:40:06 am
WMV works great !!
check out this link to a youtube specialist.
lesson is for vegas5 but applies to all versions after.
We have posted about 75 videos like this with great results.
give it a try.
Re: MPEG4 for YouTube by Mike Kujbida on Feb 15, 2008 at 12:53:46 am
"Vegas 8 does not seem to have the MPEG4 option."
It does. You're just looking in the wrong place :-)
Select "MainConcept AVC/AAC (*.mp4)" in the "Save as type" box and the "Apple iPod 640x480 Video" template.
Render and upload.
I've seen a few YouTube videos done with this codec and they look great!!
Re: MPEG4 for YouTube by Allen Zagel on Feb 15, 2008 at 4:04:12 am
Encoding to Flash use to work great for You Tube but I have heard that now You Tube re converts everything to flash regardless. Hense you're better off using one of the suggestions above. I haven't tried the MP4 yet because the WMV tutorial does work great. You don't need a double rendered flash file Ugh!
That tutorial says to choose the 1mbps. In Vegas 7 the lowest choice you have initially is 3mbps. Then re-set it under the video tab to 1mbps.
Allen
