Exporting Video for Youtube
by Emily Fine
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Feb 6, 2008 at 9:02:36 pm
Hi. I'm trying to export a 10 minute movie so that it is small enough to post on youtube (or split in 2 parts). But every time I've tried it's either too large a file, horrible quality, or stutters. I don't have the Final Cut manual with me. Can anyone recommend a format and compression that will work?
Re: Exporting Video for Youtube by Kristen Korns on Feb 26, 2008 at 12:54:33 pm
Hi there,
I read this thread and am having a similar problem. I am overseas basically in the jungle and need to decrease the size of my video (800 MB) for uploading to youtube. I shot 16:9 and am having trouble keeping the format. I have never used compressor, so what settings and destination would I use, of course I would like the best quality possible. I am using FCP 6 but only have imovie HD, and need the final product to be less than 100 MB because the bandwidth is low.
Re: Exporting Video for Youtube by walter biscardi on Feb 26, 2008 at 1:50:28 pm
[Kristen Korns]"I have never used compressor, so what settings and destination would I use, of course I would like the best quality possible."
Just set the file size to be a maximum 100MB like I suggested above. "High Qualty" and "YouTube" don't go together. Even when you get your file under 100MB, YouTube will add another terrible layer of compression to your video turning it to mud. I have given up on trying to anything with quality on there.
The videos that you see that ARE high quality, are those that YouTube has deals with to promote the show/movie/band/series, etc... They are allowed to post without that added layer of compression.
Used to be if you kept your file under 100MB it would upload with no further compression. No more.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
Re: Exporting Video for Youtube by Zane Barker on Feb 7, 2008 at 1:04:30 am
If you have iMovie 08, then just export your video out of FCP using the current settings of the timeline, then pull that file into iMovie 08 and use the send to YouTube option.
Don't let technology get in the way of your creativity!
Re: Exporting Video for Youtube by Eric June on Feb 7, 2008 at 1:35:08 am
If you export an FLV1 (Flash) format video, YouTube will accept your video without transcoding and causing the quality problems that you see. This article explains how you can "trick" YouTube into accepting a video that is longer than its length restrictions:
