My HD Video and YouTube stretching it.

[Scooter_NJ]

I uploaded a video to the site, 720 h264 mov and 16X9. Thing is, when I play it back there it's stretched and letterboxed. I looked through the help area, but saw no solution.

What could I be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

[minidv2dvd]

use mediainfo or gspot and post the info on the source you uploaded.

[Scooter_NJ]

General
Complete name : F:\DCIM\100MEDIA\FILE0007.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 23.8 MiB
Duration : 49s 194ms
Overall bit rate : 4 055 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54
Tagged date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54
AMBA :


Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 49s 182ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.000
Stream size : 23.5 MiB (99%)
Title : Ambarella AVC / Ambarella AVC
Encoded date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54
Tagged date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 49s 194ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.1 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 193 KiB (1%)
Title : Ambarella AAC / Ambarella AAC
Encoded date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54
Tagged date : UTC 2009-05-03 11:23:54

[minidv2dvd]

hard to say why it confused youtube, but there are a couple things i would try. first i would not use a .mov container. put the video into plain .mp4 format. second i'd ditch the variable bitrate for the video. go constant bitrate, maybe in the 4-5 mbps range if you want the youtube HD link, lower if you just want the HQ link.

[Scooter_NJ]

Thanks for looking this over.

I have no choice in the conatiner or bot rate, it's what the camera defaults to. It's the DXG-566V

[minidv2dvd]

well then, if you want them to look right on youtube, you are going to have to re-encode them to a more friendly format. maybe try the free programs handbrake or avidemux, they're in the tools section here.

[Scooter_NJ]

Thanks again. I just don't understand why this is happening. YouTube says that .mov h264 is a proper format for there.

Frustrating.

[guns1inger]

Open the MOV in Xvid4PSP, choose the MP4 container, and Copy for both Video and Audio. This will repackage the file without re-encoding.