Please recomend basic compression program

[Crescere]

I am new to this and I just tried to post a video to YouTube that was .98 GB. It took 4 hours. Please recommend a program that is easy to use and will change the video to a format that will upload faster without sacrificing quality. Thank you in advance.

[smrpix]

Start with handbrake and/or winff. Match your output to You Tube's recommended settings (available on their site).

If you're not satisfied with the results, post back here with specific information about your file -- codec, format, raster size, audio format and we'll see what we can do.

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/HandBrake
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/WinFF

[hech54]

without sacrificing quality

NOT going to happen.

[Cornucopia]

Nothing was said about codec(s) chosen, bitrate chosen, or even the length of the clip. How are we supposed to guess with no info?

Scott

[Noahtuck]

Nothing was said about codec(s) chosen, bitrate chosen, or even the length of the clip. How are we supposed to guess with no info?

Scott

I was thinking basically the same thing, but regardless of what bitrate, length, etc. which really has nothing to do with uploading a file, any 1gb file is going to take a long time to upload to Youtube!!

The best you could do is already have it converted to a youtube friendly format so that YT does not convert it to their standards, but still, a 1gb file is going to take quite a while to upload there.

Even when I upload files 500mb to 700mb it takes a good 2 hours.

I don't know if YouTube limits their upload speed or not ?

[manono]

The best you could do is already have it converted to a youtube friendly format so that YT does not convert it to their standards

Whatever you upload to them in whatever format, they'll still reencode it.