Complete Noobie Question about using handbrake to youtube

[coachnelson]

I am a volleyball coach and when I upload my film to youtube it takes FOREVER so I was told to use handbrake to decode it and then upload to youtube. I've been doing it and it is faster but was wondering if I could do some things to optimize the time both on handbrake and youtube in order to reduce the time of getting film up. I'm using a Sony HDR-SR10 for filming and my average game is about 3,000,000 KB (split into 2 files). In handbrake I set the constant quality to 24 and using the preset fast1080p30. Is there anything else I should do to decrease my time without losing a ton of quality. This film doesn't need to be super HD quality but needs to be decent quality as we will have some film chopped up for recruiting videos of certain players highlights.

Thanks so much, as this is so far out of my realm.

[Bernix]

You can reduce audio in Handbrake, if you dont needed 5.1 Dolby digital. But AAC codec in Handbrake isnt very much good. But if you downmix 5.1 to stereo AAC 128kb/s you can spare some time, if upload of your video is slow.

EDIT can you post Mediainfo report of your original video ?

Bernix

[coachnelson]

You can reduce audio in Handbrake, if you dont needed 5.1 Dolby digital. But AAC codec in Handbrake isnt very much good. But if you downmix 5.1 to stereo AAC 128kb/s you can spare some time, if upload of your video is slow.

EDIT can you post Mediainfo report of your original video ?

Bernix

Where do I find that? And what info do you need?

[jagabo]

If your hardware has it, try using Intel's Quick Sync encoder in handbrake. It will probably be faster than x264.

[coachnelson]

If your hardware has it, try using Intel's Quick Sync encoder in handbrake. It will probably be faster than x264.

Is that H.264 (Intel QSV)?

[Bernix]

Just if your 1080p 30fps is correct. I saw one direct output from this camera and it was 25i, but of course, you are in US....
Mediainfo is small utility that provides such details like frame per second and resolution if is it progresive or interlaced...
You can find audio setting in tab Audio but I think it actually did transcoding it to 160 kb/s AAC stereo (i mean preset 1080p30)

Bernix

[jagabo]

If your hardware has it, try using Intel's Quick Sync encoder in handbrake. It will probably be faster than x264.

Is that H.264 (Intel QSV)?

Yes.

[coachnelson]

Mediainfo information attached

[Bernix]

You recorded it 1440/1080i 29,970 so I suggest you keep original size. And set frame rate to same as source and no Peak but constant frame rate. So you record it 4:3 with 16:9 flag. But possibly Handbrake do it automaticaly for you. I am not sure.
I suggest you to do your own preset. https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/advanced/custom-presets.html
If your desired container is mkv not mp4, you can than set aspect ratio in mkvtoolnix to 16/9 but I dont know how it works in mp4. So convert it 1440/1080 and then in mkvtoolnix set aspect ratio to 16/9 and remux. But I am hopeless here same as you are.

Bernix

[coachnelson]

Haha I just want film on youtube so my girls can watch the film. It's just a time consuming process getting it on there.

[jagabo]

Handbrake will handle all the aspect ratio stuff for you. Just select the "Normal" preset, open your video, on the Filters tab select Deinterlace -> Fast, set the audio to Auto Pass-thru, on the Video tab select Constant Frame Rate, FPS Same As Source, Codec H.264 (Intel QSV), set the quality you want, and encode. On my fairly old i5 2600K it encodes at about 120 fps.

[coachnelson]

Handbrake will handle all the aspect ratio stuff for you. Just select the "Normal" preset, open your video, on the Filters tab select Deinterlace -> Fast, set the audio to Auto Pass-thru, on the Video tab select Constant Frame Rate, FPS Same As Source, Codec H.264 (Intel QSV), set the quality you want, and encode. On my fairly old i5 2600K it encodes at about 120 fps.

On the filter tab for deinterlace it has off, yadif, and decomb as the choices.

[jagabo]

Handbrake will handle all the aspect ratio stuff for you. Just select the "Normal" preset, open your video, on the Filters tab select Deinterlace -> Fast, set the audio to Auto Pass-thru, on the Video tab select Constant Frame Rate, FPS Same As Source, Codec H.264 (Intel QSV), set the quality you want, and encode. On my fairly old i5 2600K it encodes at about 120 fps.

On the filter tab for deinterlace it has off, yadif, and decomb as the choices.

Mine has Off, Custom, Fast, Slow, Slower, Bob. But I haven't updated in a while since I don't really use the program. Try Yadif -- it's fast and is usually pretty good.

[poisondeathray]

The source video doesn't have a lot of video bitrate (6.1Mb/s) for 1440x1080i . It's not going to look too pretty if you reduce it more

What is your internet connection that you're trying to upload to YT on ? Are you a coach at school? How about using school internet ? Unless you are in some rural area, they usually have fast broadband

[jagabo]

Or reduce the frame size (smaller frames require less bitrate).

[coachnelson]

The source video doesn't have a lot of video bitrate (6.1Mb/s) for 1440x1080i . It's not going to look too pretty if you reduce it more

What is your internet connection that you're trying to upload to YT on ? Are you a coach at school? How about using school internet ? Unless you are in some rural area, they usually have fast broadband

I'm using our school's internet...small city. 9.59 Mbps DL/ .95 Mbps UL according to speedtest.net