Youtube Upload, increase quality/control (HQ hack obsolete)

[Assault]

Try using Avanti, load the flash template and adjust the frame rate/size and the bitrates and you're good to go.

[Spritemoney]

zappa_engine, how did u make that flv reader program? With what?

[zappa_engine]

Okay, I'd like to analyze the videos that are getting re-encoded. If you don't mind, send me a link or copy of source FLV through private message or e-mail, zappa_engine@yahoo.com

To develop this software, I used Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, which is a commercial program. If you're interested in working with the code though, you have free tools available. They are:

1) .NET SDK (Software Development Kit) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FE6F2099-B7B4-4F47-A244-C96D6...displaylang=en

2) Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition http://www.microsoft.com/Express/Download
-OR-
2) SharpDevelop 2.2 http://sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/GetFile.aspx?What=Setup&Release=Serralongue

Any support beyond that will not be given.

[Ronkis]

sent you a link via pm zappa..

had to make new videos, didnt have the old ones left..
but the same thing happens to the new ones, they work at first, youtube show
them as high quality but then they get reencoded within 10 minutes of upload

bedtime for me now, "ill be back"..! tomorrow

[neohanime]

Upload your PowerPoint to YouTube, you can use [LINK DELETED]. It is a very small and convenient tool.

Spam?

Anyways, I hope there's a solution to the re-encoded movies.

[Spartacomp]

Here are the latest results using the "C243" method with some adjustments.

- Resolution 640x480
- Videodatarate 709kbps
- Audiodatarate 127kbps
- Duration 4.04 minutes
- Proper thumbnail
- Plays immediately without 2 seconds delay
- Stereo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqigbTwKzjo

The only persistent problem yet to be solved is that sometimes (not always!) the video appears somewhat jagged, which can be solved by switching to full screen and back again or hitting the refresh button. This problem only occurs with resolution 640x480 (and perhaps higher resolution as well).

I will share the adjustments with Frifox (and hope it passes the 48 hours test ofcourse).
I am sure a much higher quality result can be reached with a higher quality source video.

Greetings,

Spartacomp

[Spritemoney]

zappa, is there a way to make this for the mac?
The program that u made, is there a way to make it for the mac?

[zappa_engine]

I've never programmed for the Mac OS. I don't imagine it would be hard for a programmer though. I didn't use any OS specific code except maybe for the generation of a text image. The code mostly does just a lot of file reading and writing, which any OS should be able to handle.

[mikejf]

zappa_engine's method still holding after 46 hours. I'm using frifox old method of Vegas + VMuTube 1.1, then I run zappa's FLV reader.exe

thx zappa!

[neohanime]

^^ So far so good.

EDIT: Quality was kept after upload, but duration was wrong hmmm. A 3:42 min video was finished after 1:05 min and the YouTube thumbnail started popping up. However, the sound was still playing in the background until it's finished. Anyone experiencing this with the "Vegas + VMuTube + zappa_engine" method?

[FreeOurTube]

H.264 Inside™
Noisy Outside™

[frifox]

H.264 Inside™

now, THATS what i call progress

[zappa_engine]

Yes, I'll be working to analyze that and integrate it asap now.
The question I'm wondering is how do you encode H.264 in a FLV container?

It's not working for me, but I know it's probably because I am using Flash Player 8. (Version 9 is buggy for me). I'm going to see if I can confirm it with my tool. For people interested, that command is:
"FLV Reader.exe" -i interesting.flv -info > flvinfo.txt

[FreeOurTube]

Yes, I'll be working to analyze that and integrate it asap now.
The question I'm wondering is how do you encode H.264 in a FLV container?

Since FFmpeg revision 13438:

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy video.flv

[zappa_engine]

I'll go ahead and confirm it.

Reading next FLV tag...
Tag type 9 [VIDEO]
Tag Size of Data 42
Timestamp 4092
Timestamp extended 0
>>[VIDEO DETAILS START]
FrameType: 2, CodecID: 7
Unimplemented codec (UNIMPLEMENTED)
<<[VIDEO DETAILS END]
Position in stream: 264379
Reading previous tag size...
Tag size 53

Reading next FLV tag...
Tag type 8 [AUDIO]
Tag Size of Data 374
Timestamp 4100
Timestamp extended 0
>>[AUDIO DETAILS START]
AAC (44-kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo)
<<[AUDIO DETAILS END]
Position in stream: 264768
Reading previous tag size...
Tag size 385

CodecID 7 = AVC
Audio Details: AAC!

A very nice container...

[frifox]

AAC - 5.1 Audio

[zappa_engine]

^^ So far so good.

EDIT: Quality was kept after upload, but duration was wrong hmmm. A 3:42 min video was finished after 1:05 min and the YouTube thumbnail started popping up. However, the sound was still playing in the background until it's finished. Anyone experiencing this with the "Vegas + VMuTube + zappa_engine" method?

I think it will be fixed next released. This issue has to do with using old custom tags. Try deleting custom*.flv.tag before using the tool again, until next release which will clean up after itself.

[neohanime]

Thanks zappa...

[rajman]

H.264 Inside™

now, THATS what i call progress

Absolutely man, I too had no idea H.264 would work! I remember trying it a while ago, I got H.264 in the FLV video but always got rejected by Youtube....but this is some interesting progress by FreeOurTube. Let see what we can do now XD

[zappa_engine]

I've done my analysis but I don't really see anything new. Well, actually something but I think it was redundant.
There were two thumbframes, a rejector frame, and then the main video. I think I just need to encode a H.264 video and try it.

[frifox]

I've done my analysis but I don't really see anything new. Well, actually something but I think it was redundant.
There were two thumbframes, a rejector frame, and then the main video. I think I just need to encode a H.264 video and try it.

hehe, interestingly i came to the same conclusion now trying it out too

[rajman]

I've done my analysis but I don't really see anything new. Well, actually something but I think it was redundant.
There were two thumbframes, a rejector frame, and then the main video. I think I just need to encode a H.264 video and try it.

hehe, interestingly i came to the same conclusion now trying it out too

Deja Vu

[Spritemoney]

I've done my analysis but I don't really see anything new. Well, actually something but I think it was redundant.
There were two thumbframes, a rejector frame, and then the main video. I think I just need to encode a H.264 video and try it.

hehe, interestingly i came to the same conclusion now trying it out too

forgive me if i go offtopic, but frifox how was your vacation!?, and where did u go?
Also zappa, i'm trying out your program now, if it's sucscessful, thanks!

UPDATE: woot it works, except with my original vid, if i add fmt=18 it looks better, but that is cuz i used vmutube, too, and i play around with the settings, i always use a different settings, but zappa, thx.

[zappa_engine]

I am getting failed to encode messages I even tried the double thumbs. I may need to resync the timestamps and check at the end of the video for any interesting pads. Anyways, that'll be a while as I'm tired now and going to eat.

Glad it works for you Spritemoney

Oh yeah, I should note I logged on to another PC with flash player 9 and tried to play the H264 video and it still didn't work. Even though I notice the H264 codec looking inside the downloaded FLV file, is it playing for anyone on YouTube (besides the 4 second thumbframe?)

Okay, one more note. Yes, there is continuation video after the main video. I did miss that since it was like finding a needle in the haystack. I love the find feature though

[cjwcorp]

Does the 16x12 method not work anymore???
please reply someone or private message

[frifox]

lol, i made a test vid... H264 padded with 1sec H263 on both sides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnHw8sIvMM

the interesting part: pressing FULLSCREEN button on youtube's player causes my browsers to crash....
both FF3 and IE7

[zappa_engine]

I figure it will work for any codec that can be contained in FLV.
Is it still working?

[frifox]

okay, the test vid got converted to LQ. and with that - the bug went away, the fun is over

now, i should prolong the fun by applying one of our HQ methods to keep that bugged FLV in its original form lol

[rajman]

Damnit I keep getting 'Failed (unable to convert video file)'

[zappa_engine]

I saved the FLV file to analyze and just got around to analyzing it. I didn't see any AVC codes inside it. Just a ton of H263 video packets and switched resolution types with bad picture codes. I think that experiment failed drastically