YouTube Quality Issues

[ClownInBrown]

Hello
Whenever I upload my videos to YouTube the quality loss immense. I know that this is normal but I've seen other videos of the same game that look stunning. So, obviously, it has something to do with the way I encode my footage. Over the last 2 days I've tried quite many different settings without any success at all, that's why I am here now.

Raw footage (if anyone wants to give it a shot)
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1582415/capture.rar
781 jpgs, 337 mb, 30 frames/sec


Latest encoded clip (with VirtualDub)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qydj5mdjnln/bio_vdub_2ndtry.avi

2pass
.avi
x264
8000kbps
Filters:
brightness
HSV
sharpen


Youtube'd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTgQJC8_dl0&hd=1


Same game but way better quality (not mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv27jids5r4&hd=1



Has anyone an idea why my clips look so bad? I'm running out of ideas..

[minidv2dvd]

i got your files and will look at them tomorrow. holy sh*t the source file was rather large.......

the one you are comparing to doesn't appear to be a screen capture. if you look, starting at 1:20 in the video goes out of focus for awhile. it had to be a cam.

[ClownInBrown]

Cool, thanks!
I'm pretty sure that's a blur effect at 1:20 though. :P

[minidv2dvd]

looking over your vid, the actual video quality is good. the problem seems to be the dude on the mouse. a bit twitchy are you? all that minute movement is causing the encoder fits. if you smooth out your mouse the video will be fine and not cause headaches.

here's what i made with premiere pro cs4 - 1280x720 avc mp4 @ ~ 1000kbps. bitrate's too low but i had to keep it under 6mb to post here. i don't think i could make it any better than yours even with a higher bitrate.

i still think the other was cammed off a monitor



sequence%2001.mp4

[ClownInBrown]

That's exactly what I thought as well after having watched some more gaming videos. The fast movement totally deteriorates the quality. I'm not sure but could the use of a different matrix improve the quality?
Thanks for your effort, though 1'000kps is definitely too low

[minidv2dvd]

even putting a higher bitrate or other codec ending to it won't help. the camera(mouse) moves faster than the screen can update, so the video on screen and recorded blurs a bit. old high quality analog monitors might have an edge with 100+ htz refresh rates if you have one around.

[ClownInBrown]

That's it!
Just tested it and it looks so much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEe_N7OPJzM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2F...er_profilepage
50fps and max bitrate

Thanks!

[zoobie]

hey...when are they gonna take all that crap off youtube and show movies?

[minidv2dvd]

hey...when are they gonna take all that crap off youtube and show movies?

hehe, what'sa matta zoob, don't you play any fps games? i spent more hours playing quake 2/3, ut, etc than it care to admit.....


the new sample looks much better ClownInBrown. is that your playing name? i'll make sure to give you an extra moment to run away if i come across you in a game.....

[zoobie]

gamers? oh brother...
if someone had told me years ago that they'd wait in line to spend hundreds on computer games, I would have looked at them like they had 2 heads