Youtube formats...

[Heyjoojoo]

This has beens something that has confused me since Youtube has undergone their configuration changes since Google's interception. But what is the best format to upload video to Youtube? They say M264, mpeg, but I've seen so many people suggest so many formats are better than what they suggest. I'm looking fr the best and sharpest format. I have to rip from a DVD (my personal) but not sure which format of video to rip in for Youtube. Any helpers?

[creamyhorror]

The best format is the original, unprocessed format assuming it's progressive. If you have that, upload tht directly.

If the source is interlaced, deinterlace with a good deinterlacer and encode at high quality and bitrate with an advanced encoder (e.g. x264). This maximizes the quality of the video transferred to Youtube. Youtube then re-encodes the video, degrading the quality - that's why uploading at highest quality is important.

If the source is telecined (i.e. a movie), do the same but inverse telecine instead of deinterlace.

For even better quality, do an upsize to a larger resolution (e.g. 480p to 576p, or 720p to 960p) during your encode, because Youtube messes up vertical resolution during its re-encode, resulting in loss of detail.

Practically, if your DVD is interlaced (as they usually are), use Handbrake or a similar GUI to do an x264 encode using the High Profile setting at about RF 18, then upload the MP4/MKV file to Youtube. Handbrake will automatically deinterlace or detelecine as necessary. You can also do a upsize if you want.

[lowellriggsiam]

I have found that uncompressed avis upload, but play the audio only with a black screen and M4V doesn't decode, M2V seems to work well.

[Heyjoojoo]

The best format is the original, unprocessed format assuming it's progressive. If you have that, upload tht directly.

If the source is interlaced, deinterlace with a good deinterlacer and encode at high quality and bitrate with an advanced encoder (e.g. x264). This maximizes the quality of the video transferred to Youtube. Youtube then re-encodes the video, degrading the quality - that's why uploading at highest quality is important.

If the source is telecined (i.e. a movie), do the same but inverse telecine instead of deinterlace.

For even better quality, do an upsize to a larger resolution (e.g. 480p to 576p, or 720p to 960p) during your encode, because Youtube messes up vertical resolution during its re-encode, resulting in loss of detail.

Practically, if your DVD is interlaced (as they usually are), use Handbrake or a similar GUI to do an x264 encode using the High Profile setting at about RF 18, then upload the MP4/MKV file to Youtube. Handbrake will automatically deinterlace or detelecine as necessary. You can also do a upsize if you want.

Ah. Thanks for this.

What' does RF 18 mean? Is this Reference Frames? If so, it only goes up to 16.

[txporter]

The best format is the original, unprocessed format assuming it's progressive. If you have that, upload tht directly.

If the source is interlaced, deinterlace with a good deinterlacer and encode at high quality and bitrate with an advanced encoder (e.g. x264). This maximizes the quality of the video transferred to Youtube. Youtube then re-encodes the video, degrading the quality - that's why uploading at highest quality is important.

If the source is telecined (i.e. a movie), do the same but inverse telecine instead of deinterlace.

For even better quality, do an upsize to a larger resolution (e.g. 480p to 576p, or 720p to 960p) during your encode, because Youtube messes up vertical resolution during its re-encode, resulting in loss of detail.

Practically, if your DVD is interlaced (as they usually are), use Handbrake or a similar GUI to do an x264 encode using the High Profile setting at about RF 18, then upload the MP4/MKV file to Youtube. Handbrake will automatically deinterlace or detelecine as necessary. You can also do a upsize if you want.

Ah. Thanks for this.

What' does RF 18 mean? Is this Reference Frames? If so, it only goes up to 16.

I think he meant CRF 18. It is generally considered transparent (i.e. no visual difference from source).

[Heyjoojoo]

The best format is the original, unprocessed format assuming it's progressive. If you have that, upload tht directly.

If the source is interlaced, deinterlace with a good deinterlacer and encode at high quality and bitrate with an advanced encoder (e.g. x264). This maximizes the quality of the video transferred to Youtube. Youtube then re-encodes the video, degrading the quality - that's why uploading at highest quality is important.

If the source is telecined (i.e. a movie), do the same but inverse telecine instead of deinterlace.

For even better quality, do an upsize to a larger resolution (e.g. 480p to 576p, or 720p to 960p) during your encode, because Youtube messes up vertical resolution during its re-encode, resulting in loss of detail.

Practically, if your DVD is interlaced (as they usually are), use Handbrake or a similar GUI to do an x264 encode using the High Profile setting at about RF 18, then upload the MP4/MKV file to Youtube. Handbrake will automatically deinterlace or detelecine as necessary. You can also do a upsize if you want.

Ah. Thanks for this.

What' does RF 18 mean? Is this Reference Frames? If so, it only goes up to 16.

I think he meant CRF 18. It is generally considered transparent (i.e. no visual difference from source).

Cool! Got it. Thanks.

[creamyhorror]

Handbrake uses the labels "RF" and "Constant Quality", so I used that. (RF = rate factor) Anyway good luck with the conversion.

[V1de0Luvr]

My HD TV captures are typically 400MB or more for a 4-minute video. I do not upload original 720p (or 1080) content to YouTube. I encode with Handbrake to approx. the same quality that YouTube will convert it to - 2000 Kbps for 720p, or 3500 for 1080p. The command line I use for 720p content:

HandBrakeCLI.exe -i "filename.mpg" -o "filename.mp4" -O -e x264 -b 2000 -E faac -R 44.1 -B 128 -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50

For 1080i substitute -b 3500 and add the -decomb option to deinterlace. To see the finished product go to my channel - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=V1de0Luvr#g/u

[SatStorm]

Best format? My tests show me ol' good mjpeg... After all, it is a nice source for re-encoding.
Huge files of course, that's why I end up feeding youtube with h264, as most people.

[Heyjoojoo]

Is Handbrake able to make the video it encodes autoplay on Youtube? Just curious...

Also, another question about Handbrake, how can I select 'all chapters' on the DVD rather than selecting them one by one? It's a pain when you have over ten chapters and you want to rip all of them.

[creamyhorror]

Is Handbrake able to make the video it encodes autoplay on Youtube? Just curious...

The video itself does not determine if Youtube autoplays it.

Also, another question about Handbrake, how can I select 'all chapters' on the DVD rather than selecting them one by one? It's a pain when you have over ten chapters and you want to rip all of them.

Aren't there two dropdown boxes?: "Chapters _____ through _____"?