Best format and settings to render for youtube in sony vegas 7

[fuzzblaster]

Best format and settings to render for youtube in sony vegas 7.
Hi, Thanks in advance. I have s VHS footage that has been digitized using the canopus 110. Using sony vegas 7. In Vegas 7 what would be the best format to render the AVI files for use on you tube. Obviously not a format that needs huge files, but you tube lets you upload up to a gig, I'd like a crisp video but don't want to wait forever to upload. I've heard windows AVI, but what framesize or is there a template for the correct render that I can download or could someone give me the best settings or link to a tutorial. Does it make sense to use HD for video originally shot on S VHS and could I get a good resolution for a widescreen picture that would fill up the screen. A friend says that using HD will be like giving you a lossless version of the original, pretty much. Also for audio, should I set that for 4800 24 bit pcm. Thanks again and have a good holiday!

[aedipuss]

youtube prefers you to upload 264 .mp4 video with aac or mp3 audio. 1280x720 30p is good for the HD link if you use a bitrate of 5mbps or so.

i don't recall what you'd use for vegas 7 as i use the current version 10 pro. maybe the mainconcept or sony mp4/avc encoders are in 7?

[edDV]

If Vegas v7 doesn't have h.264 out, just export at native DV format, then us a free h.264 encoder such as Handbreak. Native 16 bit 48 KHz stereo audio should be fine. There is no advantage to upsampling.

[fuzzblaster]

My friend says for my video shot on S VHS camera it's better to render at 640X480 it is better for video from that source, if that makes any difference, I don't know..is HD for stuff shot on HD cameras.And I should render in HQ instead of HD, but I don't think vegas 7 has HQ. He also says a AVI for windows file is better than an MPEG4. The main concepts MP4 in vegas looks not so good. The h264 I know nothing about. Thanks. I'll have to look into it. Although if you think there is a way I can render videos just using vegas 7 that would be better.

I'll put up a link to my MPG4 and his HD version of the same thing. I would like to get that quality from one of the formats that sony vegas can render.

[fuzzblaster]

Here is is HD version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6zuEZ7b3GM

Here is my Mpg4 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtW3kWZYEMs

It may not be the same clip, but it's from the same project

Thanks for any imput