what to export format to use with AVIUTL

[uglijimus]

I am making screen capture videos using active presenter. I export to MKV (that's the best quality it has) and then I use AVIUTL to edit, add music, text, etc.

My question is, when I am done editing my video, what is the best quality format to export to? Or maybe I should ask, what are some of the best lossless export formats in relation to a manageable size?

[Baldrick]

What is your goal with the video? Is it the final format? Then use h264 in mp4/mkv.

[uglijimus]

yes it is the final video. it will then be uploaded to youtube.

when I render it with AVIUTL, should I save as an avi or should I save with plugins? Don't I need to have h246 installed somewhere on my computer?

[Baldrick]

Youtube will reconvert the video. So you can export as avi with a lossless codec(huffyuv, lagarith)...but it's probably too big so you can then use xvid with very high bitrate.

[racer-x]

x264 and x265 encoders should be included in the "3rd Party" folder within Aviutl. I would export with x264 via Export with plugins. Quality will be very good at a small filesize.