Export HD Quality 1280x720 Widescreen Settings for YouTube HD

[xXStodoXx]

I set my sequence to 1280 by 720 and it only renders 720 by 480...

[SephieStrife]

I tried for hours to figure this out on my own but using these settings worked in two seconds. Thanks so much for the clear and easy to understand help.

[PerfectLoovee]

where is 480p?

[gazeebo88]

When I use these settings the video itself gets cropped into a smaller format and I get black bars all around the video. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Using exact settings as shown in the description.

[gongze]

Thanks for the video, it really helped!

[LeopoldGames]

Can you make one 1920x1080 one, thanks ;D

[flbarulhento]

games is to render the same configuration?

[humanbatteries911]

Oh also important is make sure to leave the audio sample size at 16 bit. I changed it to 32 bit because of my amateurish thinking that the audio would be higher quality, but then no sound came out. The video rendered in 2 hours, and then when I found there was no audio I was not very happy. And the quality is awesome. Thank you!

[icecreamtimmy]

hey thanks man good vid,really helped , btw, I love san diego!

[mrpowers4667]

I shoot in 720p with a 59.94fps. My camera is a P-2000.

My question is does the frame rate HAVE to be 30?

[CookingEggss]

@mrpowers4667 No it doesn't, it can be any frame rate, dosnt matter what your cameras frame rate is, my camera shoots 30fps but i like to export it at 24fps cause it gives it more of a professional look :) hope this helped lol

[ThePakwarrior]

OOOOOOOk so i have Adobe premiere 2 and whenever i export my video the size of the video(visually)is very small so can u help me?

[KhalsaSoulja]

I'm using CS3 and I used to use these settings but now for some reason i don't have the option for apple lossless audio.

Can you tell me why and where I'm going wrong please.

[Utorak007]

Hey, i just followed your set instructions for exporting a vid. On the media encoder section i don't have anything on the audio tab, do i need to download a codec? Because the file i exported had no sound.. Please reply!

[Utorak007]

@Utorak007 Whoops... noobish mistake, checked everything else, except the expor audio part... Forgive me.

[SheedsEnterprises]

@Utorak007 lol mee too

[Utorak007]

@SheedsEnterprises lol oh dear

[805Nick805]

What are your Premiere Pro import settings?

[RiveGauche1999]

hi, i want to convert clips from .wmv to .mp4 but i don't want them too large but i want them of decent quality, what are some common modes i can use? i currently have:

Video Code: x264

Frame size: 1280x720

Video Bitrate: 10000

Video Framerate:30

Encode pass: 2

How can i lower this so the files won't be sooo large when i try to import them into realplayer after i convert? any help would be appreciate . . . .

[xqzr]

hi guys, i have the problem that when i play the video in players like VLC or quicktime it doesn't plays in fullscreen. there are always blackbars left,right,top and bottom.

i think it should be very simple to fix this, but i don't get it. i used your settings, so it should be fullscreen right?!?

[artymarty73]

Is this true HD, because my HD Camera doesn't seem to come out in true HD on YouTube, only part HD. The quality on other videos is crisper than mine

[Cletten]

And in Vegas?

[ThisIzWizz]

Wait.. if I have a sequence ready to be exported, can I use Adobe Media Encoder straight from Premiere, or what do I export it as before I put it into Encoder? (Sorry if that's a stupid question)

[ThisIzWizz]

Wait.. if I have a sequence ready to be exported, can I use Adobe Media Encoder straight from Premiere, or what do I export it as before I put it into Encoder? (Sorry if that's a stupid question)

[1ricca]

this will happen if you have an older processor in your pc or mac. flash is cpu heavy.

[MichaelEatonFilms]

This was a great help thanks!

[chluk2425]

i can't find where to set the bitrat =( there's no such option in my CS4 premiere pro under quick time format...

[kiefdogCO]

THank you thank you thank you!! after several hours of frustration this worked perfect!!!

[Dannychiem]

Thx!

[elementskateboards9]

for some reason whenever i put it on high quality my youtube lags

[NickandCharlieShorts]

woot san deigo i live there!!!!

[jamesosix]

wow great stuff, however when i play my movie in quicktime i have no audio, and same for windows media player, however i do have audio in vlc. will i still have audio if i upload it youtube? Either way great work.

[jamesosix]

@jamesosix never mind i fixed it. great stuff..5 stars!

[SinisterPictures911]

This video is awesome, saveds my ass every time

[DJparsons89]

I need help i like the settings i have for my Quicktime Export but i can't get the videos under 2 GB. Alot of ppl change the Data Rate. Does that make the video size smaller with out changing the quality?

[kicox1]

i havent tried your settings yet

but at the beggining u say to use Media Encoder

but i always use Export Movie and it

gives me the same quality as original HD footage and YouTube still has the HD button

ill go try ur way now see if theres any difference

thx on settings tho

[MarkoDanielShow]

doesn't work....

[EASkate2FTWF]

This work for WMV to????

[sonicballer8888]

@EASkate2FTWF

Yes. WMV is actually pretty good on youtube.

[Isaiyan01]

omg its a good thing that i already have mediacoder aka media encoder

[lifeknow]

AWESOME! really the best settings ever found to upload on youtube or vimeo.. thanx so much man!

[mxpimp47]

the output is the media so the media info is the properties of the finished media. you know "right click" - "properties".

[ikkeennigij121]

nice one...but what do you mean with "Here's the MediaInfo:

"

[pointlessvideos12]

mediainfo is a program that reads information about the container (ex. MP4 or AVI) and the video & audio codecs

[ikkeennigij121]

ah ok thanks!

[UselessInnovations]

Well if I put your config on my projects they end up looking all pixelated and they don't keep the 1280x720 widescreen...

[HDnumba1pLaYa]

why is the pixel aspect ratio: square pixels (1.0) set? why not 16:9? i dont really know the meaning of square pixels aspect ratio. i know wat 16:9 and 4:3 ratios are. nice vid man!!

[motionportpholio]

YOUR VIDEO still HAS BLACK BARS.

I know it didnt have it before. Neither did mine,

Whats going on? Did you tube change the format again??

[ChewySatisfaction]

I read that they changed aspect to align the rest of the page layout...

[2MateaniK]

@motionportpholio Watch in Fullscreen.

[marvincontendo]

@2MateaniK this was 2 years ago.

now it´s working

[2MateaniK]

@marvincontendo ty

[MogglasTV]

this vid is very choppy...

[MSDommell]

no, your computer just sucks.

[jakegrady95]

all hd vids are choppy for me

[AlexanderRaoul]

Thanks! Your a saviour!

[sxcsaint]

HD quality is to good for my crappy computer =(

is there anyway to make the quality good but not so good it laggs....????

[sopoliz]

Can you comment on these settings, as well?

m-peg 4 improved?

preserve aspect ratio? (which one - letterbox, crop, fit to screen)

streaming?

My HD Videos from a Canon 5D, Mark II still look like crap.

: (

Thanks for your help!

Liz

[pr0duc1ion]

woot 6 am

[PandoraBatteryBuys]

Any ideas as to why under export "Media Encoder" does not show up even tho its installed on my computer?

[BaloogaStudios]

I actually just used File-Export-Media (or something like that), and after I chose the settings, it took me to media encoder.

[rebelBodhi]

awesome, thank you for making something clear enough, and with all the settings right there in one place. Video conversion/encoding can be such a pain, thanks!

[desmond365]

mate!!! i could kiss you right now! 5 stars wish i could give more!!!

[NineLivesProductions]

OMG THIS IS PERFECT! I thought that flash was the best!!!

[lamp301]

its good but must take a lot of space on your computer if you actually save your videos.

[Graffitifreak01]

thank you so much!!

this is what I needed!!!!!!

[skeppner87]

where the hell do i get adobe media encoder for cs3?

[JoeSlayer]

it's already there. instead of Export > Video, do Export > Adobe Media Encoder

[freekanature1]

pretty good so far..... besides the 4 hour rendering process...

[xStamos]

1280x720 is producing a black border on the sides for me. Any ideas?

[BlackPheonix81]

whatever your recording with produces 720p capable footage, Right?

[lifeknow]

maybe your footage is not widescreen native, maybe you have to crop the footaga in the first page, to obtain the right look, then givin these measures, you'll obtain the complete HD format.

[Taurai321]

Hey, thanks so much for the help!

[sjoerdgames4]

Todat in the morning, I had a M2ts file that I put in Adobe, it works fine and tested it on YouTube. But if I try it again now with another, Adobe said: Unsuported File or Damaged. What's the problem?

[tehtud2008]

but how do you deinterlace the video? It really sucks, I have these stupid stripes on the video after export...

[hermogino]

Set the Field Order to: None (Progressive)

[tehtud2008]

It is, automatically. I can not even change it.

you can look for your self the video. Search for tule tipptegijate ülikooli filmikaader

[DirtyNewYorker01]

arrrrr, awesome :)

[gazeebo88]

Thanks man! These settings work like a charm, great video quality and very small size.

I'm going to try and upload some new HD footage shot with my new camara right now.

[morrowmike]

Can I use these settings in Sony Vegas Pro 9 also?

[ThinkMeDead]

Does anyone know why when i click HD my video goes all glitchy?

[yoggsoft]

A B S O L U T E L Y A M A Z I N G..... days searching and this was just what i needed to do.... i got my ugly 568Mb video into 59Mb HD 720p .mov!!! thanks a lot manÇ!

[lifeknow]

I quote!

[rahc09]

shit, perfect.

[MXWEwrestling2009]

That's clear.

[jordzuk]

nice one man, short simple video with a preview, perfect

5*

[TheLunaDivider112]

This is exactly what I need. Thank you sir I've been fiddling around with the Premiere settings for ages now.

[wowlaxis]

wow it looks totaly awesome in fullscreen

well youtube have increased the video qualety verry much, well thank you for the video settings ;D have a nice day

[davros1973]

This video was just what I needed! I was struggling to get high quality low-bitrate videos ... I've played with virtual-dub and adobe premier-pro years ago ... but am only now really taking an interest in it. I was having problems with vista 64 in relation to codecs etc., and was having to learn about h264 settings in ffdshow and x264 and so on ... this video solved all my headaches and failures in one easy clear set of instructions. THANK YOU!

[chet280]

hey whar bit rate did u use? will it make my video HD if i still leave my bitrate at 3000?

[sonicballer8888]

yea. any bitrate works, as long as the resolution is at least 1280 x 720.

[azuritereaction]

I did a 4 minute movie with these settings and it ended up at 1.12 gigs, i've been doing video editing for around 5 years now so I know i'm using the correct programs, settings, checked boxes, everything he said down to the tee.

So is there some bizarre reason the filesize is so massively inflated? I render the exact same stuff directly through Quicktime Pro instead of Premiere and the same 4 minute movie is around 100MB...

[hermogino]

Remember, use Adobe Media Encoder, not Export Movie.

[azuritereaction]

yep, i'm using adobe media encoder under export movie. i followed all of your instructions to the tee, it's not compressing the videos at all.

[cameraman288]

do you mean to..

open premiere project, file, export, media, then do all the necessary number changes and such?

im using cs4 on a mac, and the video that came out after these exact settings was horrendous...but it is a SD minidv video.

[0Antar0]

same for me, looks really bad :/

[jordzuk]

same here

[yozitaki]

what was your input video? you should have 720p or higher with a decent frame rate before making this conversion

[psp4lifefull]

SUPER vid converter, I just uploaded a halo gameplay vid in highest settings+HD by converting it to HD format with much better sound.

Hope it turns out good (still uploading at the time writing)

btw its in 1280x720 res 24.FPS (best for youtube)

[INSPIRIT1]

thx for the comment smleh, makes sense. After a couple of attempts I was able to upload my file in HD. Looks ok, not great, but when you hit the HD button it makes it indeed a lot better

[INSPIRIT1]

hmmm I exported my HD file exactly in the settings in CS3 that were suggested in the video above. ended up being 700 MB for 2 minutes. How does hermogino get 44 sec in 25 MB??? ..And then youtube is giving me the message "upload failed (unable to convert video file). any help would be appreciated

[smleh]

I think that video is 25mb because most of it is just static text which will compress really efficiently

[stetson21]

it doens't play smooth for me..... i reset the video in HD.... why would it do that? i got 2 gigs of ram and a good vid card....

[madx80h]

Same thing here with my computer.. my own HD videos, and downloaded content play fine but youtube HD content wont play right.. might need 4gb ram instead of 2

[fuckcybersociety]

that's weird... i only have 1 GB and everything is working smoothly

[XFM24Productions]

wow and i dont even have 1 gig of ram i think and it runs fine, (after its done loading wich takes not very long

[techtopia]

Its not your RAM, its your connection speed.

[fabiantemp]

I shot a bunch of footage with an AVCHD camera and then planned on using Adobe Premiere CS4 to edit. My computer couldnt handle the raw AVCHD footage so I used Adobe media encoder to convert over to P2. It worked better for editing purposes). Now that I am done, i have tried to export according to your tips and for some reason the final product looks really bad? Does anyone have any suggestions? THX

[worldofbong]

probably because you've encoded twice (each encode will make it worse) or maybe check how you encoded it the first time

[bongobl]

the frames are too large in HD. I don't think the internet is fast enough for HD but it's so cool!!!!!

[privatejags]

it works... you just have to reset the video whenever you click "watch in HD," otherwise you'll usually get a slow, laggy effect.

[bongobl]

oh yeah huh

[LRCProductionsUS]

I was in heaven when I found this... BUT!!!

nothing matches my setting or what I get on the screen.

[LRCProductionsUS]

what I'm saying is that I don't have a preset called "YouTube HD"

[symanleedsuk]

How do you make a vid 16:9? i am using standard 16:9 DVD PAL format mpg's. No matter what i do i cant get them in 16:9. They come into Premiere as 16:9 i set everything to 16:9 and export the movie. It always comes out 4:3. CyberLink PowerDirector does it without any problems why is Premiere so crap at it?

[silentutot]

change Pixel Aspect Square to (1.0) 1:1 ?

[LRCProductionsUS]

Yo Dude!!! You are my God right now!!!

I have been trying everything to fix this all day!!! and the 1:1 thing did it. THANKS!!!

[silentutot]

np. i had the same problem D:

[LRCProductionsUS]

Hey did you figure this out? because I'm having the same thing with Premier Pro CS3

[LRCProductionsUS]

never mind, got it. thanks

[HilariousShortFilms]

can you do this with adobe premiere elements 3. beucase it has an hd quality setting but its on the export movie. will it stil work?

[deluxedookie]

yeah san diego FTW!

[Kailys3]

Hah I didn't recognize it until you mentioned it..which is sad, because I live in SD XD Well, what can I say, I was more interested in getting the stupid widescreen settings to work.

[Mpd9093]

Did you edit this in Premiere??

I made something in After effects and I don't know how to get it in Premiere so I can get it in HD..

btw my after effects video is 1280x720

[bezemsteel15]

even with windows movie maker you can export in HD

[Whammo1963]

Aren't YouTube videos 25FPS?

[Whammo1963]

And shouldn't it be exported to FLV format?

[snaarfaz]

whats kbps?

[hermogino]

kilobits per second

[rioishikawa]

FINALLY someone with legitimate youtube HD settings. i'll be testing these settings asap, ALSO favourited =3

[LiquidFriction]

Plain MP4 format 4mbps @ 1280x720 is all you need to give great quality

[warkilla]

Have you ever had the resulting video out of premier using these settings play back in slow motion? The resulting video I render plays slower, people move slower and their voices sound deeeeper.

[hermogino]

Hmm...I'll have to do another test. YT has been doing many updates. Maybe these settings don't work anymore. Thanks for the headsup.

[jasonlittlejohn89]

WoW - great clarity...

[ZaleZR]

What camera do you use ?

[hermogino]

I used my Sony HDR-FX7 for these shots.

[LiquidFriction]

Also, the crysis video I made is 4:30 long and when viewed in HD it makes it 1:30 long. . .I dont get it.

[hermogino]

I checked out your Crysis videos. Seems fine to me. They both played throughout (4:10 and 4:37 long).

[LiquidFriction]

yea i had messed with it quite a bit more before i found the right codecs to use.

[LiquidFriction]

I tried using this codec, the video was good overall (check my channel for the HD videos to see) but in HD it loses sound with apple loseless @ 36 & 44khz, any idea what's up?

[DreamScripters]

HOLY SHIT THATS GOOD QUALITY!

[Dpark95]

thanks bunches

[devious222]

thx dude.. this was very helpful. even, not for youtube use. I couldn't even figure out how to export HD video without it being like 20 gb and never playing on any player. such amazingly small files! i'm happy now

[BlackPheonix81]

Youtube accepts .MOV files yes?

Lol

[XxRoycexX]

doesn't look as good as your previous one.

[Oelenberger]

I have tried the settings that you have listed and I am having problems with audio cutting in and out. Its playing the music fast sometimes then cuts it off? This is happening after I export? What do you guys think... any help would be great!

[BlackPheonix81]

Maybe its just your CPU is too low MHz to encode something Into High Def...Im using Intel Core2 Quad QX6700 At 3.2GHz, Its going just fine, Really fast infact. Its only taking 5 Minutes to encode a 7 min vid. Dual cores shouldnt have a problem...Have you tried quiting all background applications before encoding?...And what program are you using?

[Oelenberger]

I tried the settings that you have listed and the audio goes crazy??? Anyone have a suggestion? Thanks

[jewrabs]

also should you uncheck the stuff in alternates? and on the output tab of the encoder, is the deinterlace box checked or unchecked?

[jewrabs]

first off this is really good. but a couple questions. what cam did you use? it says you used 29.97 fps progressive. so does that mean u shot in 30p?? cuz then it says non progressive later...so what did you shoot in?

[kiefer23]

Where has the holy Watch in HD button gone! :'(

Everything has been converted to High Quality :( Hope they fix this soon.

[awakethrucolor]

when i used your settings it says its gonna take 17 hours to export a 3 minute video :(

[lefty1471]

Whats your comp spec?

[tsankey]

Thanks for the video hermogino. I think you will find that if you use these settings for anything over a min plus, the audio will get out of sync. I believe this is a you tube decoding problem. Can you try these settings to see if your audio gets out of sync with HD option?

[DTrinh09]

thank you your tutorial showed me how to do this correctly! :)

[scrubrug]

When I save the video under these settings it still has two black bars on the side. Does the raw fotage have to already be in the 1280x720 format?

[davids5a2]

No, just the footage you want to upload.

[darkpyro038]

Beautiful.

[ALEXsk8r]

when i use these settings if u try to watch the uploaded video in hd there is no sound. why?

[hermogino]

When you watch the video you have just encoded (on your PC, not on YouTube), is there sound? Make sure you're using Apple Lossless for your audio. That's the only setting I've tested so far and it works.

[ALEXsk8r]

ive been using apple lossless and its worked for every other video but my last two videos using apple lossless havnt worked. thanks for the kelp but i dont know what to do cuz none of my videos have sound. if you could please tell me the problem and how to fix it i would appreciate it but thanks anyway

[hermogino]

Thanks for the tip! I'll switch to MainConcept's H.264 if I ever run into problems with QuickTime's.

[GTAfreAk112]

dude, now try &fmt=22 on this vid, real HD :)

[GTAfreAk112]

omg ignore me, i went reading comments instead of reading teh first few sec of the vid xD..

[hermogino]

No worries ;) Isn't the HD quality great? It's awesome!

[GTAfreAk112]

yes uts awsome,the video is sharp on my 32" monitor :D

[RJtexasUSA]

I need help (googling didn't help). I also use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. I experimented with wmv9 first and was able to get the HD option. Then, I tried to encode the same video in MPEG-4 using the same settings as yours. The normal version is fine, but when I view in HD, the video length gets cut off from 3:09 to 2:03. I tried 2 other lower bitrates but still the same problem. The wmv9 version didn't have this cut off problem in hd. Anyone, any idea why this is happening? Please advise. Thanks.

[hermogino]

Does your original video (the video that you uploaded to YT) also cuts off? Make sure you're using QuickTime's H.264 codec (not MainConcept's).

[RJtexasUSA]

I did use H.264. The original video and the normal version after uploading is just fine, but when I click to enable the HD, about 1:06 at the end of the video is cut off. Several posts at the youtube forum mentioned a similar problem of video length getting cut off at the end of the high quality version. So I think this is an issue with youtube. But since this doesn't happen to all videos, I hope there's some strange way of fixing it. Like I said, it doesn't happen on the wmv9 version. Strange!

[hermogino]

Strange. Something is always up with YT. They're always making changes. Hopefully they'll fix that problem. Hang in there.

[RJtexasUSA]

FINALLY problem solved. I used H.264 for the actual "Format:" setting. The Quicktime format with H.264 codec is "technically" fine but youtube just won't cooperate with my videos after numerous (lost count) attempts of uploading. Youtube needs to fix this problem, since I am starting to see more of the same complaint at the youtube help forum. Using H.264 for the format (in Adobe), the HD version is no longer cut off at the end of the video and the audio seems to be fine. Thanks.

[ugforthewin]

That is impressive; you will need a good camera for this though! Great for screen capturing.

[hermogino]

Yup. You can find 720p flash-memory video cameras for about $90. They take decent video in good light (poor video in low light however). Search "Insignia HD Video".

[TherapudicCaffeine]

Thank you YouTube for finally supporting HD! Some really great videos here have been ruined by YouTube's previous shitty low res quality. Now we just wait for the good HD videos to come. =]

[wondnaereh]

Beautiful quality video and sound!!!

[WoNmIn]

i tried MPEG stream clip, but what exactly do i have to do in it? Im pretty confused at all the different options...can you help please?

[WoNmIn]

hey i did EXACTLY your settings except mine is 4000bitrate, yet my 3min file comes out to be over 1gig, can you help?

[WoNmIn]

wait i meant 7min file

[oletheking92]

tanks mate, managed it now :D

[AndyBoneS14]

awesome thanks mate :)