Tips for Recording Inexpensive 720p/1080p HD video for YouTube

Tips for recording HD (High Definition) video at 720p or 1080p at 30 fps

Windows Media Encoder Tutorial
http://castaa.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-for-windows-media-encoder.html

Slow or older CPU 720p or 1080p HD webcam recording trick:
http://castaa.blogspot.com/2011/10/recording-720p-video-30-fps-with.html

Expression Encoder 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/encoder4_overview.aspx

AMCap:
http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=video

MediaCoder:
http://www.mediacoderhq.com/

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• transcoding
• converting
• 720p
• 1080p
• logitech C510
• C525
• C625
• C910
• C310
• lifecam
• webcam
• flip minohd
• recording
• GoogleTV
• HDTV

[Fishwithchip]

Hey john :) I'm leaving this message as a freaking comment because my phone is silly.. anyway I would love to set up an interview with you. If you have some free time shoot me a pm and we can hash out the details. And as always.... keep it spicy!

[Castaa]

@Fishwithchip Interview about what?

[ckeilah]

If I ever need a Vincent Van Gogh for a production, you are the man! ;-)

[Castaa]

@ckeilah I'll cut off my ear for a buck.

[sarahspooner1]

wow it's strange how different the colour is between the two cameras, I didn't expect it to be that different lol! Great vid :D

[Castaa]

@sarahspooner1 Ya, my old webcam had bad yellow color issues using non-natural lighting. Now I look more pink though, which isn't great either. haha

[Fishwithchip]

@Castaa Well, it would be about what you do on YouTube, about your series on helping other people reach their YouTube goals, why you started YouTube, things of that nature. 

[MenOfLetters]

Castaa, get back to making philosophy videos. Your channel back in the pioneering days of YT was an intellectual hub. Don't be a truant professor or you will go to jail :)

[JunmaiShu]

Actually, I was referring to your resemblance to Van Gogh.

But yeah... the camera too.

[tasteface]

Thanks for this!

[Castaa]

@Thebriguy77 I looked at the newest flipcam software, I didn't see an option to convert it to a format Windows Movie Maker could use. How do you do it?

[Castaa]

@JunmaiShu Ya, I was somewhat surprised myself. I always thought my old webcam was pretty good but it's not compared to the current generation of cheap webcams.