Export HD Quality 1280x720 Widescreen Settings for YouTube HD

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By default, YouTube will show you the Normal version. If you encode your videos using the specs below, YouTube will give you the "watch in HD" option at the bottom-right of the video display.

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Export Settings
(Use (Adobe Media Encoder" not "Export Movie")

Format: QuickTime
Range: ~
Preset: YouTube HD (this is the name of MY preset

Summary: 1280x720, 29.97 [fps], Progressive, 24-bit - Color
Apple Lossless, 32 kHz, Stereo
Alternates: 0

Video Codec: H.264
Quality: 100
Frame Width [pixels]: 1,280
Frame Height [pixes]: 720
Frame Rate [fps]: 29.97
Field Order: Non (Progressive)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)

Set Bitrate [kbps]: 5,000 kbps

Uncheck everything else in Filters, Alternates, and Others
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Here's the MediaInfo:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 25.4 MiB
Duration : 43s 777ms
Overall bit rate : 4 858 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:09:23
Tagged date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:13:09

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 43s 777ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 236 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.153
Stream size : 22.1 MiB (87%)
Encoded date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:09:23
Tagged date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:13:08

Audio
Format : ALAC
Codec ID : alac
Codec ID/Info : Apple Lossless Format
Duration : 43s 777ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 616 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.22 MiB (13%)
Encoded date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:09:23
Tagged date : UTC 2008-12-03 05:13:08

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• YouTube
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• 720
• &fmt=18
• &fmt=22
• Export
• Codec
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• CS3
• H.264
• Widescreen
• 16x9
• Hack
• Quality
• Adobe
• Code
• YouTube HD Code

[MSDommell]

no, your computer just sucks.

[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??

[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.

[2MateaniK]

@marvincontendo ty

[marvincontendo]

@2MateaniK this was 2 years ago.

now it´s working

[2MateaniK]

@motionportpholio Watch in Fullscreen.

[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?