Sony Vegas Pro 8 YouTube HQ Settings Tutorial

*** EDIT DECEMBER 2008 ***
I'll be making a new video shortly showing how to use the new 720p HD widescreen format. These settings are the old ones that do not produce the "HD" format now supported.
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Here are the settings I have been using for my HQ YouTube videos for HDV filmed on a widescreen camcorder (Canon HV20). All of my video uploaded since 05/07/08 has used the settings.

Even videos with lots of motion in them, like trains, can look really good on the YouTube servers. The video covers just the project and encoding settings, not the in between editing.

*** After uploading it sometimes takes as long as 3 DAYS for YouTube to get the HQ version in to their processing so only the "standard" quality version will show until then. ***

Sony Vegas Pro 8

Custom template - MainConcept MP4
640x480
Profile: Base
Frame Rate: 29.970
Field Order: None, Progressive Scan
Ratio: 1.000000
Quality: Best
Bit Rate: min 500kbps, max 900

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