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Tim Borek · September 8th, 2006, 10:54 AM

What Adobe Media Encoder settings are you using for creating YouTube videos? Their limits are 10 minutes and 100MB. I'm using Adobe Production Studio Premium, and on the whole, the Windows Media 9 codec offers the best quality/size compromise. Unless I'm missing somrthing, comparable-quality QuickTime files are easily 4x the size of WMV files.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

T.J.

Christopher Lefchik · September 9th, 2006, 09:47 AM

The QuickTime H.264 codec can offer comparable quality at the same bit rate to Windows Media and RealMedia. It can be accessed by simply installing the free QuickTime 7 Player. However, it still remains that the Adobe Media Encoder's bit rate slider is wildly inaccurate encoding to QuickTime files. Plus, H.264 is a rather processor intensive codec known for long encoding time. Since you have no compelling reason to use QuickTime, the easiest solution would be to stick with Windows Media.

Mark Williams · September 9th, 2006, 10:18 AM

I found that no matter how I encoded clips for youtube they re-encoded them and they turned out looking like crap. You might want to try putfile.com. They do not re-encode the clips.

Regards,

Nate Weaver · September 9th, 2006, 10:18 AM

I'd look into whether or not they have an option that doesn't involve the re-encoding to Flash video that they do on their server end.

YouTube always looks like crap because they're re-encoding low-bitrate web video to yet another low-bitrate. Recipe for badness.

Can you upload .FLV files?

Nic Brown · September 12th, 2006, 03:22 PM

I tried a bunch of different things, and a generic mpeg in the media encoder seems to be the best. 5 minutes is under 100MB, and if you have a longer file, you can either decrease the quality (which doesnt seem to affect it much) or you can decrease the size. I'm quite happy with how my videos look on youtube - check em out to see the quality, if you'd like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWte9J3nm28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8GpUJXgNE

Chris Wren · September 12th, 2006, 03:32 PM

I've noticed that I get the best results when uploading in QuickTime format. I encode my video's using Sorenson Squeeze.

September 8th, 2006, 10:54 AM	#1
Tim Borek Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Westfield, IN Posts: 353	Exporting for YouTube.com What Adobe Media Encoder settings are you using for creating YouTube videos? Their limits are 10 minutes and 100MB. I'm using Adobe Production Studio Premium, and on the whole, the Windows Media 9 codec offers the best quality/size compromise. Unless I'm missing somrthing, comparable-quality QuickTime files are easily 4x the size of WMV files. Thanks in advance for your recommendations! T.J.

September 9th, 2006, 10:18 AM	#3
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	I found that no matter how I encoded clips for youtube they re-encoded them and they turned out looking like crap. You might want to try putfile.com. They do not re-encode the clips. Regards, __________________ Mark videos: http://vimeo.com/channels/3523 Stock: http://www.pond5.com/artist/mark29

September 9th, 2006, 10:18 AM	#4
Nate Weaver Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,100	I'd look into whether or not they have an option that doesn't involve the re-encoding to Flash video that they do on their server end. YouTube always looks like crap because they're re-encoding low-bitrate web video to yet another low-bitrate. Recipe for badness. Can you upload .FLV files? __________________ My Work: nateweaver.net

September 12th, 2006, 03:22 PM	#5
Nic Brown New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 19	generic mpeg I tried a bunch of different things, and a generic mpeg in the media encoder seems to be the best. 5 minutes is under 100MB, and if you have a longer file, you can either decrease the quality (which doesnt seem to affect it much) or you can decrease the size. I'm quite happy with how my videos look on youtube - check em out to see the quality, if you'd like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWte9J3nm28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8GpUJXgNE

September 12th, 2006, 03:32 PM	#6
Chris Wren New Boot Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 18	I've noticed that I get the best results when uploading in QuickTime format. I encode my video's using Sorenson Squeeze. __________________ http://mediaforum.afterglowmedia.nl/

September 9th, 2006, 09:47 AM	#2
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	The QuickTime H.264 codec can offer comparable quality at the same bit rate to Windows Media and RealMedia. It can be accessed by simply installing the free QuickTime 7 Player. However, it still remains that the Adobe Media Encoder's bit rate slider is wildly inaccurate encoding to QuickTime files. Plus, H.264 is a rather processor intensive codec known for long encoding time. Since you have no compelling reason to use QuickTime, the easiest solution would be to stick with Windows Media.