Whats the best video format? - SV650.org

Richie · 21-06-09, 09:16 AM

I've a 11 minute vid I want to conver to the smallest size but keeping the best quility?

I've got 2 vid converters..

Total Video converter and AVS Video Converter?

SO what format and screen size for youtube, so I can shrink a 180Mb Vid & post the vid of yesterdays Ride from Leyburn to Hawes.

it'll be Friday I think before I can answer any questions as going away far far down South in 10 minutes time.

cheers Richie.

21-06-09, 09:43 AM

These are the settings I use for my HD Youtube videos.

Audio

Mode: CBR
Format: Windows Media Audio 9.2
Attributes: 64 Kbps, 44KHz, Stereo (A/V) CBR

Video

Mode: CBR
Format: Windows Media Video 9
Image Size: 1280px x 720px
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000
Frame Rate: 25 FPS
Bit Rate: 3Mbps

While these settings don't give you the smallest file, they do give you a good quality HD image at the end of it. Sure you could use DIVX or Xvid but I personally find that's a whole can of worms where you never find a decent quality to file size ratio.

Also I think Youtube limits videos to around 10 mins 30 or somewhere round there.

21-06-09, 10:48 AM

Send the best quality you can as you tube convert it down to their compression ratios anyway, so the better you start it off the better results you get back. If you convert it for them by the time it then goes through their process then the results can be a bit disappointing.

ophic · 21-06-09, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bris

Send the best quality you can as you tube convert it down to their compression ratios anyway, so the better you start it off the better results you get back. If you convert it for them by the time it then goes through their process then the results can be a bit disappointing.

+1 - they re-encode everything anyway.

Don't agree about xvid and divx - these are the best file size/quality codecs I have used. It can take a long time to compress them though, with high cpu usage and several passes required.

Richie · 23-06-09, 05:36 PM

Cheers dudes...

Spiderman · 23-06-09, 08:33 PM

i was gonn say Betamax myself.

HTH

24-06-09, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seggons

These are the settings I use for my HD Youtube videos.

Audio

Mode: CBR
Format: Windows Media Audio 9.2
Attributes: 64 Kbps, 44KHz, Stereo (A/V) CBR

Video

Mode: CBR
Format: Windows Media Video 9
Image Size: 1280px x 720px
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000
Frame Rate: 25 FPS
Bit Rate: 3Mbps

While these settings don't give you the smallest file, they do give you a good quality HD image at the end of it. Sure you could use DIVX or Xvid but I personally find that's a whole can of worms where you never find a decent quality to file size ratio.

Also I think Youtube limits videos to around 10 mins 30 or somewhere round there.

Why WMV9? You tube will just have to convert it to H.264 anyway and thus you get transcoding losses.

Viney · 24-06-09, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderman

i was gonn say Betamax myself.

HTH

Im with you on that one!

21-06-09, 09:16 AM	#1
Richie fantabulas Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nr Durham Posts: 4,940	Whats the best video format? I've a 11 minute vid I want to conver to the smallest size but keeping the best quility? I've got 2 vid converters.. Total Video converter and AVS Video Converter? SO what format and screen size for youtube, so I can shrink a 180Mb Vid & post the vid of yesterdays Ride from Leyburn to Hawes. it'll be Friday I think before I can answer any questions as going away far far down South in 10 minutes time. cheers Richie. __________________ My Flickr photos

21-06-09, 09:43 AM	#2
Seggons Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Whats the best video format? These are the settings I use for my HD Youtube videos. Audio Mode: CBR Format: Windows Media Audio 9.2 Attributes: 64 Kbps, 44KHz, Stereo (A/V) CBR Video Mode: CBR Format: Windows Media Video 9 Image Size: 1280px x 720px Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000 Frame Rate: 25 FPS Bit Rate: 3Mbps While these settings don't give you the smallest file, they do give you a good quality HD image at the end of it. Sure you could use DIVX or Xvid but I personally find that's a whole can of worms where you never find a decent quality to file size ratio. Also I think Youtube limits videos to around 10 mins 30 or somewhere round there.

21-06-09, 10:48 AM	#3
bris Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Whats the best video format? Send the best quality you can as you tube convert it down to their compression ratios anyway, so the better you start it off the better results you get back. If you convert it for them by the time it then goes through their process then the results can be a bit disappointing.

23-06-09, 05:36 PM	#5
Richie fantabulas Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nr Durham Posts: 4,940	Re: Whats the best video format? Cheers dudes... __________________ My Flickr photos

23-06-09, 08:33 PM	#6
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