Best codec for YouTube?

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January 7, 2011
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Hey guys! I'm currently looking for a good codec/format to convert my raw video files into that is friendly to YouTube and maintains a good balance between compression and quality. I've tried WMV, MOV, and recently H.264 with varying levels of success (the MOV and H.264 have an odd washed-out look to them). Any suggestions? I've spent far too many hours rendering different formats. Thanks, all!

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

Premiere has an excellent preset for YouTue under H.264.

Works wonderfully well, have used it several times.

K

KenAdamsNSAAuthor

Participant

When I use the H.264 format, I notice either blurriness, or dropped frames. The video stutters pretty badly, and the colors look too bright. There almost seems to be a lack of contrast. The raw video file was recorded at 59.94 frames, but whenever I set it to that, jumpiness and stuttering occurs. Whenever I set it lower, blurriness and phantom frames show up. This is the only format this happens in. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of, such as number of encoding passes, multiplexer, level, etc.? None of those things seem to really make sense to me. When I encode in WMV, I preserve the colors of the video, but the quality is pretty dramatically decreased, even though the file size is still around 750 MB, down from a 9.7 GB file. Any thoughts? Thanks, guys!