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Bebbs
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January 15, 2018
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Twitter video - blurred moving titles

  • January 15, 2018
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I have made a short vid in After Effects, but I am getting blur on moving titles when I upload to Twitter.

The project is created using full-page PDFs and titles created in AE, with three compositions generated using the same artwork.

When I view the final compositions exported via Media Encoder they appears fine, both on the screen they were created on (MacBookPro) and desktop screens running Windows.

But when I upload to Twitter, the moving titles appear blurry - although sometimes they settle down after the film has been uploaded for a while (anything from a few minutes to a few hours).

I’ve tried various permutations of H.264, from the Twitter and Facebook presets to variations on different pass rates, full render, target bit rate, field order etc. Same problem still appears.

An internet search indicates blurry video is relatively common on Twitter, so I guess it’s to do with the way the Twitter servers ingest and export the video I send them.

But does anyone know a Media Encoder setting that I may have missed that allows the Twitter servers to export clear video immediately?

Thanks,

Simon

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Correct answer Bebbs

Hi Rameez,

It would take quite a few screen shots to show you all the settings I've tried, so I'll summarise:

Using H.264 and the existing Twitter 720HD preset, words in the artwork appear as if they are slightly smudged on my screen (without uploading to Twitter). The file exported as a 3.4mb MP4 file.

I fiddled with render depth, quality and frame blending, but none gave great results.

The best results came when I customised the Twitter 720HD target bitrate settings (default is 2.05mbps)  to:

4.0mbps, VBR, 1 pass (5.6mb file size),

or

4.0mbps, CBR (5.6mb file size)

or

2.05mbps, VBR, 2 pass (4mb file size)

Hope that helps other users.

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Rameez_Khan
Rameez_Khan
Legend
January 15, 2018

Hey Bebbs,

I think you're seeing a much more compressed version of your video on Twitter. As Mylenium pointed out, these services encode the video again, thereby compressing the video and deteriorating its quality. If you could provide us a screenshot of your Export Settings window, we might be able to suggest if there is a chance of improving the result.

Thanks,

Rameez

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BebbsAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
January 16, 2018

Hi Rameez,

It would take quite a few screen shots to show you all the settings I've tried, so I'll summarise:

Using H.264 and the existing Twitter 720HD preset, words in the artwork appear as if they are slightly smudged on my screen (without uploading to Twitter). The file exported as a 3.4mb MP4 file.

I fiddled with render depth, quality and frame blending, but none gave great results.

The best results came when I customised the Twitter 720HD target bitrate settings (default is 2.05mbps)  to:

4.0mbps, VBR, 1 pass (5.6mb file size),

or

4.0mbps, CBR (5.6mb file size)

or

2.05mbps, VBR, 2 pass (4mb file size)

Hope that helps other users.

Rameez_Khan
Rameez_Khan
Legend
January 19, 2018

Thanks for providing the details, Bebbs!

I'm sure Premiere Pro presets are made by the engineering after checking the defined standards for each of these online services such as Twitter, YouTube, and others.

Glad to know that you got better results after playing with the bitrate. This will definitely help others!

Best,

Rameez

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
January 15, 2018

Long answer: No. This is just how it works - on twitter, Facebook, YouTube, everywhere. All these services first create a fast encode version of videos and will queue up the rest for later., where in some cases "later" never even happens if demand for a video is low and no high-quality version would be required. Your only option to speed matters along would be to sign up for the paid options via their "preferred partner" or whatever affiliate and marketing programs.

Mylenium

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BebbsAuthor
Participant
January 16, 2018

Thanks Mylenium, you just confirmed what I guessed was the situation.

H.264 in an MP4 seems to be the most usual setting, but I had just wondered is anyone had found a magic bullet using some settings not derived from H.264. But from what you say, that seems v unlikely.

Thanks for taking the trouble to confirm my fears. 

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