Why is 1080p on Youtube looking so bad?

[Dominick90]

Hi,

I have post many videos on Youtube and Vimeo. Shooting on Sony a6000, 50mm 1.8 lens. After export (High bitrate, VBR 2 pass, Maximum render quality - PC has no problem with this), original video in PC looks so nice. On Vimeo is also very nice. But problem with Youtube. I know, there is compression..but it looks horrible than others 1080p videos. There it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwjf8y8rLtA  . If I tried export video to Youtube preset upscaled 4K, video looks much better - mybe very close like original video at PC. Ok, but someone could said - oh, it´s 4K video, but looks like 1080p - There is same video in 4K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiARhDl_O1g&feature=youtu.be  .

So, could someone tell me, where is a problem? 🙂

Thanks very much

[Averdahl · Accepted solution]

Export the video as either CineForm or ProRes using the Quicktime exporter and use that file for uploading to YouTube. Skip Maximum Render Quality as well if you don´t really know that you need it. That option can in som cases decrease the video quality.

Yes, it will take longer time to upload, but the result will be different. 🙂

[Dominick90]

Thanks for advice. I tried that, and you are right, it looks better 🙂