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Tempritscher
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March 19, 2025
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YouTube 8K Export only shows 4K

  • March 19, 2025
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Greetings Community.

I'm currently trying to render some videos in 8K 60 FPS for a small project on YouTube.
Unfortunately, after processing the videos, YouTube only shows me a maximum resolution of 4K.
I'd like to know how to export the videos correctly in Premiere Pro so that the videos on my channel are also listed in 8K.
I've already seen several tutorials on YouTube that show presets for 8K export. Unfortunately, they weren't particularly helpful.

I would be happy if someone could help me with my problem.

 

My computer specs:
CPU: i9-14900K
RAM: 128GB DDR5
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
Adobe products are installed on an NVME SSD

    Correct answer Tempritscher

    Alright. I found the solution to the missing 8K resolution on YouTube.

    After uploading over ten short test videos using different rendering methods, I was able to see the first 8K videos after a few days.

    For anyone currently experiencing the same problem: My Premiere Pro 8K preset has the correct settings.

    I also had to open the YouTube editor after uploading and delete a millisecond from the video. Then, the video processing restarted, and after a short time, the desired 8K resolution appeared.

    If anyone would like to use my current 8K presets, I will upload the presets for my YouTube channel to my website soon so that they are available for everyone to download.

     

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    TempritscherAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2025

    Alright. I found the solution to the missing 8K resolution on YouTube.

    After uploading over ten short test videos using different rendering methods, I was able to see the first 8K videos after a few days.

    For anyone currently experiencing the same problem: My Premiere Pro 8K preset has the correct settings.

    I also had to open the YouTube editor after uploading and delete a millisecond from the video. Then, the video processing restarted, and after a short time, the desired 8K resolution appeared.

    If anyone would like to use my current 8K presets, I will upload the presets for my YouTube channel to my website soon so that they are available for everyone to download.

     

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      NttSkippy
      Participant
      September 11, 2025

      Your website doesn't work for me. Can you post the presets here?

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      Vikramaditya_Jain
      Participant
      April 4, 2025

      Your export settings and steps are completely fine, just that YouTube only actively shows convertion till 4K and takes longer to process 8K versions in the background while your video is up and available till 4K. Most times it can take upto a a few days to a week for 8K version to be avilable and the best part (sarcastically) YouTube doesn't show any message on the creator studio that 8K processing is still underway.

       

      I'd suggest waiting it out and checking after some time, the export settings and everyhting seem fine.

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        TempritscherAuthor
        Inspiring
        April 8, 2025

        Video was uploaded on March 15th.

        Since then nothing has changed.

        best regards

         

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 19, 2025

        Post screenshot sequence settings and export setting and media shown in Mediainfo in treeview

         

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        TempritscherAuthor
        Inspiring
        March 20, 2025

        Greetings

        here are the screenshots. i hope everything is right.

        i followed instructions on an older video from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse2vyHIYM4

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 20, 2025

        The only out of the ordinary is the audio: sequence is 44hKz and export is 48hKz.

        Try with all the max depth and render off.

         


        Did a little test. Mine does not go beyond 4K either.

        So I have no idea.

        the tutorial is 9 years old.

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