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afm2594
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October 13, 2019
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Youtube killing my premiere project

  • October 13, 2019
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Hi adobe community,

 

I am in this sticky sitatuion and I do not know what else to do to fix this problem. I have rendered at least 6 different versions of this project and cannot get one that is significantly better than the other when it is uploaded to youtube. Essentially, we shot a project for a client, denoised the image best as possible, color graded it and tried to salvage a more or less dark shot. The issue is that it looks ok on the computer, decent in vimeo, but completely destroyed in youtube. I understand that there is extra compression on youtube but I am looking for any tips/help to try to fix this problem. I have attached sample images and the settings I am using to render. Thank you! 

 

 

    

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    Averdahl
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    AverdahlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 14, 2019

    I just uploaded a test clip using those settings. Be ware of that you want to upload the .mxf file and not the similar .xmp file you get when exporting. 🙂

     

    It turned out that it was not the best settings for me since my source footage is 24.00 fps while the export i got is 23.976. You can also text QuickTime and use the GoProCineForm YUV 10-bit preset. The default Quality is set to 4 and that´s overkill for YouTube so try either 2 or 3. Even 1 should be enough. The lower the Quality slider is set, the smaller the files. 🙂

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    afm2594Author
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    October 14, 2019

    Hey Guys!! Thank you so much for the great recommendations. I tried using Prores and got significantly better results. I wamt to use DNxHD to compare the differences but I am not seeing that Youtube is able to support the file format. Any recommendation on that? Thank you. 

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 14, 2019

    Not everybody has a good upload speed, because those files take ages to upload.

     

     

      Averdahl
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      AverdahlCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 14, 2019

      Correct, but many people do have, so i see nothing wrong recommend it if quality is an issue.

      Averdahl
      Community Expert
      AverdahlCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 13, 2019

      For best quality on YouTube, export to either CineForm/ProRes or DNxHD/DNxHR and upload that file to YouTube.

       

      Or if you stay with H.264, use a higher bitrate and use CBR instead of VBR. Minimum bitrate i would have used is 30 Mbps. More is better but uploading CineForm/ProRes or DNxHD/DNxHR directly is best when it comes to quality.

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 13, 2019

        Youtube is know for its re-encoding. Nothing you can change about that.

        Turn off Max Render and Max Depth and try Adaptive high bitrate.

         

         

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