I am so over dodgy uploads!! HELP ME!

[JoeJoeMoto]

Ok, I am looking to copy someones settings for their GoPro, editing software, output files and upload settings. I am so over the shotty quality my videos get uploaded at. I am willing to re-learn a new editing program just to get this right.

I would like to know what everyone else is using with an example of one of your youtube uploads to compare quality.

Here are my settings:
Camera: GoPro Hero 3 Black - 1080p 30FPS.
Editing software: Cyberlink Powerdirector - 30FPS timeline
File production: MPEG-2 with custom settings - 1920x1080 - highest bitrate, smoothing and highest quality settings.
Upload: Automatic 1080p settings with youtube upload.

PLEASE HELP, here is the template for you to copy and paste:

Camera:
Editing software:
File production:
Upload:

 

[Shirou]

You're using MPEG-2 which is an outdated codec that does not support HD media. You should encode to H.264 with less than 10mbps.

 

[JoeJoeMoto]

Thanks Shirou, I will try that out next edit I do. Why should I choose a less than 10mbps one though? On the drop down in cyberlink that says that it is 720x576 (8mbps) All of the 1920x1080 ones are 16, 24 & 28mbps. They say things like 24p, 50i and 50p after them too which I don't understand.

 

[Shirou]

Try with this setting:
1280x720 (if you use 720p, 1920x1080 if you use 1080p), 10mbps, 25p (or 30p to match your source footage, whatever you shoot at), variable bitrate if you can choose, target bitrate 8, max bitrate 10.
Audio: AAC, 256kbps, stereo or mono, again match your source.
Don't go over 10 megabit per second, it's pointless because it produces a bigger file that will take longer to upload but youtube will recode to about 6mbps after they finish encoding.

 

[JoeJoeMoto]

Thanks for your help mate. I will try that out on my next vid and post up here with how it goes.

 

[Phill Andera]

Try with this setting:
1280x720 (if you use 720p, 1920x1080 if you use 1080p), 10mbps, 25p (or 30p to match your source footage, whatever you shoot at), variable bitrate if you can choose, target bitrate 8, max bitrate 10.
Audio: AAC, 256kbps, stereo or mono, again match your source.
Don't go over 10 megabit per second, it's pointless because it produces a bigger file that will take longer to upload but youtube will recode to about 6mbps after they finish encoding.

That's really useful info. I'm going to steal that too. My videos have been hit and miss as I don't know what settings to do either.

 

[Cagerontwowheels]

Thanks Shirou, I will try that out next edit I do. Why should I choose a less than 10mbps one though? On the drop down in cyberlink that says that it is 720x576 (8mbps) All of the 1920x1080 ones are 16, 24 & 28mbps. They say things like 24p, 50i and 50p after them too which I don't understand.

Resolution notation is as follows:
1920x1080x60p
1920: Amount of pixels in the width
1080: Amount of pixes in the height
now it gets confusing:
24/30/50/60 : Framerate. Amount of images per second. more is smoother action, but obviously larger files. 60fps is double the size of 30fps.
24p/24i: The letter has NOTHING to do with the framerate though.
i: Interlaced. Each image has only half the info. Halves the filesize. Every image(frame) only has every OTHER line refreshed.
For example, Frame 1 has only the even-numbered lines with image data. the others are black.
The next frame (Frame2) has the ODD numbered lines with image data. The others have the Frame1 data. Frame3 has new data only on even-numbered lines, and the odd numbered lines keep the frame2 data.
Anothe technique is to simply interlace with black lines (odd-numbered lines are black).
Very used in cheapo cams, to say they are 1080 resolution. Well... resolution IS 1080, but its simple 720p interlaced (usually with black lines).

p: Progressive scan. All the lines in the image are displayed in sequence. In encoding terms, it actually means full images on every frame.

Here is an interlaced action image (notice that because of the fast motion, the two frames that are being joined together are vastly different:

This is how an interlaced image is created (and it works very well if the footage is kinda static):

So avoid any kind of encoding (or cameras) that state 1080i
or 720i

720i is just a low res VGA camera interlaced, so it can be upscaled into 720.
BTW, chinese built stuff.... they say its 1080p.. it isnt. Its either straight out bullshit, or they really don't know the difference.