unclebuck

Hi group. I've just tried my hand at uploading some video footage but I'm disappointed with the quality. I converted it to their recommended compression type and size i.e. - MPEG4 (Divx or Xvid) format at 320x240 resolution and 30fps but it still looks rubbish compared to the same file before upload.

YouTube - red_marley_2005_crash_xvid

I'm other clips I see on there look a lot better (and many a lot worse) but I don't understand where I'm going wrong. Anyone know what formats work best? I'm confused.

STi-Frenchie

We've been using Quicktime 512Kb streams at 768x480 (IIRC) -- large files, usually about 25-30MB but as they stream, no problem and our video editors seem happy with them (I just do the conversion from MPEG before the upload).

Edit: video resolution 640x480

unclebuck

Right, tried using QT compression and rendering it out at 640 x 480 as you suggested and it looks exactly the same as the others once uploaded (and to be honest not quite as good as the xvid or Divx results)

I'm beginning to think that the compression they use doesn't like moving cameras with 'complicated' backgrounds. I think that the compression they use can't handle it well at all, hence all the artifacts.

thanks for the suggestion though.

Anyone else know anything that could help?

TIA