MPEG-4 Videos Pixellated and Blurred After Uploading To You Tube

MrBooojangles

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Apr 28, 2014 19:57

Hi,

I'm new to Power Director and I have got Power Director 12 Ultimate. I also upload videos on You Tube.

I made up some test videos on PD12 using 1280x720 MOV files from my Panasonic DMC-FZ45 camera and produced the videos using different custom settings with different bitrates and saved them as MPEG-4 files on my computer.

After producing them they were pretty clear and played back ok, but after uploading them to You Tube the start and end titles seem pixellated or blurred. Also the first file of the videos seem pixellated or blurred around the edges of the man, boy and boat and seems a bit jerky, but the end file of the building being demolished is clear. I also tried removing the effects and PIP from the man, boy and boat file and producing and uploading that video but it made no difference (links and details below).

As a comparison I made up a video on PD12 using files from my old Kodak Z700 compact camera which only did 640x480, MOV, 13fps files and uploaded it and I don't see much difference in quality to the Panasonic ones. Please ignore the jerky movement at the beginning of the Kodak video, that was the camera not PD12.

Am I doing something wrong or is it a You Tube problem?

CubbyHouseFilms videos and many other Power Director videos are clear on You Tube and not jerky!

One other thing, I don't notice much difference in video quality between the produced 6000kbps and 16000kbps videos on my computer or between the uploaded ones. Is that normal?

Here are the links and details of the uploaded videos to view as you wish:
Watching in full screen obviously shows the problem better.

PANASONIC
Produced as: MPEG-4 6000kbps 30fps
Audio compression rate: 384kbps
Produced file size: 135MB
http://youtu.be/xriy1XbLKxA
Upload time: 34mins

PANASONIC
Produced as: MPEG-4 8000kbps 30fps
Audio compression rate: 384kbps
Produced file size: 179MB
http://youtu.be/DKH99MqriIc
Upload time: 45mins

PANASONIC
Produced as: MPEG-4 16000kbps 29.97fps (default setting)
Audio compression rate: 384kbps
Produced file size: 338MB
http://youtu.be/Re14JlJ-Xtg
Upload time: 80mins

PANASONIC NO PIP NO EFFECT
Produced as: MPEG-4 8000kbps 30fps
Audio compression rate: 384kbps
Produced file size: 179MB
http://youtu.be/bGxYJ8ws_Os
Upload time: 45mins

KODAK 4-3
Produced as: MPEG-4 2000kbps 25fps
Audio compression rate: 96kbps
Produced file size: 38.5MB
http://youtu.be/uLpAiSz7Evk
Upload time: 9.5mins

CubbyHouseFilms (example video for comparison)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpPgpkHDUPo

Here are the details of the camera video files used if you need to know them:

PANASONIC BOAT VIDEO FILE
1280x720p
Format: MOV
Total Video Bitrate: 31753kbps 30fps
Audio Bitrate: 514kbps stereo

PANASONIC DEMOLITION VIDEO FILE
1280x720p
Format: MOV
Total Video Bitrate: 31767kbps 30fps
Audio Bitrate: 512kbps stereo

KODAK LARGE BOAT VIDEO FILE
640x480p
Format: MOV
Total Video Bitrate: 2155kbps 13fps
Audio Bitrate: 99kbps mono

KODAK GARDENING VIDEO FILE
640x480p
Format: MOV
Total Video Bitrate: 2201kbps 13fps
Audio Bitrate: 98kbps mono

KODAK EXCAVATOR VIDEO FILE
640x480p
Format: MOV
Total Video Bitrate: 2196kbps 13fps
Audio Bitrate: 96kbps mono

Any help is gratefully received.

Martin. :

My You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBooojangles

MY COMPUTER:
Alienware R4
Intel Core i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz
64bit
Quad core. RAM 16GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX670
Windows 7 home premium

CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Apr 28, 2014 23:54

Hi Martin

I'm unsure why your Youtube aren't as good as they should be. I do know that YT re-renders and micro checks for any signs of music

Here's my process:

I Produce my videos to MPEG-4 with a custom setting of 128x720 6000kbps for my standard definition stuff and MPEG-4 with a Custom setting of 1920x1080 8000kbps for my full high definition stuff. By Custom managing the lower bitrates makes the file sizes a lot smaller and as you have alluded to and makes no difference at all to the naked eye.

I never use the YT uploader in PD (way to many problems) preferring to upload via YT itself.

Since Google bought YT I have found their music copyright laws quite ridiculous (e.g. a friend playing a piano gets pinged for copyright and you spend hours trying to contact them to let them know it's not!

My workaround for this is Vimeo. https://vimeo.com

Their compression/encoding is much better than YT and the Copyright 'laws' aren't as strict.

Happy editing and thanks for watching my YT stuff. You can also find me on Vimeo

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Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
CubbyHouseFilms
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MrBooojangles

Newbie Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Joined: Mar 25, 2014 20:42 Messages: 10 Offline

Apr 30, 2014 19:24

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Yeah it's odd, because after uploading the test videos on YT of my Panasonic camera files, on the YT video manager the videos came up with the HD logo alongside them and I thought great

. But when I looked under the settings (round daisy wheel) on the bottom of the YT player it was checked on 360p

.

When I changed it to 720p the video played as clear as the file on my computer. But when I went back to the video a while later, the setting had gone back to 360p. Obviously I can't tell everyone or expect everyone to watch every new video of mine in the 720p setting, it needs to be automatic. I saw yours were rightly fixed on 1080p.

I had a thought today, maybe they don't look so good because I put those videos as "unlisted" and not "public" or maybe because I have not "verified" my channel yet in the YT channel settings. What do you think?

Cheers,
Martin. My You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBooojangles

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Alienware R4
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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Apr 30, 2014 19:48

Hi

You could right, the default setting in YT could be 360.

Try their Help area and see if you can alter the default in your Settings page.

Happy editing :

Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
CubbyHouseFilms
My Youtube Channel
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Carl312

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Apr 30, 2014 23:05

The video Resolution that Youtube plays depends on the players computer setting and if the Youtube player is playing in the small player or midsize player or full screen player.
It also depends on the players internet speed. If your connection is not high speed broadband you will get the 360P resolution.

You can always click the star on the Youtube player and select the higher resolution.

Youtube Help Video Quality
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/91449?hl=en

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MrBooojangles

Newbie Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Joined: Mar 25, 2014 20:42 Messages: 10 Offline

May 05, 2014 20:41

Hi,

Thanks for both you guys advice again.

Like Carl said the only help related to this on You Tube is about it depending on internet speed, computer and You Tube player size.

I checked and my wireless router says I am getting 54mbps.

I have also changed the You Tube account setting to 'play HD automatically in full screen'. This don't seem to work automatically with me but I can change the daisy wheel setting on the YT player to 720p and it comes up as HD and does then play as clear as the file on my computer.

Another thought I had is maybe the 'boat stuck' file of mine had become corrupted possibly in the camera recording or copying to computer stages.

I have started doing a couple other test videos. One I have reimported the 'boat stuck' file into PD12 and will produce it and upload it.

The other I will try is the files of 'school demolition' and produce and upload that one to see if it makes a difference.

On my test videos above, the 'school demolition' file played clear even with the You Tube player on 360p.

I will let you all know what happens after doing that.

It just seems a bit odd that I can watch Neil's (CubbyHouseFilms) videos very clear and without buffering and they show 1080p under the daisy wheel setting on the YT player (and other peoples videos), Yet mine stayed on 360p when they are 720p camera files produced as 720p.

Cheers,
Martin. My You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBooojangles

MY COMPUTER:
Alienware R4
Intel Core i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz
64bit
Quad core. RAM 16GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX670
Windows 7 home premium