Which is the best format for uploading to youtube

Ian26

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Mar 06, 2018 08:57

Hi there,

I was wondering what is the best format for producing & uploading to Youtube. When setting up for Online producing with Youtube, I'm using a profile of FULL HD Quality 1920x1080. When PD16 renders the video and asks for Export file location, I noticed it saves as .WMV. Wouldn't MP4 be the better format?

Thanks.

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IanB
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tomasc

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Mar 06, 2018 10:11

Whatever file is re-encoded by YT anyway. You don't have to use PD16 YT uploader. You can produce a mp4 file and upload it to YT yourself using the Creator studio,

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Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

Mar 06, 2018 16:57

Quote Whatever file is re-encoded by YT anyway. You don't have to use PD16 YT uploader. You can produce a mp4 file and upload it to YT yourself using the Creator studio,

OK, thanks for that. One other question, how long should it take for a 23 minute video take to upload?

Thanks. IanB
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tomasc

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Mar 06, 2018 18:36

Assuming that you produced a mp4 file using a standard profile of 16 Mbps then that is about 2.2 GB in size. What is the broadband speed that you purchased from the cable or dsl company. If for example you purchased 12 Mbps for $50 a month then that is your download speed. The data rate is asymmetrical. Upload speed is about a tenth of that. It should take about 3 hours to upload that file if no other net traffic is in the way.