You know you’ve done it. You’re part of the YouTube generation and you’ve not only watched videos but uploaded them as well. Once you did that though you realized the quality of your video just sucked. You tried a variety of things and still aren’t happy with the quality.
In the meantime, read through this article and you’ll get some better looking videos in the long run.
Resolution ” Taking a video at a resolution too small for YouTube means that when it goes into the service it will need to be stretched. This is a surefire way to lose most if not all of the quality of a video and even may make it unwatchable. Your best bet for a safe resolution is the recommended YouTube size of 1280×720, also known as 720. Now you’re all gasping because you can get HD quality. It will make for a large file but YouTube can handle up to 1GB files as long as they’re not more than 10 minutes (actually 10:59).
Bit rate ” Without getting into the technical mumbo jumbo, this is how much information each second of your video is. The more information means the better quality generally. So when you’re making your video, editing or converting you’ll want to get this to somewhere around 6 Megabits-per-second and 8 Megabits-per-second. This will give you a large file size that should fit into the YouTube limits (1GB) and still give you ample quality after the YouTube compression process. This is a good way to make sure your video will retain some semblance of what it looked like when you made it.
What else can you do to help YouTube make your video the best it can be? Well you can make sure your audio tracks are set to MP3 or AAC encoding (44.1KHz Stereo) for one. Another thing you can do is make sure the file format is H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 format because quite simply, YouTube doesn’t really like much else. You can get yourself a video editor that handles multiple formats to help you with all of this and so that you can convert and edit as you need. You needn’t pay a lot for one, even QuickTime Pro is only $30. Finally you can keep your video file above 30 frames per second and this will help reduce jitter after the compression process.
Now that you’ve got that all set, save your file and upload to YouTube. Having set many of your settings at or better than YouTube you are making it a touch easier for them to compress. So wait until its done and voila! You have got yourself a good looking YouTube Video.
[youtube:RrgBc1b41xc;[link:YouTube Search Optimization Tips];http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgBc1b41xc&feature=related]
ReelSEO.com is a one-of-a-kind website that offers expert tips, tutorials, guidelines, and news about the world of internet Marketing Video online. In addition to these resources, ReelSEO also has a ton of tips, best practices, and other information on how to best optimize your videos for YouTube Marketing.
categories: youtube marketing,video marketing,youtube,optimization,SEO,video,multimedia,streaming,marketing,promotion,internet,www,web,business