Search results matching tag 'YouTube'

Subcap and Youtube.

Flavio — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:57:33 GMT

Hello everyone!

I need to add subtitles to a youtube video.

I´ve used the subcap effect to generate them, and then export the captions as .txt and .stl.

Problem is youtube only supports .srt, so I´m looking for a way to convert the .txt and .stl files to srt.

I´ve found a couple of converters, but the resulting file is wrongly formatted.

I don´t know where the problems is, but the file MC generates is kind of worthless, I can´t take it to youtube or even Dvd Studio Pro.

Is anyone doing this?

Thanks in advance...

Flavio.

Re: YOUTUBE

bmedia — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:12:32 GMT

How long is your video? I just export my video straight from MC:

AVID DNxHD Codec, 1280 x 720, Millions

and upload that directly to YouTube and it looks good to me?

Unless your video is over the 2GB limit, no reason to re-encode before uploading at all.

Video Podcasts and Photos from NAB 2009 on Events Rewind Blog, elsewhere

Adam Kranitz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:23:57 GMT

Hi Community members,

Just a heads-up, we've been posting video clips of main stage presentations from the Avid booth here on Avid Community:

You can also follow the action on Twitter and YouTube and Vimeo and Facebook and Flickr.

Love to hear your feedback,

Adam

KeepVid download conversion slow

maperman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:16:24 GMT

Hey Thanks to all for their advice re dowloading Youtube videos for AVID xpress Pro HD. Now that I have downloaded when I import the mp4 file it takes quite a long time to convert for usage on AVID. Is there a better/faster way to bring this file in?

Thanks Again,

Michel

HD Video on YouTube -- Success

conleec — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:39:32 GMT

Hello Everybody,

So I spent the weekend trying to get HD video to upload and disply properly on YouTube. Here's a link to an HD short that I shot on the Panasonic HVX-200 about a year ago and finally got around to finishing. It's a little macabre, but I'd appreciate your feedback.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQsFBjgyVVI&fmt=22

For comparison, here's the same short uploaded to Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/2637889

And lastly, for grins and chuckles, I had another couple shorts that were shot on 30i DV and I converted them to 24p with DVfilm software and upconverted to HD. You can see those at:

http://vimeo.com/conlee

and

http://www.youtube.com/user/conleec

The videos that were upconverted are "The Method" and "Excalibur"

Chris Conlee

Encoding for Youtube

Cloudnine — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:19:45 GMT

Hello, I'm wondering if you can help me.
I have made a 15 minute short film edited on Avid Media Composer and I would now like to put it on YouTube and make a DVD for the cast. But I am confused about how to do this... I have done some research and looked at tutorials on YouTube but each one says something different. My one friend who knows about this stuff is away travelling, so I can't ask him. So I was wondering if someone might be bale to guide me in the right direction.

Here are my questions:

1. Do I save it as a quicktime file or MPEG 4? or does the quicktime file change it into MPEG 4 .... somehow? [I'm a little confused]

2. What settings should I use?
I've read that these are good:
Video resolution: 480x360 or higher [try 640 x 480]
Frame Rate: 24fps or higher [try 30 fps]

3. I need to compress it right? What programme should I use. One tutorial said to use microsoft media encoder, a forum I read said to use DivX.
http://community.avid.com/forums/p/61681/354061.aspx

4. The film is 15 mins long but you can only have 10 mins max on youtube.... so I thought I would cut it in half and upload it in two parts. My question is, when should I cut it in half? Before or after encoding it?

5. Anything else I need to know? I know youtube vids have to be 100mb or less.

Thanks so much…. I feel a bit clueless on the encoding front. I basically taught myself editing on Avid… but feel out of my depth with encoding. I've spent so long editing it and now that it's finished I really just wanna have the finished product (and I feel really guilty the cast don't have a DVD copy yet).

Any help is much appreciated.

Using the Animatte to create an isolation

TrainerDave — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:52:24 GMT

In this first episode, we examine how you can use an animatte to isolate a colour effect from the rest of the scene

Uploading High Quality Video: For YouTube

malefunktion — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:53:46 GMT

This is a guide for getting high quality material from your Avid timeline, into MPEG Streamclip and then finally on to YouTube so that you can make use of their recent "High Quality" feature.

It is my first ever video tutorial and runs for 18mins encompassing the whole process.

Take the time to pause the guide when asked, and read the slides/stills prior to the video section. They do contain relevant information.

Encoding High Quality Video: For YouTube

malefunktion — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:33:53 GMT

This is a guide for getting high quality material from your Avid timeline, into MPEG Streamclip and then finally on to YouTube so that you can make use of their "Watch In High Quality" feature.

Take the time to pause the guide and read each of the slides/stills prior to the video section as they do contain relevant information.

Addendum/Update (27-11-08):

Widescreen YouTube?

YouTube have recently introduced a 16:9 video player on their pages. This has brought a couple of pros and cons.

The main advantage is that native 16:9 material (640x360 / 854x480 etc...) now looks much better without letterboxing. Also, 16:9 material in 720p can now be uploaded and accessed as stated below.

The big disadvantage is that the "Watch in High Quality" link which worked brilliantly in the old 4:3 player, doesn't look all that great in the new 640x360 frame.

Videos uploaded in appropriate 640x360, 854x480, or 1024x576 sizes are compressed by YouTube down to 480x270 (which was fine in their old 480x360 player) and then resized during playback to fit the new 16:9 640x360 frame. This resizing process now blurs all encodes.

The only exception to this rule is if you upload 720p material 1280x720 with a good bitrate of around 5000Kb/s. If you upload this sort of file, you'll be able to access SUPER-CRISP 720p material by appending the video's URL link with &fmt=22.

Addendum/Update (25-11-08):

H264 vs MPEG4 Compressors & 720P HD?

You can safely use EITHER the Apple MPEG4 or H264 compressors to ensure the best possible visual quality you can manage (Adding now that you need to DE-SELECT B-Frames if using H264 compression).

It appears, as of 25-11-08 that YouTube now use a default 16:9 video player. This new player is a 640x360 size, so make sure any 16:9 material meets this resolution. 4:3 material retains its ratio but will pillarbox (and in some cases, letter box slightly below).

For adventurous types, you can upload 720p HD material and YouTube will recompress a 720p version (though not make it visually available by default as yet - you have to paste &fmt=22 into the video's URL).

Should you wish to "future proof" any HD material on YouTube, use these settings:

Compressor: H264 - Select Multipass & De-select B-Frames
Frame Size: 1280x720 (Better downscaling ON if sourcing from 1080i or 1080p footage)
Bitrate: Between 4000 & 6000Kb/s should work. (I've yet to confirm anything other than 5000Kb/s which I have tested.)

Uploading 720p suitable material direct to YouTube will ensure that any and all versions they currently create, will successfully be made, whilst preserving material for any future YouTube 720p default playback.

The Guide:

If the community video embedding feature is not working, you won't see the tutorial here. You will instead have to visit the dedicated Videos section to view it.

(Please visit the site to view this media)

You can also find the guide (split into two parts) on YouTube in *cough* High Quality - here.

You can also see examples of standard HQ YouTube material embedded in a personal web page - here.

You can also view a 720p HD YouTube video embedded in another personal web page - here.

Re: encoding for youtube

Adam Kranitz — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:52:18 GMT

JP Shook, Director of Internet Development for Digital Juice had a great suggestion in the September 2008 edition of Sorenson Media Newsletter. Reprinted below

Ideal Settings For YouTube's New High Quality Option
By JP Shook, Director of Internet Development, Digital Juice Inc.

Now that YouTube have started offering higher quality videos, the old settings for encoding your videos should be tossed out the window. This tip will walk you through the steps required to compress your video for YouTube so it will look great.

First, make sure your video is exported to the highest quality possible. Next, open Squeeze and expand the MPEG-4 presets. Click the "HQ" preset and copy the preset by finding copy under the audience tab or clicking the copy icon. This will create a duplicate preset that you can title "YouTubeHQ". Set your video data rate to 4000kbps, encoding method to 2-pass VBR and resolution to 640x480 (4:3) or 640x360 (16:9).

During testing I found that by increasing the data rate up to 4000kbps produced a higher end data rate with YouTube's high quality encoded version. Next, set your audio data rate to 256kbps. You can now save the preset, apply it to your video, and click "Squeeze It".

Using the higher resolution and data rates will ensure that your videos look great at the current high quality options and be ready for any future increases in quality or resolution offered by YouTube.