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What settings for exporting 1080p videos for Youtube recorded from FRAPS?

Aug 30, 2012 2:31 PM

Tags: #h264

Hello,

I've tried a custom setting of mine which took an hour or so to render but came out blurry:

Video:

H264

1920 x 1080

Bitrate: 15

VBR, 1 PASS

29.97 FPS

PAL

And audio is just on default with 160 bitrate.

The quality from FRAPS is perfect but as said before when inported in Premiere and then rendered its outputted blurry and jumpy.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

EDIT: Just for reference I followed this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9JULY8IkU

1417 Views 16 Replies Latest reply: ComputerNovice25, Aug 31, 2012 11:16 PM

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1. John T Smith,

Aug 30, 2012 2:33 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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I don't use fraps, so I have NO idea if these previous discussions will help... or not... but free to read

Fraps http://forums.adobe.com/thread/871095 -and http://forums.adobe.com/thread/943772

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2. Cjc_1992,

Aug 30, 2012 3:15 PM in reply to John T Smith

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Unfortunately it didn't really help, I've even tried this guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tODFGwRpMI

But it's still outputting jumpy blury video :/

Thanks.

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3. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 30, 2012 3:32 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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I'm assuming your source is actually 1920x1080 to begin with correct? Or are you saying you tried to simply use 1920x1080 with a bitrate of 15? I just want to make sure I'm following you.
Please tell me what your source footage stats are. Please include all stats like aspect ratio etc. to do this you can use a program like media info

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4. Cjc_1992,

Aug 30, 2012 4:05 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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Yeah I'm recording in 1920x1080. I just played around with some settings and managed to render perfectly on a 30 second vid, which is just for trial it didn't have blurriness which is good . I've now tried the same with the full 15 min vid so hopefully it'll work too.

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5. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 30, 2012 4:13 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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Glad to hear that hopefully you've solved your own issue then.

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6. Paul Mc Bride,

Aug 30, 2012 4:42 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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I haven't used FRAPS myself but you did say ( may be a typo ) you had a custom setting which stated 29.97 fps PAL.

PAL is 25fps.
Maybe part of your problem.

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7. Cjc_1992,

Aug 30, 2012 6:19 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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Well it's finished encoding and this is what it looks like:

http://gyazo.com/56ddb547a5260519af05ac449585ed2d

Hideous. Haha, any ideas?

Source file:

http://gyazo.com/f7f453efe601eac87173cbcd1ed52b60

Really don't quite get it.

Thanks.

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8. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 30, 2012 6:46 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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Please list the exact source specs along with the exact ouput specs you used. Or if you upload a test clip I can attempt to try to get good results on my own. I recommend using the program media info to get all the necessary source specs/output results if you want to go that route.

Also please let me know what sequence settings you used inside of Premiere as well. I want to be able to see aspect ratio along with field order etc although I'm assuming it's most likely progressive I just want to be sure so I can help you better.

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9. Cjc_1992,

Aug 30, 2012 7:20 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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Thanks for your time. Ill be able to answer your questions in around 8ish hours but for now I better head of to bed, work :(

Thanks!

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10. Cjc_1992,

Aug 31, 2012 3:57 AM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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Output file info:

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Charlie\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.5\TF2.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42
File size                                : 1.91 GiB
Duration                                 : 15mn 3s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 18.2 Mbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24
©TIM                                     : 00:00:00:00
©TSC                                     : 50
©TSZ                                     : 1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 3 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 15mn 3s
Bit rate                                 : 18.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 50.000 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.173
Stream size                              : 1.89 GiB (99%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 15mn 3s
Source duration                          : 15mn 4s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 192 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 292 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 20.4 MiB (1%)
Source stream size                       : 20.4 MiB (1%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-08-31 01:10:24

Part of the source file info(FRAPS makes serveral files):

General
Complete name                            : E:\Fraps Vids\TF2MvM\hl2 2012-08-26 16-14-55-35.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 3.95 GiB
Duration                                 : 1mn 53s
Overall bit rate                         : 298 Mbps

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : Fraps
Codec ID                                 : FPS1
Duration                                 : 1mn 53s
Bit rate                                 : 280 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 50.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.698
Stream size                              : 3.71 GiB (94%)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Little
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Codec ID                                 : 00001000-0000-0100-8000-00AA00389B71
Duration                                 : 1mn 53s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 18.4 Mbps
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Back: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 192 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 250 MiB (6%)
Interleave, duration                     : 999 ms (49.94 video frames)

Sequence settings:

General
Editing mode: AVCHD 1080p square pixel
Timebase: 29.97fps

Video Settings
Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.0000)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)

Audio Settings
Sample rate: 48000 samples/second

Default Sequence
Total video tracks: 3
Master track type: Stereo
Mono tracks: 0
Stereo tracks: 3
5.1 tracks: 3
Submix mono tracks: 0
Submix stereo tracks: 0
Submix 5.1 tracks: 0

Thanks for your help.

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11. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 31, 2012 3:43 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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One suggestion I can think of is to raise your bitrate to like 20 or something, Also though when you pull the footage into Premiere you need to use the bin function of modify>interpet then change the frame rate so it will match your destination/sequence frame rate. You can get to the modify>interpet by right clicking the source file inside your project bin.

I noticed is that the footage is 50fps so I noticed you said that you had exported to 29.97 which might have caused some issues too although I doubt it will cause it too look like your example turned out.

The only thing I can think of other than what I've already said is if you could possibly upload a very short test clip so I could just personally play with the footage and see what it will take to make it turn out correct.

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12. Cjc_1992,

Aug 31, 2012 3:52 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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Hey thanks for the suggestions. If you like I can upload a test clip which will be around 2 mins long. Where would you like me to upload this?

Thanks.

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13. Cjc_1992,

Aug 31, 2012 4:19 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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I just rendered a 2 min clip and it came out great? But when I do the 15 min clip it ends up with that poor quality. Strange.

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14. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 31, 2012 6:08 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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Any free file upload site will work. I'd personally recommend you just create a free adrive account and upload it there. Because they give 50Gb of free storage and all you have to provide is a email. The two min vs. 15 min scenario is strange though to say the least. Try changing it to either a 20Mbps CBR or make it a 2 pass vbr.

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15. Cjc_1992,

Aug 31, 2012 7:30 PM in reply to ComputerNovice25

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There we go again just finished the 12 min video and it came out terrible again. I really don't get this :/

Huge difference:

http://gyazo.com/bfbc1b51442fd5f4c50034ec91b21364

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16. ComputerNovice25,

Aug 31, 2012 11:16 PM in reply to Cjc_1992

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The only thing I can think of at this point is to have you upload a test file so I can just attempt to play with it myself and see if I can figure out what is going on here. I sent you a private message with my email address.
So if you want to use adrive and email me a link to a 2min original HQ test clip I'll try to figure out what is going wrong.

Honestly though if you have enough Hard disk space I'd really recommend you trying to use a lossless codec like Lagarith or something visually lossless like DNxHD and see how it comes out looking.

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