2 Replies Latest reply: Aug 16, 2014 6:26 PM by Noxid RSS

    Quick question about exporting

    Noxid Community Member

      So, I produce a lot of gaming videos on youtube and do a weekly podcast. My question is I found that after I record I usually out my files in Premiere to down the file size.But most of the time I record for 2 to 3 hours at a time and will chop up the podcast or gaming videos up into 20 to 30 minute parts.Now when I export I usually do it at half of the bitrate I recorded so I record at 50mbps and export at 25mbps. after I'm done exporting I watch the file it seems to be perfect nothing wrong with it basically the same as the original just a more manageable upload instead of a 10 or 20 gig upload.But then when I upload it to youtube, I noticed that it gets blurry and just does not   look HD. at first I thought it was because when I record it's encoding my files live, then I'm encoding  it again to make it a smaller file, Then when I upload it to youtube it encodes it again.So i don't know if that could be the problem.So what I'm trying to figure out is... Is there a way for me to take a 20 gig file thats 2 or 3 hours long  and then cut it to about 20 to 30 mins but not compress it again that way it only compresses it when I recorded it and when  I  upload it to youtube instead of compressing it 3 times it would only be 2. I'm hoping that will fix my videos being blurry. I was thinking maybe exporting it as an avi uncompressed but I''m not sure if that would do what I want it to do.Also I tried recording at lossless then encoding but the videos still get blurry..they almost look pixelated in 1080p.I don't know if anyone can help that would be great this has really been getting to me lately I want to be able to deliver the quality content basically crystal clear HD. I know my pc can handle recording...I just spent 1500 dollars on my new pc so it can't be that. my only thought is it has to be on the encoding side of it. any help would be great....This wasn't really a quick question sorry.

        • 1. Re: Quick question about exporting
          Steven L. Gotz Community Member

          First of all, I usually spend three times that on my editing computers. Or more.

           

          That said, that is not the problem with the exports. It might make it slow, but I doubt it would reduce the quality.

           

          There is no way to avoid recompression unless you use a certain subset of codecs that allow for smart render, and your screen capture program probably does not record in those formats.

           

          Post a screen shot of your export settings. We might be able to spot the problem. Exporting to YouTube usually starts by using one of the YouTube presets and then tweaking a bit. I generally reduce the keyframe distance to at least one per second. I often increase the bitrate, and I make sure to upgrade the Profile and Level.

           

          I posted a screen shot of my normal setting in this thread: How to export the same original video, only cut shorter?

          • 2. Re: Quick question about exporting
            Noxid Community Member

            Here is a screen shot of what I have been exporting as a test the original file was recorded as lossless. So when I view it on my pc it  looks amazing then when I export it looks amazing..But when I upload it, it looks terrible even when I put it on 1080p. From what I have heard is youtube cuts everything in half so the bitrate drops from 50 to 25 which should still be good for 1080p.. If youtube actually does cut it in half. I followed youtubes advanced video profiles but it still looks bad after upload. again the only thing i can think of is the fact that it was compresses while I recorded it then after I recorded then when youtube processed. I could be wrong but thats the theory I have right now. And thanks for the response.     

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