Youtube Video Size?

joewarne · 23-12-09, 03:58 PM

Hi,

Does anyone know why my youtube videos appear smaller than the screen size

Here is an example

YouTube - Modern Warfare 2 - Domination - Afghan - Danger Close Setup (Dealing with Lag)

It is recorded in 720p and converted to that all the way along the process. Its edited in windows movie maker if that makes a difference.

Ta

cameronlaw · 23-12-09, 04:15 PM

Don't fully understand this but should help:

Guidelines on uploading

joewarne · 23-12-09, 04:28 PM

might be coz its in 4:3 rather than 16:9, dont know what its set at atm

Djoscar · 23-12-09, 04:32 PM

Windows movie maker won't render a 720p (16:9) video.

You should get something like Camtasia studio. It's a 30 day free trial but it will do the job. Camtasia Studio, TechSmith's Screen Recording Software

SometingStu · 23-12-09, 04:32 PM

Might have something to do with your WMM settings, I would need to know more to tell you though.

Oh, and also, you're getting quite a bit of mic feedback on that video, you might wat to fix that.

joewarne · 28-12-09, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Djoscar

Windows movie maker won't render a 720p (16:9) video.

You should get something like Camtasia studio. It's a 30 day free trial but it will do the job. Camtasia Studio, TechSmith's Screen Recording Software

just tried using that mate and the video that it processed was awful, frame rate was all over the place as was the audio

anyone got any other suggestions for good free video editing software that will let me export in 720p and 16:9

Djoscar · 28-12-09, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joewarne

just tried using that mate and the video that it processed was awful, frame rate was all over the place as was the audio

anyone got any other suggestions for good free video editing software that will let me export in 720p and 16:9

What settings did you use?

Let me show you how to get best settings for youtube..

Import your video and drag it on the timeline. A box should appear with the dimensions, which you should change to the size of the video - 1280x720 in this case...

next click File>Produce Video As....

And then choose 'Custom Production Settings'...

Click Next and then choose the top option 'MP4/FLV/SWF....'

Click Next and under Appearance>Template choose 'No Controls'

Then Click 'Flash Options'. Choose Format as 'MP4' and then set your own framerate and bitrate..

After that, just click OK, next and then render the video and upload to youtube

i have uploaded a quick video of my screen recording which i have just rendered with the settings above and it looks good quality

(better if you watch it on youtube in HD - YouTube - Something Something Something)

joewarne · 28-12-09, 05:57 PM

thanks, ill try doing that, i set the quality up to 100%, probably gonna end up in a massive file size, but we'll see

tried to rep but need to spread

edit: even when i view it in the previewer on the side the quality is awful aswell

joewarne · 28-12-09, 07:05 PM

even at 100% quality, a high bitrate and a file size of 2.4GB !! the quality is still bad, very jumpy, cannot go smooth for 5 seconds

Djoscar · 28-12-09, 07:13 PM

dont know then mate... are you sure its not the fault of the original file?

joewarne · 28-12-09, 07:16 PM

no i can watch it fine in windows media player

oXoDCoXo · 29-12-09, 03:32 AM

I see your latest video has good quality and size... How did you do it in the end?

(from recording to uploading... As I'm going to start soon and the few test videos I did had ok quality and good size But your quality is better lol)

joewarne · 29-12-09, 01:26 PM

i found the option in windows movie maker to have it 720p and widescreen

oXoDCoXo · 29-12-09, 02:06 PM

What were the settings when you converted it from M2TS?

joewarne · 29-12-09, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oXoDCoXo

What were the settings when you converted it from M2TS?

microsoft wmv in 720p

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Haggisuk99 · 02-01-10, 04:27 PM

it looks like you may have annotations switched on within the movie, when you do this they reduce the size of the movie in order to add the annotations even if you dont end up using them, try uploading the video just as a video without adding any annotations or changing anything and see if it still the smaller size than it should be

23-12-09, 03:58 PM	#1
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	Youtube Video Size? Hi, Does anyone know why my youtube videos appear smaller than the screen size Here is an example YouTube - Modern Warfare 2 - Domination - Afghan - Danger Close Setup (Dealing with Lag) It is recorded in 720p and converted to that all the way along the process. Its edited in windows movie maker if that makes a difference. Ta

23-12-09, 04:15 PM	#2
cameronlaw iPod 30gb Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,011	Don't fully understand this but should help: Guidelines on uploading __________________

23-12-09, 04:32 PM	#4
Djoscar Mini Mac Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,361	Windows movie maker won't render a 720p (16:9) video. You should get something like Camtasia studio. It's a 30 day free trial but it will do the job. Camtasia Studio, TechSmith's Screen Recording Software __________________ Free iPad \| Free iPhone 4

28-12-09, 05:57 PM	#8
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	thanks, ill try doing that, i set the quality up to 100%, probably gonna end up in a massive file size, but we'll see tried to rep but need to spread edit: even when i view it in the previewer on the side the quality is awful aswell Last edited by joewarne; 28-12-09 at 05:59 PM..

28-12-09, 07:13 PM	#10
Djoscar Mini Mac Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,361	dont know then mate... are you sure its not the fault of the original file? __________________ Free iPad \| Free iPhone 4 Last edited by Djoscar; 28-12-09 at 07:13 PM..

23-12-09, 04:28 PM	#3
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	might be coz its in 4:3 rather than 16:9, dont know what its set at atm

23-12-09, 04:32 PM	#5
SometingStu iPod 30gb Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,485	Might have something to do with your WMM settings, I would need to know more to tell you though. Oh, and also, you're getting quite a bit of mic feedback on that video, you might wat to fix that.

28-12-09, 07:05 PM	#9
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	even at 100% quality, a high bitrate and a file size of 2.4GB !! the quality is still bad, very jumpy, cannot go smooth for 5 seconds

28-12-09, 07:16 PM	#11
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	no i can watch it fine in windows media player

29-12-09, 03:32 AM	#12
oXoDCoXo iBook Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Coventry Posts: 2,025	I see your latest video has good quality and size... How did you do it in the end? (from recording to uploading... As I'm going to start soon and the few test videos I did had ok quality and good size But your quality is better lol) Last edited by oXoDCoXo; 29-12-09 at 03:32 AM..

29-12-09, 01:26 PM	#13
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	i found the option in windows movie maker to have it 720p and widescreen

29-12-09, 02:06 PM	#14
oXoDCoXo iBook Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Coventry Posts: 2,025	What were the settings when you converted it from M2TS?

02-01-10, 04:27 PM	#16
Haggisuk99 iPod 20gb Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Swansea Posts: 549	it looks like you may have annotations switched on within the movie, when you do this they reduce the size of the movie in order to add the annotations even if you dont end up using them, try uploading the video just as a video without adding any annotations or changing anything and see if it still the smaller size than it should be