Hey guys,

After uploading and fully processing some footage on Youtube, I noticed the quality of the video got worse; it doesn't have the same smoothness, got noticeably darker and sometimes the sound isn't in total sync anymore.

I have the same problem whether I upload from a .mp4 or .MP4 formats. I can't upload from an .avi since the ETA goes up to 4000 minutes and can't render as .wmv file as it keeps crashing giving me a "low memory" error even though I set the option to use up to 1024MB and closed every other applications.

I'm using Sony Vegas PRO 10 for rendering and Fraps for recording at 1080p gameplay. I also rendered at 1080p with 29.970 NTSC. The rendered videos look flawless but can't say the same for the uploaded ones even if turning the HD (1080p) option.

It seems that none of you guys experience the same problem when uploading your videos. I tried googling but none of them had a real solution. Do any of you know how to fix this?

Render the video in the same properties as the video. For instance, I record at 60 FPS at 1080p. Therefore, my project properties AND render settings (very important) are the exact same as my video file.

Video Properties (Alt+Enter)
resolution: 1920x1080
field order: None (progressive (that's what the "p" stands for in 1080p!))
pixel aspect ratio: 1.00
framerate: 60
full resolution rendering quality: Best

Render Settings
The only thing that is different here is your specific filetype that you're rendering to. Different codecs have different options. If I want my video to look super sixy, I use h.264 encoding modifying it's respective settings. If I'm doing a standard youtube video, I use .mp4 and then just the max/avgerage BPS to my liking.

Well, I don't have the h.264 option on Sony Vegas. Is that a plug-in? I would like to try it out. Otherwise, I did everything as you said (not only 29.970 NTSC but 59.940 Double NTSC as well), but still gives me bad results.

Thx for the help.

Edit: I render as Sony AVC (.mp4)

Use AVC it is h.264 codec. Mainconcept/Sony AVC are similar, Sony AVC you can render with your GPU, it also claims it's best for web videos.. Video properties 59.94 double NTSC, render as 29.97 NTSC (works best with youtube). FRAPS always seemed to make the videos darker. Mirillis Action makes them lighter.

Also right click video on timeline and go to properties and "Disable Resample".

[quote="WaR_SPiRiT"Also right click video on timeline and go to properties and "Disable Resample".[/quote]

This is totally clutch. You can highlight all your clips, right click, go switches, disable resample. The way I render out in h.264 is with the Shark Codecs package. In vegas, if you have that codec pack, you render out in .avi default uncompressed template (lossless) and then customize it and pick the h.264 codec. If your footage is becoming darker due to FRAPS (not something I've experience) use a hue/saturation video plug-in to change it. I would skip the default frame rates and just punch in your literal frame rate.

Disabled resample all the way, didn't think it was that important. By the way, for the 59.94 double NTSC (60FPS), why does it matter? Doesn't Youtube bottleneck to 30FPS? I'm setting it back to 59.94 anyway.

I doubt FRAPS has anything to do with this as I mentioned, the recorded clips look perfect.

I will try out that Shark Codecs package.

Edit: Could I get a link for it?

If you record in 60 FPS and render in 59.94 you'll lose out on 1 frame every second. It's like trying to jam something too large into too small of a hole. Now, is 1 frame a second a big deal? Not really, but then you upload to youtube which is 30 FPS .mp4's and 59.94 doesn't divide well into 30 and bang, more frame loss. 60 is a nice round number that does well with youtube's videos. Keep in mind, the difference is minimal, but we like to get the best video, now don't we!?

I'm not really sure why you're having issues with youtube, so all I can do is give you my render/recording settings

EDIT: http://shark007.net/forum/Thread-Setup-and-usage

You need to download the installer and the 64 bit components.

I'd appreciate that.

Generally video recordings do look super awesome on your PC, it's the compressing them into something that YouTube likes which is the hard part.

What Youtube likes: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en-GB&guide=1728585&page=guide.cs
Advanced: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en-GB&guide=1728585&topic=1728573&page=guide.cs