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    What would be better to encode my video?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mechrock, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. mechrock

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    Would it be better to encode my video in WMV 9 720P or MPEG 2 720P for uploading to Youtube?
     
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    None..
    Use H.264 or MPEG4 AVC.

    Or you can just upload the video to youtube instead of encoding the video twice.
     
    jackluo923, Jun 1, 2009
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    I'm using a video editor so I have to encode it. It has AVC HD 720P using h.264 video encoder. So that is better then the other two?
    I don't care about size as long as my video is under a gigabyte. I just want the best quality.
     
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    mpeg4 avc would be your best choice.
     
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    I don't have the option to use that.
    Or it might. I might have to do a custom configuration. I'll try that after this video is done encoding using h.264.
     
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    h.264 is the same thing as mpeg4 avc, at least for 99.999% of the people.
     
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    Okay, I guess I'm encoding it in the right format then?
    Guess I'm going to judge for myself what the video looks like.
     
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    I just finished encoding it and it turned out really blocky. Is this supposed to happen? I'm trying WMV 720P now.
     
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    Which video editor are you using?
    What settings are you using?
     
    jackluo923, Jun 1, 2009
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