Computer Related > Compressing video for YouTube. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: R.P. Replies: 12
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 13:58 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - R.P.
I have a Gigabite clip that I want to upload - what's the best way to compress it into something that won't take all day to upload ? .mov format btw.
Last edited by: R.P. on Sun 13 Jan 13 at 14:03
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 15:01 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Zero
you got Imovie on the mac?
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 15:02 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - R.P.
Yes - save it in there ?
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 15:26 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - rtj70
I wouldn't bother putting it in iMovie if all you want to do is re-encode it for YouTube. Presumably you are looking to reduce the bit rate and/or change the resolution.

First thing I would try is Handbrake. It's fairly efficient and will use multiple CPU cores if they are available - it's pretty fast on my hyper threaded Core i7 2600K.

You've not said what format it's in at the moment or what resolution or bit rate. Remember a lot of the so called file types (e.g. avi) are containers for a movie stream. An AVI file could be MPEG4 or any number of other formats.

If you do use Handbrake (which is free), I'd use the FFMPEG Coder - it's faster and you'll not notice the quality difference. Doing two passes can keep quality up and the file size down.
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 15:55 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - R.P.
Thanks - uploaded a lot quicker from iMovie - heard of Hanbrake before Rob - will have a fiddle with it later.
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 17:58 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Zero
>> Thanks - uploaded a lot quicker from iMovie -

Excellent, point the dog at the bone and off it goes...
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 18:05 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Fullchat
Whilst we're on the subject what would be recommended for downloading Youtube clips for me to use for work related purposes and link into Powerpoint.
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 18:13 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Zero
On the mac? I use this

itunes.apple.com/us/app/screen-capture-tool-lite/id528964923?mt=12

The free version gives you 1 minute of capture, the paid for one is unlimited.


But there are plenty of others - google is your friend.
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New Sun 13 Jan 13 23:04 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Fullchat
Ta.
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New Mon 14 Jan 13 04:32 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Pat
I use DivX...at least I think I do, it all seems to happen without me doing anything much to it!

Pat
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New Mon 14 Jan 13 21:27 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - Rudedog
I use Realplayer Downloader on the Mac, it's free and seems to harvest any length of video off of the internet and enables you to convert it to any format you want.
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New Mon 14 Jan 13 22:03 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - rtj70
There a plugins for Firefox that allow you to download non-copyprotected video from sites like YouTube.
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New Tue 15 Jan 13 12:12 
 Compressing video for YouTube. - spamcan61
>> There a plugins for Firefox that allow you to download non-copyprotected video from sites like
>> YouTube.
>>

I've been using Video Downloadhelper with Firefox for years, which allows download at different resolutions etc:-

www.downloadhelper.net/


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