I need some help/tips with iMovie and exporting HD videos to be uploaded to Vimeo & YouTube in HD. What are the best settings?
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For Vimeo the general guidelines are:
http://www.vimeo.com/help/compression
Codec: H.264 for the video codec. AAC for the audio codec.
Frame rate: 29.97 for USA/Japan/Canada; Europe and rest of the world it's usually 25.
Keyframes: Every 30 frames.
Data rate: 1800 kbits/sec for standard definition 4:3 video , 2500 kbits/sec for widescreen DV, or 5000 kbits/sec for high definition.
Size: 640x480 for standard definition 4:3 video, 872x480 for widescreen DV, or 1280x720 for high definition. It is also best to export 1920x1080 or 1440x1080 video as 1280x720 too.
Deinterlace: Yes.
Sound sample rate: 44.100 kHz
Audio quality: 128 kbps.
Vimeo also has a link on how to export the video using iMovie
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/08/exporting-with-quicktime-in-720p/
For YouTube, basically it needs to fall under the 1GB or 10 minutes criteria.
http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55743
Apart from that, the following settings are acceptable for YouTube upload:
- MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
- MP3 audio
- Video resolution: 480x360 or higher
- Frame Rate: 24fps or higher
http://www.vimeo.com/help/compression
Codec: H.264 for the video codec. AAC for the audio codec.
Frame rate: 29.97 for USA/Japan/Canada; Europe and rest of the world it's usually 25.
Keyframes: Every 30 frames.
Data rate: 1800 kbits/sec for standard definition 4:3 video , 2500 kbits/sec for widescreen DV, or 5000 kbits/sec for high definition.
Size: 640x480 for standard definition 4:3 video, 872x480 for widescreen DV, or 1280x720 for high definition. It is also best to export 1920x1080 or 1440x1080 video as 1280x720 too.
Deinterlace: Yes.
Sound sample rate: 44.100 kHz
Audio quality: 128 kbps.
Vimeo also has a link on how to export the video using iMovie
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/08/exporting-with-quicktime-in-720p/
For YouTube, basically it needs to fall under the 1GB or 10 minutes criteria.
http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55743
Apart from that, the following settings are acceptable for YouTube upload:
- MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
- MP3 audio
- Video resolution: 480x360 or higher
- Frame Rate: 24fps or higher
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