YouTube Uploading

From time to time, we may wish to upload videos to YouTube. It may be that we just want to share our media with the world. On the other hand, it could be used for displaying video to clients so they do not have to come on-site to approve or comment on them before they run in-game (or wherever you design for).

There are several different ideas when uploading to YouTube. First, here are the recommended settings for uploading videos according to their help pages:

Best Formats for Uploading

YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but for most users we have found the following settings give the best results.

* Video Format: MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid)
* Resolution: 640x480 pixels
* Audio Format: MP3
* Frames per second: 30
* Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes)
* Maximum file size: 1 GB

Note, however, that your video will be re-compressed from whatever format you have when you upload it.

Aharon Rabinowitz has a great DVD on compressing video for the web called Internet Killed the Video Star. You can grab one from the Creative Cow site, or save on shipping at Amazon.

I'm sure many of you already have your YouTube compression settings down cold. However, I wanted to make sure that anyone who hasn't considered this option, or just thought that YouTube was more of a "BoobTube", this is a good place to start.