I was away from my computer for a while. Opening the video with mplayer this is the output from the unedited video: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playing 2594x1458.mkv. libavformat version 56.40.101 (external) libavformat file format detected. [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0 VIDEO: [H264] 2594x1458 0bpp 120.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) Clip info: ENCODER: Lavf56.40.101 Load subtitles in ./ ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external) Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 2594x1458 => 2594x1458 Planar YV12 V: 2.0 0/ 0 23% 8% 0.0% 0 0
opening it with vlc and looking at the codec information: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i.imgur.com/m1wn3r4.png http://i.imgur.com/UZE9zZr.png this is the video information for the blender edited file -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playing 2594x1458 exported from blender.mp4. libavformat version 56.40.101 (external) libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f1724bf0880]Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0 VIDEO: [H264] 2594x1458 24bpp 120.000 fps 6904.4 kbps (842.8 kbyte/s) Clip info: major_brand: isom minor_version: 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder: Lavf56.40.101 Load subtitles in ./ ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external) Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 2594x1458 => 2594x1458 Planar YV12 V: 1.4 0/ 0 72% 25% 0.0% 0 0 vlc information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i.imgur.com/XKwdWCH.png no metadata On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:59 PM, David McSween <[email protected]> wrote: > So what do the properties of the second clip say when ipen in a media > viewer? > > D > On 7 May 2016 2:42 pm, "blubee blubeeme" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's correct, the first one was shot with ffmpeg and directly uploaded > to > > YouTube and it has 1440p available. > > > > The second one was edited in blender vse just to remove a few frames, > > exported and uploaded to YouTube. > > > > The question is, why doesn't the second video have the 1440p option? > > > > It's the same video, the second one was just edited in blender. > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016, 12:35 David McSween <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well I just looked at the first one and it DOES say 1440 is available > ;-) > > > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 2:25 PM, blubee blubeeme <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > That just might be the case that youtube didn't encode the video at > > that > > > > resolution yet but maybe not. > > > > > > > > I made these two videos the other day > > > > This one directly uploaded after recording with ffmpeg: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NzSlo3knbk > > > > This one I edited with blender then uploaded: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYUTu6UV5ug > > > > > > > > The first one shows up to 1440p while the one exported from blender > > only > > > > shows 1080p. Also they encoded pretty fast and have been up for at > > least > > > a > > > > day now so I am unsure. > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:21 PM, David McSween <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Youtube's default HD setting is 1080. Open the render in VLC or > > similar > > > > and > > > > > check the file attributes. Perhaps Youtube hasn't encoded a 1440 > > > > > distributable file yet? > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 2:08 PM, blubee blubeeme < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Before importing the video into blender I setup the scene > > properties. > > > > > > Custom fps 120 > > > > > > resolution 2594x1458 > > > > > > the scale percentage to 100% > > > > > > > > > > > > changed to export to mpeg 4 rgb, h.264 codec, 40000 bitrate gop > 60 > > no > > > > > > audio. > > > > > > > > > > > > Still after this process youtube reports the video as 1080p and > not > > > > 1440p > > > > > > like the unedited video. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 11:11 AM, David McSween < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > The vse automatically conforms your input video to the current > > > > project > > > > > > > dimensions. You'll find that your pictures are being stretched > > to > > > > fill > > > > > > the > > > > > > > space. Also you should match the source frame rate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers David > > > > > > > On 7 May 2016 1:07 pm, "blubee blubeeme" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote up a question on SO about this with details and > > pictures > > > > but > > > > > no > > > > > > > one > > > > > > > > there even responded, hopefully someone here can help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the question: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/52071/video-quality-loss-after-exporting-blender-vse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Basically I record videos with ffmpeg and directly upload it > to > > > > > youtube > > > > > > > > it's resolution is 1440p, after importing the video in > blender > > > VSE > > > > > > > making a > > > > > > > > few edits and exporting it, youtube reports the resolution as > > > 1080p > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is that? 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