Hey Chad! You might take a look at this page for YouTube - http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&topic=16612&hl=en-US
It's what they recommend you upload for the best quality... something to try, anyway! David Lee King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog twitter | skype: davidleeking On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Chad Boeninger <[email protected]>wrote: > Just to test, I uploaded and FLV file to YouTube. Here's the version that > YouTube rendered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4YbxYHJM0 > > and here is the version that I uploaded as an FLV to YouTube > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CR-Ra4eAcw . You can fast forward to the > middle part of each video to compare the clarity of the screencasts. > > I guess when doing screencasting with YouTuve, it pays to convert to FLV > locally before uploading to YouTube. > > Just so you know, I converted the original 640x480 mp4 to FLV 640x480 with > the free Quick Media Converter software. I used the easy settings on QMC. > > For the sake of comparison, I also uploaded an FLV version to Blip. The > FLV > is here http://bizresearchbasics.blip.tv/file/2496646/ > and the original is at http://bizresearchbasics.blip.tv/file/2493638/ . I > can't tell a difference between the two, so Blip evidently handles the > screencasts better with the native files than YouTube. > > --Chad > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Chad Boeninger <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I uploaded the identical 640x480 mp4 file to both Blip and Youtube. Here > > is the Youtube Version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4YbxYHJM0 and > the > > Blip Version http://blip.tv/file/2493638 .Once you get past the part > with > > me giving the introduction in the Youtube video, you can see how the > > screencast gets squished (for lack of a better term). I'm going to use > Blip > > for my actual show, but then also post content to Youtube. > > > > Do most folks here post the same content to both places? Do you have a > > particular way to render for Youtube? With some previous videos, I > > actually converted the FLV on my desktop with Quick Media Converter and > then > > uploaded to Youtube. Here's the result > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgSU-6y9OLM , which is clearly better > > quality. I'd rather not have the extra step, but I guess it's necessary > if > > I want the better quality. On a related note, does anyone know if the > Blip > > to Youtube sends a FLV to Youtube or the source? > > > > Thanks, > > Chad > > > > -- > > Chad F. Boeninger > > libraryvoice.com - blog > > libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog > > twitter.com/cfboeninger > > > > > > -- > Chad F. Boeninger > libraryvoice.com - blog > libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog > twitter.com/cfboeninger > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
