I knew it!! I always had a suspicion that popular youtubers get higher bitrate or some sort of lower compression by youtube! That's why their videos are so ultra sharp and clean, while my videos turn into a horrible blocky mess the very moment something in the frame slightly moves. Thanks for being transparent while others just tell us to "raise bitrate in export settings"
@@xKingston111 One question to you guys that work with heavy video files everyday: I just started and I have been dealing with massive video files 8 hours in length, keeping bitrate at 2500 to keep my videos under the ratio of aprox 1 GB per hour. The question is: does dealing with videos cause wear on the disk? Either it be spinning disk or SSD. Any tips in regards to that? Did you ever notice that your disk lifespan was reduced somehow by dealing with videos? For now, while I don't strike my first client yet and I'm doing this for free, I just want to make sure I'm not damaging my equipment in the process. Once I am earning some income, it's fine, I can replace disks.
I used to upload all my videos in 2k to get vp9. When my videos started getting 2k quality even right after the upload was done, I knew the algorithm was favoring my videos. Now I just upload in 1080p, and it gets vp9 either way. As a small creator, that's the best compliment you can get from RUclips, lmao.
@@MedeirosXS Acredito que em 1080p, o '1080p nativo' ficaria melhor do que o downscale de 1440p p/ 1080p (aplicado pelo YT), mas penso que se formos comparar 1080p nativo com o 1440p, o aumento da bitrate entregue pelo YT deve fazer a imagem ficar melhor. É só uma hipótese, deve ser testada.
So in short: - Use 2K or 4K when rendering and uploading, regardless of your resolution - Use VP9 Codec - Don't use render presets in video editing software - Use 3x higher bitrate than RUclips recommends - Schedule your videos - Add grain/noise to your video
I'm not sure but raising your bitrate puts on extra effort on RUclips compression system and thus the output is grainy. Compact video size (low bitrate) allows for easy compression.
This isn't what I was searching for, but youtube must have known I needed to know this. This is awesome, stuff I would of never thought would be "right". I most likely would of spent countless hours editing, encoding, uploading & waiting between edits just to see the effect of my changes. THANK YOU!
thats the best video that i found in the probably 5 hours of looking at random videos about quality on obs or how to export with higher quality, this clarified a lot of things to me
Adding noise is called dithering. It works by randomising quantisation error so that certain patterns don't show up. To fully understand how it works, you need to have understanding of how the audio/video is divided into orthogonal subbands which are then upsampled and quantized into lower resolution and downsampled again and the how this process adds noise to the bands and how the inverse transform makes these noises look like.
I don’t think sharpen will give you the results you’re looking for. Adding grain/noise basically keeps things moving in the frame so RUclips won’t compress it as much. Hope this answers your question. Thanks for watching!
oh my god i have been looking for this answer since the beginning of my channel, 6 months ago, i knew there must be a way to improve my videos, codec is the answer! this video is super helpful! thank you man~~~~ Love!!
To improve 8 bit footage and tame the banding that results from grading such low bitrate footage, applying temporal noise reduction as well really helps.
First video I've come across that helps explain why my vid quality sometimes stinks after upload... I will try your tips in an upcoming load. Thanks, dude!
man.. those are some good tips. That seems pretty messed up that RUclips would favor larger creators in terms of upload quality as that can actually affect how people perceive your channel pretty immediately. Quality might not be something people consciously notice but they do notice it, and every little bit counts. Definitely gonna be implementing these tips man, appreciate it!
Great stuff Glen! I've noticed that my uploaded videos are slightly darker, and my skin appears redder on RUclips than in the source file. Will this help that out as well?
Unfortunately it won’t help with color shifts. I use Davinci Resolve Studio and noticed a color and contrast shift in my videos as well. This can be a problem with how the different browsers process the video and will vary based on which browser you are using. To combat this I edit and export in sRGB as my color space since most common browser color space. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching 🙂
Thanks for the tip. I won't use it all the time, but the ability to upload a video with less compression will certainly be a big help for some of my content.
Love your insight! Although at 2:53, my main concern with higher resolutions like 2K or 4K, is that they cost a lot of data for the average user to download and watch. Will our videos still look good even when someone chooses to watch them in 1080p at least?
Thanks! You guys definitely know better than I do how much film grain can improve an image. I’ve heard great things about FilmConvert but have yet to try it. Thanks for watching 🙂
But I *need* the VP09 codec for 1080p because YT is wrecking my videos with massive pixelation around my text titles even when I upload in 4K. How can I fix this problem, exactly? Literally *nobody* on earth seems to have an actual working answer to this problem.
Still upload in 4k to get VP09 but also add film grain to keep RUclips from compressing the text too much causing pixelation. If RUclips doesn’t see movement in a area it heavily compresses it, adding film grain creates movement tricking RUclips into not compressing that section as much.
Awesome content. Quality, straight-ish to the point (just enough so that there's actually some in-depth explanation when needed). Subbed. Question : What are your audio export settings in Resolve? I know RUclips prefers MP4, but when selected in Resolve on PC, this format limits both Bit Rate and Bit Depth! Is it a good idea to export .MOV with PCM 24 Bit Depth audio? Thanks dude!
Hey! Thanks for the great comment! In Resolve I really just use the default of Linear PCM with the sample rate same as project and 16 Bit Depth. It hasn’t really given me any issues although I’m not really an audio guy. I have been using a plug-in suite called Alex Audio Butler which helps with my mixing, I also did a full review on my channel if you’re interested. Thanks for watching!
Dude...Such a helpful video ! I always thought that my video looks bad after exporting..compared to the bigger channels , but always wondered why ? Finally , through your video i understood the important stuff...thanks for the video .
Brutally good explanation. I did notice a difference when I upload 1080p vs 1440p or 4k, even if I watch all at 1080p, the ones uploaded at 1440p or 4k look better... and now I know it's because of the vp09.
You can upload either, but h.264 will save you upload time and drive space. The results will be close to the same for either codec. Thanks for watching!
@@lucascabrillana5008 My assumptions would be when you're on the export settings to set your profile higher to support the higher resolutions if it is being funny but just change the resolution under the video tab at the top from there so your sequence is actually at 1080p but upscaled to 2K or 4K, adjust the bitrate depending on which quality and frame rate you export as.
Hi Glen I gave you a super big tumb up. Thanks to your suggestion I was able to fix a problem that non of the other thousand of tutorial I saw on you tube were able to solve. Now no matter if I am shooting in 4k or FHD from now on I will defenetly create a 4k project in FCPX in order to be able to export it in 4K onto RUclips. Big, big THANK YOU! Giuseppe
That’s awesome! Glad I could help! It’s crazy how these simple tricks can make such a huge difference. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment 🙂
Thank you so much for this video. I've been looking everywhere, thinking I'm the one messing settings up and couldn't figure out why it looks perfect on my PC and trash on RUclips. Thank you!
Awesome, so I was already doing most of this. Basically I was setting my video to a constant bitrate, as high as I could, and uploading in 4k, even 1080p videos. One additional tip though, since this video is 2 years old, I also AI upscale the video with Topaz if it's just 1080p to 4k. That way there's even more detail.
@5:12 "Banding"! Finally, I found the word for that annoying effect that I was wondering if my screens are bad quality! My favorite video clips uploaded by professional channels already have them and it drives me crazy since my computer is pricey!
Awesome video man, great job! I use a Sony A6400 with Sigma's 16mm F1.4 lens, I record and upload everything in 4K but it never really looks nearly as good as it does out of camera after I've uploaded. I generally set the bitrate in Premiere to 45mbps as per RUclips's guidelines, but I'll definitely try to bump that up to 90mbps as you've suggested to see if it looks better. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Problem is, bumping that up also means a bigger file size. I also have a Sony a6400 and have uploaded encoded videos at 45mbps as well as footage directly from the camera which is 95mbps and i didn't notice any difference in quality when viewing on youtube.
Either h.264 or HEVC h.265 works best using as close to double the bitrate RUclips recommends as possible support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en#zippy=%2Cbitrate
No problem 😉 I know exactly how you feel, that’s why I thought it would be good to make this video. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.
Yooo Thank You Sir!! I am at the point of wanting to make vids. It's easy to spot the "hey look at me" but it makes searching and finding legit information a lot harder.
Even when I upload them in 4K or 2K, I still get slightly pixelated quality on 1080p, but when others do it they somehow get better ?, I’ve tried the bitrate increase also
Unfortunately that may be the best it can be. There are a lot of other factors that could cause that issue and it’s really hard to say what could be the problem. Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
I got from another youtube channel explained that VP09 if you export ur video in h265. And AVC1 for h264. Because I already found that videos from big marketplace company Lazada Indonesia, most of their videos was in codecs AVC1 and still looking sharp & good quality. So I think AVC1 & VP09 codecs are not the case.
I just saw the Dithtering comment, I just keep learning stuff. This was a great video! I'm about to post to RUclips on a regular basis and just setting up my green screen and lighting has taken forever! I want to be ready to upload my first video right away and have it look like it did when I submitted it. After watching this I think my first video will look great on my "channel".
You are welcome! Follow these tips and it should help improve your video quality. Also often RUclips will default to a low quality playback (probably to save them bandwidth) and the viewer needs to manually change it in the settings. This may explain why your videos don’t look correct on others feeds. Thanks for watching!
When I make my videos, they look awesome in the editing app, and the auditory effect is also on point. When I transfer them to RUclips, the quality is diminished, and it looks tacky. Thanks for this, brother!
You’re very welcome! Hopefully these help get the quality of your videos back to how you intended to be. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Great tips, thank you! Quick question - are there any downsides to adding film grain? Would it negatively affect scenes that actually have a lot of motion? In this video, if you look closely at the area right above your right shoulder, there seems to be some staticy flickering dots going on.. wondering if that might be caused by the film grain or something else?
Thanks! The only downside that I can think of is larger file sizes and render times. As for the flickering 🤔 I don’t see it in my end when viewing on RUclips via chrome. Thanks for watching!
Omg Glen, You literally just saved me!!! OMG! Thanks a lot...I can't describe how much you helped me...Wishing to get more informative videos from you! Thanks!
Great Tips! Do you think that sometimes a video gets better in terms of the quality after a couple of days? Sometimes it seems to me that the video looks more chunky straight after publishing.
Thanks! Definitely! Sometimes depending of what you upload I have noticed it can take a couple days for RUclips to fully transcode to higher resolution and codecs. It can be very frustrating at times considering the algorithm places such a Ephesus on how a video performs in the first few hours after upload. Thanks for watching!
I am confused here. When I look at obviously compressed footage on YT that was recorded in 4K and rendered in 4K, the stats show that it is in that level and that it's using the better Codec you reference. But that compression is still obvious no matter what I do. What else might be happening or what else can I do to refine the YT vid?
There will always be some level of compression from RUclips unfortunately. The methods in this video are the only ways I know to help alleviate some of the effects. Thanks for watching!
Hi Glen! Thanks for this video. I tried this tip to edit in a 2k timeline and export it as a 2k file, but it added a black boarder to my whole video. Is there a way around this? I do have a bigger channel I'd say so I'm so upset this is happening to my videos that youtube are using the lower compressor for my uploads. Also what video codec would you recommend for the best quality upload when its a 1080p video? I edit final cut pro. Thanks!
Hey! Thanks for watching! Hmmm is the black border only on the top and bottom or is it all the way around your video? If you are trying to edit in 2k your resolution should be 2560x1440. It wouldn't hurt your quality even if you edited/exported in 4k 3840x2160 either. 4k is harder on your computer though. I looked at your last couple videos (cool channel btw), it seems as though you are getting the VP9 codec even though you are uploading 1080p. The quality looks decent to me. As for final cut exports h.264 is your best choice. If you haven't tried it, Apple Compressor will give you much more options to adjust things like bit rate. Its totally worth the $50 and you can either send your projects directly to compressor from FCPX or create a preset for FCPX. I made the switch to Davinci Resolve which has these features built in. Hope this helps!
Hi Glen! Thanks so much for your reply. Appreciate you taking the time! So actually I have not tried those exact dimensions, I did now though and while the board issue isn’t there, in FCPX it doesn’t allow me to export in H.264 if it’s a 2k timeline. Only allows for AppleProRes which ends up being a huge file size. Not sure if you have a tip about that! And thanks for complimenting my channel haha it’s been a long work in progress. It’s weird though, some video are processed with that lower codec and some with the higher. I wonder what the determining factor is 🤔
No problem! Always willing to help a fellow Floridian lol. That's odd I just tried a timeline with all the 2k presets plus 2560x1440 as a custom resolution and it lets me select h.264. ProRes is large! I shoot in ProRes almost daily and can easily fill a 1TB drive with less than 1hr of ProRes RAW. Try switching your timeline to 4k and see if it gives you the option to export in H.264. That should be the default. It might take a little bit longer to render. To keep your computer from running sluggish do your edits in 1080p and then switch it to 4k before exporting (this is what many pro editors do to keep things speedy). Yeah building a channel is a lot more work than most realize, especially if you have a family. I know my channel could be much bigger if I spent to time to produce more content, but I spend most of my time producing content for others to pay the bills lol. As for the AVC vs VP9 deciding factor it may just be that RUclips hasn't fully transcoded your video yet. Lately a lot of people have been complaining about this only to find that it eventually transcodes. RUclips seems to be moving slowly lately. If you want send me a link to the video/videos you are having a issue with and I can take a look.
Hey Glen - Would you suggest uploading in MOV or MP4 for RUclips? I'm working on a 2 hour concert video so we're talking a 18gb VS 133gb. Quite a huge difference. Curious as to what your opinion would be. Is it worth the wait time / storage space? Or will it look about the same? Best, Tanner
I personally upload in MOV since I’m on a Mac but I’m not really sure it would make a huge difference to go with MP4. The larger file will take much longer to upload and I would definitely make sure you don’t have any monthly internet limits, but the larger file will also hold more information than the smaller more compressed version hopefully giving you a better end result. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
just uploaded car racing game video to my channel and my friend's (as unlisted) who got over 2m subscibers guess what he was able to see clearly like I recorded, while mine looks like 4-5 times bad. so yeah time to be yt's favorite.
really need to test those tips. what a shame noone knows them. btw i would have wished for some visualisation/comparison/"evidence" included in the video ^^
This was great. Just exported a 1080 videdo from Da Vinci, looks good. Upload to RUclips and it's got pixels and banding. So frustrating. Thanks man. Subbed.
The VP9 versus AVC tip was very useful! However, something is going on with RUclips very recently, because I use After Effects to encode in 4K, and up until my last video was uploaded using the EXACT SAME SETTINGS as the ones that were automatically accepted as 4K. File size was similar to the others. 3 days later, the editor showed SD, HD, and 4K were COMPLETED transcoding. Yet ALL the players in all my devices and computers were denied the 4K option in the player! Is it possible they deliberately changed something?
Exact same thing is happening to me this whole past week. All my 4k uploads were viewable as 4k, but now even after re-uploading the same video multiple times with the same high bitrate settings, days and days later all that is available to this video on any device is 1080. And a bluebird sky in this RUclips’s 1080 looks very bad. It looks more like 480. The pisser is, their letting me waste my time uploading in 1080 and letting me think I’m going to get 4k like my others. If their running low on space and need to throttle things down, they should make it known.
Seems like this may be happening to a lot of people as I have been getting comments saying the same things. Hopefully the issue is resolved soon. Keep me posted is you find a fix, I’m sure it would help others too. Thanks for watching!
I found your video by attempting to Google why RUclips videos are playing blurry, but the minute an ad comes on in that very same video...it's suddenly crystal clear! Now I have an idea since it's obvious they play favorites as you mentioned...they definitely want ads to be perfect. Interesting. Mildly disheartening, but still interesting. Also, I didn't know about the stats for nerds, so I did your video and a fellow creator's video to compare. Sure enough, yours shows VP09 and hers shows AVC. Good info. Thank you!
I've read somewhere before about smaller channels are stuck with slightly low quality uploads, but somehow forgot about it and came here to find out the answer once again. 😆 I did learn something new though! Helpful video!
I literally didn't even believe a _word_ of it because I know Reddit is clearly on some goof. If RUclips really did that, they could've at least put a warning on the dashboard (aka RUclips Studio) that higher quality uploads are only available to popular content creators, but, for some reason, this is a problem with the bitrate and codec instead. 1080p is suddenly not so good anymore...
Thanks for the tip,i just overthinking why youtube drop my quality and make it pixelated,even if im on 1080p60 quality video,this tip is so useful,btw i make gameplay videos
Nah it’s all just a camera trick, if you seen how many takes it took me to put this video together you’d probably change your mind 🤣🤣 Thanks for watching!
Your lighting isn't bad. Not sure if I'm seeing it correctly but it looks like you might be using a ring light. I would say you just need to add a little more light for your key light or bring up the exposure a little if it doesn't cause you too much noise. Also you could add a kicker or rim light to edge out your figurings from the background. Other than that it looks good!
Your video is so CLEAN and SHARP (I guess that is your personality as well). Please, let me know on where can I find your video tutorials that explain the lighting, and camera set up & setting you used for this video? Also, how did you make your video looks so CLEAN and HANDSOME (that is a compliment)???
Thanks for the compliment. At the moment I do not have any tutorials on my current settings. However, I will be working on some new tutorials soon. Thanks for watching 🙂
When upscaling to 4K in Premiere Pro, do I need to create a 4K sequence or can I leave my 1080 sequence and just change the output resolution in export window?
For computer performance you are better off with a 1080p timeline and the. Just render at 4k. But really either is fine as long as you upload a 4k video to RUclips. Thanks for watching!
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Compress Video for RUclips without Quality Lose: bit.ly/3PdrBuO
Spell check. Unless Quality Lose is a proper noun.
That Video-Proc is just for beginners who couldn't understand how to use FFMPEG.
@@ClayWheelerI've been using CRF ever since I heard of it
I knew it!! I always had a suspicion that popular youtubers get higher bitrate or some sort of lower compression by youtube! That's why their videos are so ultra sharp and clean, while my videos turn into a horrible blocky mess the very moment something in the frame slightly moves. Thanks for being transparent while others just tell us to "raise bitrate in export settings"
Yeah unfortunately that’s how it works. But with these tips we can get a competitive edge. Glad I could help, thanks for watching.
@@GlenReed thanks for making the video! Will always upload in 4K now 🙌🏼
@@xKingston111 nice!
I had the same suspicions too. I'm sure it happens in many platforms especially on Instagram and Facebook.
Unfortunately so 😔
@@xKingston111 One question to you guys that work with heavy video files everyday: I just started and I have been dealing with massive video files 8 hours in length, keeping bitrate at 2500 to keep my videos under the ratio of aprox 1 GB per hour. The question is: does dealing with videos cause wear on the disk? Either it be spinning disk or SSD. Any tips in regards to that? Did you ever notice that your disk lifespan was reduced somehow by dealing with videos? For now, while I don't strike my first client yet and I'm doing this for free, I just want to make sure I'm not damaging my equipment in the process. Once I am earning some income, it's fine, I can replace disks.
I used to upload all my videos in 2k to get vp9.
When my videos started getting 2k quality even right after the upload was done, I knew the algorithm was favoring my videos.
Now I just upload in 1080p, and it gets vp9 either way.
As a small creator, that's the best compliment you can get from RUclips, lmao.
@@MedeirosXS Acredito que em 1080p, o '1080p nativo' ficaria melhor do que o downscale de 1440p p/ 1080p (aplicado pelo YT), mas penso que se formos comparar 1080p nativo com o 1440p, o aumento da bitrate entregue pelo YT deve fazer a imagem ficar melhor.
É só uma hipótese, deve ser testada.
small creator? you have 300k subs lol
So in short:
- Use 2K or 4K when rendering and uploading, regardless of your resolution
- Use VP9 Codec
- Don't use render presets in video editing software
- Use 3x higher bitrate than RUclips recommends
- Schedule your videos
- Add grain/noise to your video
Basically 🙂
Why should ad noise/grains? , pls reply
Adding grain prevents heavy compression which causes banding. Merry Christmas!
I'm not sure but raising your bitrate puts on extra effort on RUclips compression system and thus the output is grainy.
Compact video size (low bitrate) allows for easy compression.
but I use imovie )): what can I do with that? I record on iPhone and idk how to insert my videos onto my MacBook without losing quality
the cleanest shave i have ever seen in my life.
😂 thanks! You should see the beard I had in my Apple 64GB video 🧔♂️
This isn't what I was searching for, but youtube must have known I needed to know this. This is awesome, stuff I would of never thought would be "right". I most likely would of spent countless hours editing, encoding, uploading & waiting between edits just to see the effect of my changes. THANK YOU!
It took me time to figure all this out and I knew it could help a lot of people. Thanks for watching!
thats the best video that i found in the probably 5 hours of looking at random videos about quality on obs or how to export with higher quality, this clarified a lot of things to me
Glad I was able to help 🙂
Finally !! Someone mentions mbps. Everyone else focuses on 1080 / 2k / 4k/ only. Thanks!!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the encouragement!
Adding noise is called dithering. It works by randomising quantisation error so that certain patterns don't show up. To fully understand how it works, you need to have understanding of how the audio/video is divided into orthogonal subbands which are then upsampled and quantized into lower resolution and downsampled again and the how this process adds noise to the bands and how the inverse transform makes these noises look like.
Thanks for the great input! And thanks for watching 🙂
I don’t think sharpen will give you the results you’re looking for. Adding grain/noise basically keeps things moving in the frame so RUclips won’t compress it as much. Hope this answers your question. Thanks for watching!
@howardlam6181 You blinded me with science! 🤩
All facts. Good video
Thanks man!
oh my god i have been looking for this answer since the beginning of my channel, 6 months ago, i knew there must be a way to improve my videos, codec is the answer! this video is super helpful! thank you man~~~~ Love!!
Glad I could help! Simple steps but they make a big difference.
To improve 8 bit footage and tame the banding that results from grading such low bitrate footage, applying temporal noise reduction as well really helps.
Yes it can! And then add artificial noise back at the end of the grading process to help keep RUclips from compressing too much.
First video I've come across that helps explain why my vid quality sometimes stinks after upload... I will try your tips in an upcoming load. Thanks, dude!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I subscribed because 00:23 is EXACTLY what I am experiencing after meticulously editing a video day and night for a week. Thank you so much for this!!
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching and the support!
Thanks for this bro. My whole team will benefit from the information.
No problem man! Glad to help!
man.. those are some good tips. That seems pretty messed up that RUclips would favor larger creators in terms of upload quality as that can actually affect how people perceive your channel pretty immediately. Quality might not be something people consciously notice but they do notice it, and every little bit counts. Definitely gonna be implementing these tips man, appreciate it!
Thanks! Yeah it definitely seems unfair. But at least we have these work arounds. Thanks for watching!
Been in RUclips for over 10 years, but learned a lot today, thanks!
Awesome! Glad I could help 🙂
Great stuff Glen! I've noticed that my uploaded videos are slightly darker, and my skin appears redder on RUclips than in the source file. Will this help that out as well?
Unfortunately it won’t help with color shifts. I use Davinci Resolve Studio and noticed a color and contrast shift in my videos as well. This can be a problem with how the different browsers process the video and will vary based on which browser you are using. To combat this I edit and export in sRGB as my color space since most common browser color space. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching 🙂
Thanks for the tip. I won't use it all the time, but the ability to upload a video with less compression will certainly be a big help for some of my content.
Definitely! If it’s a video that really matters it’s worth the extra effort. Thanks for watching!
Love your insight! Although at 2:53, my main concern with higher resolutions like 2K or 4K, is that they cost a lot of data for the average user to download and watch. Will our videos still look good even when someone chooses to watch them in 1080p at least?
Yes. It’ll look better for each resolution
Yes it will look better at all resolutions because you will get the better VP9 codec. Thanks for watching!
This was extremely helpful, Glen - thank you.
Thanks! Glad I could help 🙂
Yes! Finally someone who has some idea what they're talking about!
Thanks 😊
Great tips, and definitely reinforces what we've discovered in our own studies with trying to improve the appearance of film grain on uploaded videos
Thanks! You guys definitely know better than I do how much film grain can improve an image. I’ve heard great things about FilmConvert but have yet to try it. Thanks for watching 🙂
just a note: uploading in 4k does get you the vp09 codex for the 4k and 2k resolution, but not necessarily for the 1080p version and below
You are correct! Thanks for watching!
Greetings soldier of krieg!
But I *need* the VP09 codec for 1080p because YT is wrecking my videos with massive pixelation around my text titles even when I upload in 4K.
How can I fix this problem, exactly? Literally *nobody* on earth seems to have an actual working answer to this problem.
Still upload in 4k to get VP09 but also add film grain to keep RUclips from compressing the text too much causing pixelation.
If RUclips doesn’t see movement in a area it heavily compresses it, adding film grain creates movement tricking RUclips into not compressing that section as much.
@@GlenReedwhat is film grain sir
Awesome content. Quality, straight-ish to the point (just enough so that there's actually some in-depth explanation when needed). Subbed.
Question : What are your audio export settings in Resolve? I know RUclips prefers MP4, but when selected in Resolve on PC, this format limits both Bit Rate and Bit Depth!
Is it a good idea to export .MOV with PCM 24 Bit Depth audio? Thanks dude!
Hey! Thanks for the great comment! In Resolve I really just use the default of Linear PCM with the sample rate same as project and 16 Bit Depth. It hasn’t really given me any issues although I’m not really an audio guy. I have been using a plug-in suite called Alex Audio Butler which helps with my mixing, I also did a full review on my channel if you’re interested. Thanks for watching!
Thank you brother. thanks for your dedication on this video. I wish you get millions of subscribes in near future. Love from India.
Thanks! I really appreciate the encouragement 😊
Dude...Such a helpful video ! I always thought that my video looks bad after exporting..compared to the bigger channels , but always wondered why ? Finally , through your video i understood the important stuff...thanks for the video .
No problem! Glad I could help!
@@GlenReed thanks again...through your tips...finally my latest video looked much clear ! Just came back again to say thanks :)
Awesome! Appreciate the follow up 🙂
Brutally good explanation. I did notice a difference when I upload 1080p vs 1440p or 4k, even if I watch all at 1080p, the ones uploaded at 1440p or 4k look better... and now I know it's because of the vp09.
Glad I could help man! Thanks for watching!
Thanks this was helpful
You’re very welcome 🙂
Export h264 or Prores for youtube upload?
You can upload either, but h.264 will save you upload time and drive space. The results will be close to the same for either codec. Thanks for watching!
@@GlenReed Thanks
No problem 😉
I will not upload in 1080p anymore, I thought it wasn’t a big deal. Thanks for the tips!
No problem man! Glad to help 🙂
Hello! If I have my video on 1080 how do I upload it on 2k or 4k? Do I have to scale it and export it that way on premiere? thanks!
@@lucascabrillana5008 My assumptions would be when you're on the export settings to set your profile higher to support the higher resolutions if it is being funny but just change the resolution under the video tab at the top from there so your sequence is actually at 1080p but upscaled to 2K or 4K, adjust the bitrate depending on which quality and frame rate you export as.
@@Julzdf thanks! Yes, it was that easy
Hi Glen I gave you a super big tumb up. Thanks to your suggestion I was able to fix a problem that non of the other thousand of tutorial I saw on you tube were able to solve. Now no matter if I am shooting in 4k or FHD from now on I will defenetly create a 4k project in FCPX in order to be able to export it in 4K onto RUclips. Big, big THANK YOU! Giuseppe
That’s awesome! Glad I could help! It’s crazy how these simple tricks can make such a huge difference. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment 🙂
@@GlenReedthank you to you again for your help and precious advise!
You need more subs, this is every high quality
Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to leave such an encouraging comment.
Thank you so much for this video. I've been looking everywhere, thinking I'm the one messing settings up and couldn't figure out why it looks perfect on my PC and trash on RUclips. Thank you!
No problem! Glad I could help 🙂
Awesome, so I was already doing most of this. Basically I was setting my video to a constant bitrate, as high as I could, and uploading in 4k, even 1080p videos. One additional tip though, since this video is 2 years old, I also AI upscale the video with Topaz if it's just 1080p to 4k. That way there's even more detail.
Thanks for the additional tip! Davinci Resolve also has a upscale feature.
What’s topaz ?
@@EllieEspiAI Upscaling Tool
Thanks man! You help me a lot!!!!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic. Thanks for the tips Glen!
You’re very welcome! Glad I could help 🙂
That glossy desk is awesome
@5:12 "Banding"! Finally, I found the word for that annoying effect that I was wondering if my screens are bad quality! My favorite video clips uploaded by professional channels already have them and it drives me crazy since my computer is pricey!
Banding can definitely be annoying, especially after we try so hard to make our videos to look good. Thanks for watching!
Awesome video man, great job! I use a Sony A6400 with Sigma's 16mm F1.4 lens, I record and upload everything in 4K but it never really looks nearly as good as it does out of camera after I've uploaded. I generally set the bitrate in Premiere to 45mbps as per RUclips's guidelines, but I'll definitely try to bump that up to 90mbps as you've suggested to see if it looks better. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Thanks for the encouragement man! Glad I could help!
Problem is, bumping that up also means a bigger file size. I also have a Sony a6400 and have uploaded encoded videos at 45mbps as well as footage directly from the camera which is 95mbps and i didn't notice any difference in quality when viewing on youtube.
The BEST video I've seen on this subject. Thank you!
Thanks! 😊
Great video, extremely underrated info that I haven’t heard anywhere else. Gonna try this for my fortnite montages
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching 🙂
Neeeddddfooorrrbeeeaaaansss
Thanks man, I was struggling with the quality of my videos then I saw this and it helped a lot
No problem, glad to help! Thanks for watching 🙂
You mentioned increasing the bitrate but you didn't mention what setting to use.
Either h.264 or HEVC h.265 works best using as close to double the bitrate RUclips recommends as possible support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en#zippy=%2Cbitrate
Thanks man this helps a lot I wish I knew this before hand😔
No problem 😉 I know exactly how you feel, that’s why I thought it would be good to make this video. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.
@@GlenReed thanks to you man just re uploaded my video with better quality thank god I had it on private🙏🏽💯 thx for the help👍🏽
@Babyeneezekiel7thst awesome!
Super useful and polished presentation. Subbed!
Thanks for the encouragement 😊
Yooo Thank You Sir!!
I am at the point of wanting to make vids. It's easy to spot the "hey look at me" but it makes searching and finding legit information a lot harder.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
With all the videos out there (and thousands more being added daily) it’s definitely hard to find good info.
Even when I upload them in 4K or 2K, I still get slightly pixelated quality on 1080p, but when others do it they somehow get better ?, I’ve tried the bitrate increase also
Have you verified that you are receiving the VP9 codec after uploading to RUclips? It may take some time for it to transcode.
@@GlenReed yes i can verify it, the quality is great in anything above 1080p, but anything from 1080p and below it doesnt look as good as it should be
Unfortunately that may be the best it can be. There are a lot of other factors that could cause that issue and it’s really hard to say what could be the problem. Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
I got from another youtube channel explained that VP09 if you export ur video in h265. And AVC1 for h264.
Because I already found that videos from big marketplace company Lazada Indonesia, most of their videos was in codecs AVC1 and still looking sharp & good quality.
So I think AVC1 & VP09 codecs are not the case.
@@SaintoraXBL are u getting VP09 ?
I just saw the Dithtering comment, I just keep learning stuff. This was a great video! I'm about to post to RUclips on a regular basis and just setting up my green screen and lighting has taken forever! I want to be ready to upload my first video right away and have it look like it did when I submitted it. After watching this I think my first video will look great on my "channel".
It’s a lot of hard work but worth it. I learn with every video I make. Keep at it and you’ll do great. Thanks for watching!
This is exactly the information I was looking for Thanks so much for the knowledge 🤙
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching!
So helpful thank you !! I’m surprised how some of my videos look weird when I see them in other peoples feeds
You are welcome! Follow these tips and it should help improve your video quality. Also often RUclips will default to a low quality playback (probably to save them bandwidth) and the viewer needs to manually change it in the settings. This may explain why your videos don’t look correct on others feeds. Thanks for watching!
this was very helpful indeed, thank you Reed. who else is here in 2024
You’re very welcome 😊. Thanks for watching!
Its past 2am and this video saved me from staying woke the whole night.
@@Pixels_poa glad I could help! 🙂
When I make my videos, they look awesome in the editing app, and the auditory effect is also on point. When I transfer them to RUclips, the quality is diminished, and it looks tacky. Thanks for this, brother!
You’re very welcome! Hopefully these help get the quality of your videos back to how you intended to be. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Great tips, thank you!
Quick question - are there any downsides to adding film grain? Would it negatively affect scenes that actually have a lot of motion? In this video, if you look closely at the area right above your right shoulder, there seems to be some staticy flickering dots going on.. wondering if that might be caused by the film grain or something else?
Thanks!
The only downside that I can think of is larger file sizes and render times. As for the flickering 🤔 I don’t see it in my end when viewing on RUclips via chrome. Thanks for watching!
This is great info. My videos lag when I go over youtube's recommended bit rate, especially at 60 fps
Really impressive and informative video. This looks like a 100k subscribers channel.
Thank you! Hopefully I’ll get there eventually 🙂. I appreciate the encouragement.
@@GlenReed It is just the matter of time, I'm sure of it.
Omg Glen, You literally just saved me!!! OMG! Thanks a lot...I can't describe how much you helped me...Wishing to get more informative videos from you! Thanks!
That’s awesome! Glad I was able to help. It’s been awhile but I plan on continuing to make RUclips videos.
@@GlenReed Yeah, Keep on making videos! I liked your presentations and editing styles and your background!
Thanks 😊
@@GlenReed 🥰
Great Tips! Do you think that sometimes a video gets better in terms of the quality after a couple of days? Sometimes it seems to me that the video looks more chunky straight after publishing.
Thanks! Definitely! Sometimes depending of what you upload I have noticed it can take a couple days for RUclips to fully transcode to higher resolution and codecs. It can be very frustrating at times considering the algorithm places such a Ephesus on how a video performs in the first few hours after upload. Thanks for watching!
Thank ya!
No problem 😉 Thanks for watching!
I am confused here. When I look at obviously compressed footage on YT that was recorded in 4K and rendered in 4K, the stats show that it is in that level and that it's using the better Codec you reference. But that compression is still obvious no matter what I do. What else might be happening or what else can I do to refine the YT vid?
There will always be some level of compression from RUclips unfortunately. The methods in this video are the only ways I know to help alleviate some of the effects. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Glen! I'm just learning and this really helps.
No problem 😉 thanks for watching!
Hi Glen! Thanks for this video. I tried this tip to edit in a 2k timeline and export it as a 2k file, but it added a black boarder to my whole video. Is there a way around this? I do have a bigger channel I'd say so I'm so upset this is happening to my videos that youtube are using the lower compressor for my uploads. Also what video codec would you recommend for the best quality upload when its a 1080p video? I edit final cut pro. Thanks!
Hey! Thanks for watching! Hmmm is the black border only on the top and bottom or is it all the way around your video? If you are trying to edit in 2k your resolution should be 2560x1440. It wouldn't hurt your quality even if you edited/exported in 4k 3840x2160 either. 4k is harder on your computer though. I looked at your last couple videos (cool channel btw), it seems as though you are getting the VP9 codec even though you are uploading 1080p. The quality looks decent to me.
As for final cut exports h.264 is your best choice. If you haven't tried it, Apple Compressor will give you much more options to adjust things like bit rate. Its totally worth the $50 and you can either send your projects directly to compressor from FCPX or create a preset for FCPX. I made the switch to Davinci Resolve which has these features built in.
Hope this helps!
Hi Glen!
Thanks so much for your reply. Appreciate you taking the time! So actually I have not tried those exact dimensions, I did now though and while the board issue isn’t there, in FCPX it doesn’t allow me to export in H.264 if it’s a 2k timeline. Only allows for AppleProRes which ends up being a huge file size. Not sure if you have a tip about that!
And thanks for complimenting my channel haha it’s been a long work in progress. It’s weird though, some video are processed with that lower codec and some with the higher. I wonder what the determining factor is 🤔
No problem! Always willing to help a fellow Floridian lol. That's odd I just tried a timeline with all the 2k presets plus 2560x1440 as a custom resolution and it lets me select h.264. ProRes is large! I shoot in ProRes almost daily and can easily fill a 1TB drive with less than 1hr of ProRes RAW. Try switching your timeline to 4k and see if it gives you the option to export in H.264. That should be the default. It might take a little bit longer to render. To keep your computer from running sluggish do your edits in 1080p and then switch it to 4k before exporting (this is what many pro editors do to keep things speedy).
Yeah building a channel is a lot more work than most realize, especially if you have a family. I know my channel could be much bigger if I spent to time to produce more content, but I spend most of my time producing content for others to pay the bills lol. As for the AVC vs VP9 deciding factor it may just be that RUclips hasn't fully transcoded your video yet. Lately a lot of people have been complaining about this only to find that it eventually transcodes. RUclips seems to be moving slowly lately. If you want send me a link to the video/videos you are having a issue with and I can take a look.
Thank you so much for this! I couldn't for the life of me figure out how fix color banding, your film grain idea may have saved me.
No problem! Glad I could help! Thanks for watching 🙂
Hey Glen - Would you suggest uploading in MOV or MP4 for RUclips? I'm working on a 2 hour concert video so we're talking a 18gb VS 133gb. Quite a huge difference. Curious as to what your opinion would be. Is it worth the wait time / storage space? Or will it look about the same?
Best,
Tanner
I personally upload in MOV since I’m on a Mac but I’m not really sure it would make a huge difference to go with MP4. The larger file will take much longer to upload and I would definitely make sure you don’t have any monthly internet limits, but the larger file will also hold more information than the smaller more compressed version hopefully giving you a better end result. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
@@GlenReed which one is the bigger file MP4 or MOV? Also great video!
@@4naz.44 H265 mov is the smallest
just uploaded car racing game video to my channel and my friend's (as unlisted) who got over 2m subscibers guess what he was able to see clearly like I recorded, while mine looks like 4-5 times bad. so yeah time to be yt's favorite.
I guess it’s motivating for all of us to grow our channels 🙃. Thanks for watching!
@@GlenReed I couldnt agree more (:
really need to test those tips. what a shame noone knows them.
btw i would have wished for some visualisation/comparison/"evidence" included in the video ^^
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
This was great. Just exported a 1080 videdo from Da Vinci, looks good. Upload to RUclips and it's got pixels and banding. So frustrating. Thanks man. Subbed.
These tips will definitely help. Thanks for the support 🙂
The VP9 versus AVC tip was very useful! However, something is going on with RUclips very recently, because I use After Effects to encode in 4K, and up until my last video was uploaded using the EXACT SAME SETTINGS as the ones that were automatically accepted as 4K. File size was similar to the others. 3 days later, the editor showed SD, HD, and 4K were COMPLETED transcoding. Yet ALL the players in all my devices and computers were denied the 4K option in the player! Is it possible they deliberately changed something?
Exact same thing is happening to me this whole past week. All my 4k uploads were viewable as 4k, but now even after re-uploading the same video multiple times with the same high bitrate settings, days and days later all that is available to this video on any device is 1080. And a bluebird sky in this RUclips’s 1080 looks very bad. It looks more like 480. The pisser is, their letting me waste my time uploading in 1080 and letting me think I’m going to get 4k like my others. If their running low on space and need to throttle things down, they should make it known.
Seems like this may be happening to a lot of people as I have been getting comments saying the same things. Hopefully the issue is resolved soon. Keep me posted is you find a fix, I’m sure it would help others too. Thanks for watching!
Did this ever get sorted or did it continue to happen?
@@midnightcharasmr I'm waiting too 👀
Yes I DO know how hard it is to keep that surface clean, because I too have a glass top workstation!
Lol definitely not easy 😂
Thank you for your support ruclips.net/channel/UCpWquuZsxf_shuOAWcIWMew
I found your video by attempting to Google why RUclips videos are playing blurry, but the minute an ad comes on in that very same video...it's suddenly crystal clear! Now I have an idea since it's obvious they play favorites as you mentioned...they definitely want ads to be perfect. Interesting. Mildly disheartening, but still interesting. Also, I didn't know about the stats for nerds, so I did your video and a fellow creator's video to compare. Sure enough, yours shows VP09 and hers shows AVC. Good info. Thank you!
Glad I could help. If you put to practice the tops in this video it will definitely help. Thanks for watching.
Interesting video mate - TYPICAL ey? BIG channels automatically get the better quality compression!
Yup! Thanks for watching!
@@GlenReed Cheers and subscribed :)
know i know why my videos turned into the chaotic mess of things
Thanks for watching!
I've read somewhere before about smaller channels are stuck with slightly low quality uploads, but somehow forgot about it and came here to find out the answer once again. 😆 I did learn something new though! Helpful video!
Thanks! Glad I could help! Thanks for watching 🙂
I literally didn't even believe a _word_ of it because I know Reddit is clearly on some goof. If RUclips really did that, they could've at least put a warning on the dashboard (aka RUclips Studio) that higher quality uploads are only available to popular content creators, but, for some reason, this is a problem with the bitrate and codec instead. 1080p is suddenly not so good anymore...
Great advice and tips my friend, made a huge improvement, many many, thanks!
No problem 😉 Thanks for watching!
2024 June 😢😢
The value on this topic was through the roof. Really learned key details I was completely unaware of. Thanks!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Damn I knew big tubers got better video quality, no brained for RUclips really. Great tips, especially the 2k upload tip!
Yup it’s true unfortunately. Thanks for watching!
A surprising amount of information that I haven't heard from anyone else. I will take notes
Thanks for watching! Glad I could help!
I did not know VP9 Codec existed until you mentioned it. I also learned to upscale bitrate by 3x what RUclips recommends.
Glad I could help 😊 thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tip,i just overthinking why youtube drop my quality and make it pixelated,even if im on 1080p60 quality video,this tip is so useful,btw i make gameplay videos
Awesome! Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
I greatly appreciate the support 😊
Great tips! Thank you!
You’re very welcome 🙂
I want to start my youtube channel that you tell about codec I am small I want to improve video quality it can be possible from starting
Yes! These tips help us smaller channels! Thanks for watching 🙂
I know this video is old, but I just stumbled across it and this is great info. Thank You.
Thanks! It’s an older video but is still valid and gets a couple hundred views a day. Thanks for taking the time to comment 🙂
These are the tips I needed!
Thanks for watching 🙂
Best class yet! Thank you.
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
@@GlenReed Sure thing!
This video is GOLD!! Thank you!
Thanks man! I appreciate the encouragement.
This guy is smart
Nah it’s all just a camera trick, if you seen how many takes it took me to put this video together you’d probably change your mind 🤣🤣 Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the clear and concise answer to this!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Glen Reed - The Perfectionist
I am a bit of a perfectionist. Slows me down at times, but it's what makes me who I am. Thanks for watching!
@@GlenReed Do it right or leave it, this is how I work on my projects. I'm IT technician. Thanks for your useful informations
Even in 480p this video still looks good. Thank you for sharing with us. ☺
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching 🙂
This is very helpful. I used to have this banding or chromatic aberration problem with my videos. Thanks man. More power to your channel.
Thanks! Glad I could help 🙂. I appreciate the encouragement.
Btw, do you have any suggestions how to improve my lighting setup?
Your lighting isn't bad. Not sure if I'm seeing it correctly but it looks like you might be using a ring light. I would say you just need to add a little more light for your key light or bring up the exposure a little if it doesn't cause you too much noise. Also you could add a kicker or rim light to edge out your figurings from the background. Other than that it looks good!
Your video is so CLEAN and SHARP (I guess that is your personality as well). Please, let me know on where can I find your video tutorials that explain the lighting, and camera set up & setting you used for this video? Also, how did you make your video looks so CLEAN and HANDSOME (that is a compliment)???
Thanks for the compliment. At the moment I do not have any tutorials on my current settings. However, I will be working on some new tutorials soon. Thanks for watching 🙂
Ive just done all these methods and it’s still blurry. Im shooting in 4k and have great wifi, yet its still god damn blurry… really frustrating
interesting video, how much in porcentage is a little bit of noise? and where? in light? 2, 5, 10, 20%?
Add the noise/grain across the entire image. Add it to taste but where it as least slightly visible.
Which one is better to avoid youtube compression please reply (IPB or ALL)..
When upscaling to 4K in Premiere Pro, do I need to create a 4K sequence or can I leave my 1080 sequence and just change the output resolution in export window?
For computer performance you are better off with a 1080p timeline and the. Just render at 4k. But really either is fine as long as you upload a 4k video to RUclips. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, RUclipsr Gold right there!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Really thank you, Glen!!
No problem 🙂
Wow excellent video, I haven't heard these tips before. Subbed
Thanks! I appreciate the encouragement and support!
Very helpful and informative vide man. Thank you for your time and creation!
Glad I could help! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
great tips, thank you
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No problem! Glad I could help! Thanks for watching 🙂