Uploaded Youtube Videos Looks Pixelated

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rzetlin wrote on 2012-05-04 15:34

Every since the start of the year, the videos I have uploaded to youtube looks pixelated and corrupted.

I have used Camtasia Studio 7 and Windows Movie Player 2011 on Windows 7.

The video produced on my PC looks okay.

But once I have uploaded my video to youtube the video quality is terrible.

I have tried multiple times to upload the video but I have no success in resolving the issue.

[video=youtube;lsFQpJAapRk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsFQpJAapRk[/video]
Yoorah wrote on 2012-05-04 17:02

YouTube transcodes video you upload. The video codec you're using isn't compatible with YouTube, it seems. Are you uploading in MPEG2 format, or what? Either way, you should compress videos as little as possible before you upload them, because YouTube needs to transcode them further, reducing quality (and sometimes introducing glitches, it seems.)

Alternatively, you could upload video encoded in H.264 (recommended) or even VC-1. There are easy to use tools out there for transcoding video, such as HandBrake. Just keep in mind that you should limit the amount of times you transcode video before you upload, as each step eats away at quality. Ideally, you'd upload the originals to YouTube, but that can be problematic. What I do is upload high-bitrate H.264 video and it seems to work out okay, although I am by no means an expert when it comes to video encoding and YouTube. ):

YouTube has a help page that details which formats are recommended for uploading that you may want to look into as well.
TA wrote on 2012-05-04 17:05

This is by far the easiest one: http://www.h264encoder.com/
rzetlin wrote on 2012-05-05 02:10

Thanks for the links, but I am getting mixed results when I encode my video with the links provided.

I have tried out handbrake and h26encoder.

When I decode the video on a lower quality the video looks okay.

When I try and decode the video with HD quality the video looks Pixelated.

I recorded the video using Fraps at 1680 x 938.

I wonder if the the scale of the video is causing issues.
Taycat wrote on 2012-05-05 06:57

Have you selected the HD setting when choosing how to save it on Windows Movie Maker?

It's advised that maybe you should use the AVI setting.