Panasonic HDC-HS20 - Settings for YouTube

Hi! I have Final Cut Express, version 401B2. My computer is an iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo. Today I bought a Panasonic HDC-HS20 video camera. But I'm confused. What settings should I have in "easy setup" and when I export the video? The goal is to of course have the best quality possible. All videos I make are for YouTube.

So my questions are:

1. What settings should I have in "easy set up"? What format, rate and use?
2. What settings should I use when I export the video? What codec etc?

🙂

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo

Posted on May 29, 2010 12:50 PM

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skalicki

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May 30, 2010 2:51 PM in response to BookhouseBoy

Upload it to an external image site such as Flickr and link us to it.

BookhouseBoy Author

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May 30, 2010 3:03 PM in response to skalicki

doh!

here: http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae254/EricIsaksson/Among%20The%20Firs/1.jpg

on the right side there's a black thin line.....

BookhouseBoy Author

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May 30, 2010 5:02 PM in response to skalicki

Is it just me or do pictures taken with video cameras not turn out very good?
I've tried photographing with the camera but the quality isn't very good. Hehe.

skalicki

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May 30, 2010 7:19 PM in response to BookhouseBoy

Not sure what the black line's about, doesn't happen to me. Might be something about your browser I guess. The picture quality on cameras will differ. Mine is something like 3 megapixels but I've seen camcorders that can take beautiful 8 megapixel stills.

BookhouseBoy Author

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May 31, 2010 2:10 AM in response to skalicki

Once again you're right! You're the man! There's no line with Firefox.
I will probably buy a proper still camera. I tried taking some pics with my Panasonic but the quality isn't good. Once again, thanks for all your help! 🙂
I'm sure I'll ask something in the future.

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Panasonic HDC-HS20 - Settings for YouTube