Jefflowery
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Q: COMPRESSION

I upload many vids to Youtube. Currently, my process is:

 

Sharing from FCPX timeline to Apple Device 720p.  It reduced signicantly, but is there a way to compress to a smaller file while keeping the HD.

 

Youtube is so slow. I want to reduce the upload time in Youtube.

 

Thank you,

Jeff

Final Cut Pro X

Posted on Mar 23, 2015 1:00 PM

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Q: COMPRESSION

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  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Mar 23, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Jefflowery
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    Mar 23, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Jefflowery

    Your best bet is to search youtube for how to improve uploading. There are literally hundreds of clips on that topic. You can generalize the suggestions but you can also find FCPX-specific assistance. But compression is a dark art, a compromise between file size and quality. You make tradeoffs. You can pick and choose specific codecs for your subject matter. You can manually set bit rate changes at specific locations where you need more detail. This stuff is not easy. But whatever you do, YT is going to process your video using a system you cannot control.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Mar 23, 2015 6:08 PM in response to Jefflowery
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    Mar 23, 2015 6:08 PM in response to Jefflowery

    What David said –and I'd pay particular attention to  his final sentence.

     

    YT, et al take whatever you upload to them and re-compress it to display at different sizes. In the process they "throw away" some of the info in your already-compressed movie. The You Tube preset in FCP encodes with a bit rate of 10 Mb per second. The Apple Device 720P preset's bit rate is 7 Mbps, or 30% less. Perhaps the Apple engineers anticipated the additional compression after uploading and built in a bit of a sushi to preserve quality? Whatever the reason, I'm sure the choices were made only after a lot of testing.


    If you want to experiment (test) lower bit rates, get Compressor or MPEG Streamclip, wherein you have far more control over file size/quality tradeoffs than are available in Final Cut. And if you use Compressor you could download  the X.264 encoder, which is particularly adept at creating high quality output at smaller sizes.


    Final thought: pay a visit to broadbandreports.com  and run their speed tests to see whether your ISP is delivering the kind of upload speeds they are advertising.


    Good luck.


    Russ