Solved What is the best format to record in for YouTube?

Hi all,

I always record in Sony AVCHD 1080 50i and I have always found that this works perfect for Blu-ray.

....but now I have started to put all my videos on to YouTube.

So my question is what should my camera settings be set to?

What’s best for YouTube. Should I avoid 1080 50i and have 25p or 50p?

Thanks

If you have already recorded video using 1080-50i, you can render this in Vegas to 25p and that will work on YouTube.

When you are recording new videos, you can record at 1080-25p or 1080-50p for YouTube and render to the exact same settings your video was recorded with.
For everyday video, most people would still use 1080-25p.
1080-25p is more suited if you like the "film look".

If you are recording fast moving scenes like sport and want to maintain a nice sharp image, 1080-50p is a much better setting to use.
1080-50p also looks more "hyper-real" if you like that look.

Fab!

Thank you!

Is it true that 50p needs more work to render?

Virdi wrote: Is it true that 50p needs more work to render?

50p is twice the frame rate of 25p, so yes it requires more time to render.