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Hey Guys -

I just got a Hi Def camcorder... so i made a test video with my Victor E "Monarch Jr.".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydogm1knbw

...oh and be sure to click "Watch in HD" right under the display box.

I'm still trying to figure everything out. It is the right aspect ratio (16:9), but for some reason it's not the full display frame. (it has that black window outline)

...and while the HD picture quality is great, it seems to lose some of the FPS (frames per second), looks a little jumpy.

If anyone has suggestions, let me know... otherwise just enjoy the phono video!

phonophan79 wrote:I just got a Hi Def camcorder... so i made a test video with my Victor E "Monarch Jr.".

phonophan79,

That looks incredible, apart from what appears to be a few encoding glitches. Are you uploading right off of the camera, or are you editing it in something first?

phonophan79 wrote:...oh and be sure to click "Watch in HD" right under the display box.

You can link YouTube video in high quality by adding ‘&fmt=18’ after the video ID in the URL, so your video in high quality is:
To link it in HD, you would use ‘&fmt=22’, like this:
Here are links you can test that with: High Quality and High Definition.

I should add a [youtubeHD] (and probably a [youtubeHQ]) tag to this board (which should not be too difficult) to complement our advertisement-free [youtube] tag, for which you can read the tutorial here.

phonophan79 wrote:I'm still trying to figure everything out. It is the right aspect ratio (16:9), but for some reason it's not the full display frame. (it has that black window outline)

I think that this is because you are encoding it with a 4:3 aspect ratio (which is letter-boxing it) as opposed to encoding with a 16:9 ratio (HD). I started a thread in the Board Tech section to share my encoding methods and for us to discuss making videos for the benefit of anyone who wants to encode for YouTube. I will be adding to it (e.g. screen captures and hopefully demonstration videos captured from my computer) as I have time/motivation.

phonophan79 wrote:...and while the HD picture quality is great, it seems to lose some of the FPS (frames per second), looks a little jumpy.

This is probably a result of however you are encoding it.

phonophan79 wrote:If anyone has suggestions, let me know... otherwise just enjoy the phono video!

Sure, come over to the Board tech thread so we can have YouTube information conveniently consolidated for discussion and use.

I’ll need to know exactly how you encoded the video you uploaded before I can give you any truly relevant advice on it, but I am sure that I can help you.

Your friendly internet daemon,

MordEth

Thanks so much! I have moved the "techie talk" portion of this thread and response to the the Board tech thread.