Upload HD Videos to YouTube?

[Mac.]

Hi, I have a bunch of "MPEG Movie" and "AVI Movie" videos I want to upload on YouTube. Every time I upload them they cannot be watched in HD, the quality is reduced drastically. Is there anyway around this? I understand that the videos I want to upload may not be true High Definition, but they are VERY good quality.

Will I need to convert all my videos first? If so, can you recommend me one please.

Thanks in advance 🙂

 

[Macnoviz]

Hi, I have a bunch of "MPEG Movie" and "AVI Movie" videos I want to upload on YouTube. Every time I upload them they cannot be watched in HD, the quality is reduced drastically. Is there anyway around this? I understand that the videos I want to upload may not be true High Definition, but they are VERY good quality.

Will I need to convert all my videos first? If so, can you recommend me one please.

Thanks in advance 🙂

I think you'll have to convert them and upscale to high definition if you're not satisfied with the high quality setting in youtube.

 

[r.j.s]

In order for them to be in HD on YouTube, they must be HD on your computer.

 

[hdayala]

HD movies on You Tube

I use iMovie HD-iLife 06 to create my videos. I use my digital camera's video function to take little movies. they are not HD by any means. when I create them on iMovie 06 and export them as anything under 640 x 480, they cannot be viewed as HD on YouTube. If they are 640 x 480 (and not HD) I can click the HD button on You Tube and they come up as HD with a huge difference in quality.

 

[r.j.s]

I use iMovie HD-iLife 06 to create my videos. I use my digital camera's video function to take little movies. they are not HD by any means. when I create them on iMovie 06 and export them as anything under 640 x 480, they cannot be viewed as HD on YouTube. If they are 640 x 480 (and not HD) I can click the HD button on You Tube and they come up as HD with a huge difference in quality.

640x480 is HQ, not HD for YouTube. HD is AT LEAST 1280x720. Yes, there is a difference between Normal and HQ, but an even bigger difference between HQ and HD.

Normal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzLZlcA-3Tg

HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzLZlcA-3Tg&fmt=18

HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzLZlcA-3Tg&fmt=22

 

[Mac.]

Thanks for the help everyone.