Create High Quality Motorcycle GoPro Videos - Lesson 1: Uploading GoPro to Youtube.
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2021
- This is the first lesson in a 5 part series that covers how to get the best quality motorcycle GoPro videos up on UA-cam. This lesson covers the following:
* Introduction
* The two codecs that UA-cam has (4:00)
* How to tell which codec has been used (5:35)
* How to force UA-cam to use the high-quality codec (7:18)
* How to maximize quality by increasing your data rate. (10:08) - Навчання та стиль
Great, informative video as usual Brent. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Thanks!
Thank you for the info. Looking forward to watching all the tutorials.
So, so good. Glad I found this series of lessons. Thank you.
Thanks so much for creating these tutorials! They're immensely helpful!
Thank you Brent. Ride safe - Another GS boy
Very very nice... I really enjoyed this first lesson. I can see that you put a lot of thought and planning into it. I'm looking forward to all the next lessons.
Brent, a really excellent tutorial. Thanks and looking forward to the next one!
Very helpful Brent, thank you.
Excellent start Brent. I'm so thankful to have discovered your channel and it was the UA-cam algorithm that led me to your Sydney to Broken Hill video so thanks UA-cam.
Hi Brent, thanks for sharing this with us all!
This is just the video I’ve wanted to find for ages, Thanks
Glad you like it Charlie... 4 more videos coming over the next 10 days.
I've always been frustrated by the UA-cam Compression. Now I understand why the big UA-camrs videos look so much better. Thank you. New sub. Rob from Throttle Downunder (Aussie Motovlogger) has been sharing this video.
Solid tips...cheers!
Brent, thanks a lot for your guide. This is really valuable information. I have studied all your tutorials on the topic and just tested my hero 9 with filters. With a frame rate of 60 it looks just as cool and smooth, nice blur around the edges, and a sharp picture in the middle. I bought cheap filters from aliexpress, and 3D printed an adapter, taking into account the use of a silicone case for the camera. Thanks for your hard work!
This is so useful. You have an excellent manner in explaining this techno jargon. Also, thank somebody for the ABC.
I’ve found this tutorial immensely useful. Thank you.
Plenty more tutorials where that came from. Enjoy 👍
Stumbled upon this by some sort of miracle. You just gained a new sub. Cheers for your efforts mate 👍
Yes, either a miracle or a smart UA-cam algorithm. Either way, I'm glad that my content is useful to you. Thanks for subscribing.
Btw, this was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to your tips I'm now getting 1440p on my UA-cam videos and I'm so happy with the quality. Only down side is of course that it takes bloody forever to export (probably due to my slow laptop) but you're a life saver!!!!!
Great content Brent…. Fully appreciate your time… greeting from Thailand…
Great video series. I started uploading videos to YT and just go so disappointed with the quality that I stopped. But this is starting to make sense now. thanks !!!
Very helpful. Thank you. ♥️from🇮🇳
Thanks for sharing. I recently learnt to export in higher quality after constantly being disappointed with how my videos looked once on uploaded. Didn't know about the bitrate though. Will try it next time.
Thank you
Wow fantastic video, thanks. Watched your Sydney to broken hill video and subscribed straight away. Pet hate of mine is video that’s just got music all the way so your narrating style is just the job. Great content and really nicely put together 🤙
Thanks Tim, appreciate your comments.
Great video, well presented with some valuable info. Will be using these tips for my next upload. Thanks and looking forward to the next vid!
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm uploading video 2 right now :-)
Great stuff mate!
Very interesting Infos in your video! For sure going to try it out!!! 👍
Very informative!
This is good stuff.
Brent, this is fantastic! Thank you so much, this is precisely what I have been looking for. And, hello from an expat Aussie in the US.
Hey Fred
Nice to meet you. Glad this is useful. I'm probably going to post an update soon, only difference is that now I'm shooting and editing in 30fps. I did further testing etc.
Where in the US do you live?
@@brentbat Hi Brent! Deep in the swamp - Washington, D.C.
Thanks starting a UA-cam channel and these videos are going to be very helpful.
Interesting, thanks!
thanks
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💯👀👍👍👍 TYVM Gov'
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Great video Brent, I'm going to pass it on t my MotoVlogging community
Thanks Throttle Downunder... Glad you are enjoying the series. I'm posting lesson 2 as we speak.
@@brentbat looking forward to it
Been referred here by Rob, great info and very glad he let us know about you Brent.
@@brentbat I'm looking forward to it too.
You just blew my mind, I’ve had so much trouble with the quality of my videos it’s driving me nuts lol
I hear you. It drives you crazy. Key to better looking UA-cam’s is maximising nitrate on export. I have mine set at 50mbps
great content Brent, did you ever thought to do the scripting and structure videos, we would amaze if you do , thank to sharing with us
Thank you Brent, great video. The export in 4k trick was a first for me and what a difference! I'd be interested to know your thoughts on h265 vs h264. My h265 files take ages to upload. Been watching your latest footage and your videos really are top quality, great stuff 👌. Thank you again for the useful info. 👍
I've run a few tests and I agree with you. I can't really see a significant increase in quality with H265, but you do cop a big penalty on upload time, so I'm still using H264 until I find a way of getting discernable better quality.
@@brentbat thanks for the reply. Just to say really appreciate the time you give to provide 'trade secrets'. As an amateur with videography, content like yours is invaluable. Good luck with the channel 👍
Thanks for your videos Brent. I'm enjoying it... Are you from Sydney ?
Thanks Andre, I split my time between Sydney and Austin, TX.
When you in Sydney flick me a message and let’s go for a ride and get a few recordings around! I ride a 1250gs adventure, my last video on my Channel was using the camera configuration that you suggested on a GoPro hero 9
@@andrefonzar6222 Thansks Andre, but it will be a while, my next ride is a big ride in the Flinders Ranges and I'll be shipping my bike to Adelaide for the ride, then back to Texas.
I've only just started my youtube channel, and this series is looking like it could be really helpful. Any chance you will be covering video editing using phone apps ? My pc sucks so I have been using the inshot app on iphone for editing and am wondering if you will have any alternative suggestions or tips on that front. Looking forward to the rest of the series, cheers.
Hey DR200 Gold, I'm sorry, but I don't use any of hte phone or ipad apps for my editing so I can't help you there. But I'm sure there tutorials out there by people that have used them.
Hey Brent, love this video series. I have a question. I usually shoot 4K on my Gopro Hero 8, edit it on DaVinci on a 4K timeline and export it as 4K to upload to youtube to get the vp9 codec. All of this works great. Today I noticed though that watching the video on my 1080p screen at 4K on youtube was WAY sharper and higher quality than watching it on the 1080p option. The 1080p stream was way blurrier and had some artifacts that were not present on the 4K stream. Even though my monitor is only 1080p. Why does this happen? And, more importantly, how can I fix this so that my 1080p stream is as sharp so everybody on 1080p screens can watch it as clearly as the 4K stream looks? Is this a UA-cam compression thing? Sorry if this is confusing. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Hey Siddharth
I edit in 1920X960 mainly (yes, this is a bit of a strange ratio, but I love the 2x1 aspect ratio). You might want to try some experiments.... try to work out why it is happening. I mainly watch videos on a 1080 stream (HD), so that is what I'm using to judge my work. After a ton of experimentation with both the capture, the edit and the export, I'm happy with my image quality now.
thanks for sharing.. what is the best machine that you are using for editing?
I use an M1 PRO Mac laptop
Interesting video Brent. I few thoughts as someone who has done a fair bit of video. Doing two pass VBR at 50/50 is no better than CBR at 50. The multi pass would normally analyze the video and use more data in high motion/detail areas. If the average and max are the same it won't I believe do anything except create a longer render. Also taking a 1080 timeline and resizing to 2.7 k seems less than ideal as you would be effectively blowing up the image. Why not change your timeline setting in Premiere and export a true 2.7 k timeline? Assuming you are shooting in greater than 1080 to start with. Interesting about the two CODECS on YT. I checked and seems all my videos which are 1080 uploads are in VP09. Looking forward to more videos. Cheers.
Hey there Awesome Players, thanks for your note.
On the first point, thanks for the info on CBR vs VBR... It was always my understanding that VBR was superior than CBR and VBR2 provided the best quality compression strategy, but I'm not an expert on compression algorithms for sure. I think the key point is still valid... the default data rates are too low for motorcycle videos which have huge amounts of the image that are moving between keyframes. So do you use CBR or VBR1?
On the second point (why not edit at 2.7K) rather than up-rezing? Two reasons that are connected.
1) Most people watch videos at 1080p and I feel that HD is good enough quality for the videos that I'm making. I'm not doing it professionally, but as a hobby etc.
2) I find that if Im using a higher-res timeline then my computer is going to struggle during the edit. Perhaps not initially, but when I start adding effects etc, it will battle. Yes, I could created proxy files and do that, but when I consider point (1), I ask myself why.
Oh, and a third reason, at 1080p, I have more flexibility in reframing in post, while I often just scale down 4K to 50%, When I'm really taking my time, I'll often be reframing in post to get the shots composed perfectly (or as perfect as I can :-)
Appreciate the comment.
I one more point... Your last sentence said that your videos that are 1080 are in vp09. OK, I have a theory on this, but I think it is just a theory at this point. vp09 has been around for a number of years. I think when they first implemented it, they were quite sparing about who got access to it because UA-cam were worried it would kill their servers due to increased server load. Because it is a higher quality codec, I think they want to use it for ALL their videos eventually, and they are on a staged rollout. I think that when you upload video, if the encoding servers are not loaded heavily, they will give you vp09 at any resolution you upload, but I think if they are busy, then you get avc1 unless your 2.7K or greater. What do you think?
@@brentbat Hi Brent. I compress at 30 to 50 Mbps CBR using H264. I don't bother with VBR since it is all about getting a lower average data rate while allowing data spikes to optimize quality in a smaller file size. Very handy when trying to max out the amount of video on a DVD/BluRay or USB key. For VBR to work the average and max numbers have to be different. A CBR clip at 15 won't be as nice as a VBR clip at 15 with a max of 30 even though both files will be the same size. Adobe maxes out at 50 so you're already compressing every frame at the maximum quality in CBR. Sometimes on shorter clips I will just upload the ProRes 422 directly. About 1 gig per minute. In my tests I didn't see any noticeable difference between the ProRes or high bitrate H264. Seems the damage is really being done by UA-cam at that point.
I agree about 1080. I still finish in 1080 as well as it is smoother on my system and allows for cropping when needed. My question is about resizing the 1080 to 2.7. That will certainly have a quality penalty as you are doing a 40% blow up. Perhaps that outweighs the loss in quality if your videos are being compressed by YT to AVC. I'm not a big Premiere user but I wonder if could edit in 1080 and then just before export switch your project settings to 2.7k. Then the 4K footage would be scaled to 2.7K and output directly as opposed to being scaled from 4K to 1080 and then upscaled to 2.7. Don't mean to clutter up your comments but i find this stuff interesting. If you ever want to chat you can find my info at AwesomePlayers.com. Cheers.
@@brentbat I've heard they are moving to an all VP9 scheme. A few articles have stated that low volume channels get AVC as YT is rationing computing power. I do know that when I do a video Premiere even at 1080 the videos look crappy with a lot of compression artifacts but then when I view them later the quality is noticeably improved. Next time I do a Premiere I will try the right click trick and see what's up. Apparently now videos at 50 or 60 FPS also go to VP9 even if at 1080. I checked my old stuff and it looks like it is VP9 starting in 2013.
@@AwesomePlayers .. A fellow geek! Love it! Thanks on the info on VBR... I've learnt something which is great. Yes, I also did tests with exporting using ProRes and came to the same conclusion.... Quality is obviously better, but files sizes are huge... and the incremental improvement in quality is not worth dealing with such HUGE files sizes.
Regarding the up-rez to 2.7K from 1080p. Yes, you are interpolating more pixels, but as most people are watching back on 1080p windows or mobile, I don't think there is any perceptible loss in quality. If you were watching TRUE 2.7K vs 1080p that is upscaled, yes you would see a difference... but as I mentioned, I'm happy with a high quality 1080p finished product anyway. I don't think it is possible to change sequence settings in Premiere once it's created, and if you did, I don't know how it could possibly handle that. A lot of my shots are reframed slightly in the edit, so I don't know how it would deal with that.
You certainly aren't cluttering my comments, if people aren't interested, they can skip it. I'm certainly interested and will go check out your site.
I've just commenced to be a little more interested in my video making and this is just what I'm looking for. Thanks. What about the use of the program Handbrake? This program can also increase the quality of the video for UA-cam. Yes/No? Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Hey George, can you clarify what you mean by the use of the program Handbrake? is this a utility or something? I haven't heard of it. But I'll do some Googling now.
Hi, Thanks for the good lessons, Can you provide Simple Sam UA-cam Link?, I tried but not able to get it.
Hi CS, I'm confused... Simple Sam is a made up Persona. Or is there something specific you are referring to?
@@brentbat Ha ha🤣, Thanks once again for your wonderful lessons.🤝
hi, mate. i know jack obout editing. could you do us a video on best setup for non editors. thnxs for all you do!!!
Hey Ernesto. The only things you will need to adjust if you are not going to edit, are the colour and sharpness settings.
Sety Color to either GoPro or Natural
Set Sharpness to Medium
All other settings stay the same.
@@brentbat thank you so much. I have tried but its so hard learning evrything on an edit software plus the verbage and what exactly do i want to accomplish.
@@etapon71 Hey Ernesto, yes, it is a steep learning curve to really master editing. But if you try some of the introductory programs like iMovie on the Mac, they aren't too bad.
I just uploaded a video after following your instructions and I have some questions:
1- My camera captures at 50 FPS. You set only 23 FPS , don't you lose quality?
2- My maximum bitrate (CC version 2015) also allows you to select 300 per second. I only set 50 in your recommendation - but is it worth striving for as much as possible?
anyway I hope it will force youtube to upgrade it to vp9...
Hey Orpaztron
On Q1, No you don't lose quality... The reason that I edit at 24fps (technically 23.976) is that this is the frame rate that cinemas use, and it gives a more "cinematic feel" to finished video. Some people say that sports should be shotat 30fps, but I want my videos to have a more cinematic feel which is why I set at that rate. So I shoot at 60fps but edit at 24fps. If I'm editing the video at normal speed, then the editor just ignores the extra frames and pulls in the 24 frames it needs... the rest are sitting there but not shown. The advantage that you have in shooting at a higher frame rate is that you can do slowmo. So if you shoot at 50fps, and you edit at 24fps, then you can slow your video down to 1/2 speed and then those extra frames that you shot are used to create silky smooth slow motion. I hope that makes sense.
On Q2, Theoretically more is better but like anything there will be diminishing returns. Why don't you do a quick experiment. Render at 50mbps and then at 300mpbs and see if you can see any difference, and then for the fun of it... render at 5mbps and see the impact of too high compression on your content.
@@brentbat thanks for the detailed explanation. The last video I uploaded still shows avc1. I'll wait another day as you recommended. My files are large and a 20 minute video encoded at 300 bitrate reaches 30 GB .... so I gave up :)
@@orpaztron Well you answered your question about why not use 300mbps :-)
Not sure how long since you uploaded your video that shows avc1, but it might be that the UA-cam servers are busy. There are some videos I upload where it is in vp09 immediately, and I've seen it take hours before the others flip. If it doesn't flip by tomorrow, send me the URL so I can take a look.
@@brentbat that's the new one: ua-cam.com/video/9h9CjqTpy6s/v-deo.html
@@brentbat works like charm!
What about frame rate.
I edit and export in 30fps
My codec says avc1.640028(137)/opus(251)
Wtf does that mean ?
AVC is not the high quality codec, you want it to say VP09 (that is the higher quality codec)
Another great tutorial!
I noticed that you used H.264 instead of H.265, why is this? H.265 should give better quality output with smaller file size.
Hi Hagibis, you are absolutely right, H.265 is the later encoder (and technically superior codec), but I decided to not use that for my demo because some people may not have computers that support it yet. Also, I have run some tests between H.264 and H.265 and I couldn't notice any difference, so I just decided to focus on the two core things that DO make a significant difference. Compression and UA-cam Codec.
Wheres the everyday joe, how to just upload a video from gopro to youtube.
There are plenty of those tutorials out there. Sorry but that isn’t me.