I made this on the SA-MP forums so I thought I'd post it here too, some might find it useful.
Hey,
I thought I'd share a decent way to encode Fraps videos and put them on YouTube without much quality loss.
I'm totally new to this but these settings works just fine for me.
High QualityI use Adobe Media Encoder CS4, and for HQ videos:
I used Fraps to record, half-size.
Under "Format" I choose H.264 and use a custom made preset.
Video| Codec: | MainConcept H.264 Video |
| TV Standard: | NTSC |
| Width: | 640 |
| Height: | 480 |
| FPS: | 30 |
| Field Order: | None (Progressive) |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio: | Square Pixels |
| Profile: | Main |
| Level: | 3.0 |
| Bitrate Encoding: | VBR, 1 pass |
| Target Bitrate: | 2 mbps |
| Maximum Bitrate: | 2,5 mbps |
Audio| Codec: | AAC |
| Output Channels: | Stereo |
| Frequency: | 48 kHz |
| Audio Quality: | High |
| Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
| Precendence: | Bitrate |
High DefinitionUnder "Format" I choose FLV|F4V and use a custom made preset.
I used Fraps to record, full-size.
Video| Codec: | MainConcept H.264 Video |
| Width: | 1280 |
| Height: | 720 |
| FPS: | 30 |
| Field Order: | None (Progressive) |
| Profile: | High |
| Level: | 4.1 |
| Bitrate Encoding: | VBR, 1 pass |
| Target Bitrate: | 7 |
| Maximum Bitrate: | 9 |
Audio| Codec: | AAC |
| Output Channels: | Stereo |
| Frequency: | 44.1 kHz |
| Audio Quality: | High |
| Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
| Precendence: | Frequency |
Here's a HD video I made with HD encoding settings and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: [noembed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_izRBoJ4cQ0&fmt=22[/noembed]
Only difference from above settings that I set a different height since I ain't got a widescreen.
