http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:44 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/requirements-for-high-quality-hd#post-275 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:45:08 +0000 NerdWithNoLife 275@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <p>What settings must your video have to be HD or high quality on YouTube? Your trusty hotfornerds investigates. These are my findings: If your video meets the specs for "watch in HD," you will get that link. If it doesn't, but meets the "watch in high quality" specs, it will get that link instead. If it doesn't meet any of those, it will be plain old normal quality.</p> <p>For "watch in HD," the video must be at least 1280x720 (in width <em>and</em> height), and minimally have a <em>video</em> bitrate of (about) 1000kbps or higher (but you probably want it at 2-4000 at such a high resolution), and a framerate of at least 23.976.</p> <p>For "watch in high quality," the video must be at least 480x360 (in width <em>and</em> height), have a <em>video</em> bitrate of (about) 1000kbps or higher, and a framerate of at least 23.976.</p> <p>If you're not sure how to get that information on your video, see my blog entry on <a href="http://nerdwithnolife.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-heck-do-i-find-bitrate-of-my-video.html">How the Heck Do I Find the Bitrate of My Video?</a>. </p>