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Started by TheConsiderateIlliterate | | 4 answers
Retaining the best video quality
Good morning. I'm reaching out to a realm that I'm not very familiar with and would like some advice.

So I've recently gotten into recording gaming footage with ShadowPlay. I then use Windows Movie Maker to cut, edit, and incorporate music to make a video. The finished product looks pretty good considering it's shrunken the file size down exponentially (~24 Gb to ~500Mb) and saved as .mp4 format (only options are .mp4 or .wmv in Movie Maker).

I noticed that uploading to YouTube the quality is reduced, even at 1080p. Since my goal is to share the videos with mostly friends and family, I've looked into other options and found MediaFire to be a good channel where they can download the file directly.

Now my question is, would you recommend that I do anything differently? My overall goal is to retain video quality while keeping the file size acceptable. I know there are much more elaborate video editing softwares available but Movie Maker does what I need it to do. The only thing I'd be interested in with a better editing software would if it produced a better quality video.

Thanks!
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October 14, 2014 8:48:33 AM

I think you are right. Similar to being partnered with Twitch and getting better stream quality.

I'll look into Adobe and see if the quality is any better and continue using MediaFire. Thanks!
October 14, 2014 8:36:31 AM

I think that the only way to upload a video with full 'output' quality is to have some sort of Premium Account. At least that's how Vimeo works. Because when you look at some GoPro advertising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTcNtgA6gHs), there's clearly something better with their uploads hah.
October 14, 2014 8:00:40 AM

Thanks for the reply. I could try that. I know when I saved the file in Movie Maker it said (h.264/.mp4) but the quality was still a little off on YouTube. I've read that YouTube will deminish the quality a little bit regardless so it doesn't really matter in the end. Not sure if that's true or not.
October 14, 2014 7:32:25 AM

You could try to use a more complete program such as Adobe Premiere and export your video with Youtube's h.264 presets. I am not an expert, but i think it's a good way to keep the original quality of the video while sharing on youtube.

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