This tutorial will teach you how to set up Sony Vegas Pro for rendering/exporting 1080p or 720p HD Video suitable for YouTube.

• Vegas Pro 13 Edit - Steam Powered
  
• Vegas Pro 13[www.sonycreativesoftware.com]

There are always many different ways to skin a cat with Sony Vegas Pro 13. After the release of Vegas Pro 12, Sony has created some easy to use Internet Rendering Templates under the MainConcept AVC/AAC (.mp4) format.




Mainconcept uses the H.264 codec which is widely used and accepted on all websites, so it is a safe choice to use. Mainconcept produces a slightly higher contrast look with very vivid colours. If your Bit Rate is on the low side, you can lose some detail in dark and shadowy areas of your video. It does have the advantage of the option to use your GPU (Graphics Card) to help speed up your rendering times. Please note that you will need a compatible Graphics Card for GPU Acceleration to work. You can read more about the requirements for GPU Acceleration[www.sonycreativesoftware.com] here on the official Sony Creative Software website.


The other choice you could use for making your videos is Windows Media Video (.wmv)
Windows Media Video creates a slightly different look to Mainconcept, which some people may prefer. The colours are a little more muted with this codec, however it does hold onto small detail in any dark and shadowy areas of your video.

One dis-advantage of Windows Media Video is that it is extremely CPU intensive when rendering. So it takes a lot of juice and time to render this codec out. You will also need a fair amount of RAM (memory) installed if you intend to render full 1080p video with WMV. On lower powered computers with not enough memory, it can just keel over and die halfway through rendering.


Rendering to an Interent Template does not limit you to just uploading it to a website. You can also use this format for playback on your computer.

You can find this article here[support.google.com].

• No Edit Lists (or the video might not get processed correctly)
  
• moov atom at the front of the file (Fast Start)

• Channels: Stereo or Stereo + 5.1
  
• Sample rate 96khz or 48khz

• Progressive scan (no interlacing)
  
• High Profile
  
• 2 consecutive B frames
  
• Closed GOP. GOP of half the frame rate.
  
• CABAC
  
• Variable bitrate. No bitrate limit required, though we offer recommended bit rates below for reference
  
• Chroma subsampling: 4:2:0

Content should be encoded and uploaded in the same frame rate it was recorded.

Common frame rates include: 24, 25, 30, 48, 50, 60 frames per second (other frame rates are also acceptable).

Interlaced content should be deinterlaced before uploading. For example, 1080i60 content should be deinterlaced to 1080p30, going from 60 interlaced fields per second to 30 progressive frames per second.

The bitrates below are recommendations for uploads. Audio playback bitrate is not related to video resolution.

• Recommended video bitrates for uploads

• Recommended audio bitrates for uploads

YouTube uses 16:9 aspect ratio players. If you're uploading a non-16:9 file, it will be processed and displayed correctly as well, with pillar boxes (black bars on the left and right) or letter boxes (black bars at the top and bottom) provided by the player.

Learn how to use resolution and aspect ratios correctly.[support.google.com]

After select MainConcept AVC/AAC (*.mp4/;.avc), search for Internet HD 1080p or Internet HD 720p and click in Customize Template.



Change your settings and get something like that.



Don't forget to adapt the frame frequency (ips/fps) from the one of the source video!

I mean, if your recorded video is in 30fps, then render the final video in 30fps / Same for 60fps (59,940000).



Now is the time to change your audio settings, i recommend you put the Bit rate (bps) in 384.000

I hope that has helped you, leave a comment below if you have any suggestions, thanks!

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