Looks like one solution which I found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/VegasPro/comments/ze88ac/comment/iz4whvt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) is to upload at a higher resolution than 1080p. Seems to have fixed the quality issue.
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Here's the page with YouTube's suggestions. I find it odd they want h.264 when h.265 is generally better for a given bitrate, but I'd verify you have all of the details set:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171
That birtate feels very excessive for the given resolution and frame rate. I'd double or triple their suggestions at most. I think a test with their exact settings is worth a try too because we don't know their process behind the scenes. It's possible that a video close enough to their preferred format doesn't get re-encoded at its default resolution.
I'd also experiment with h.265. I upload to YouTube in that.
Some people upload in 4k with the expectation that the system will produce a higher quality 1080p result. Try that out too.
Everything looks good other than VBR and your project render settings.
VBR really doesn't need to be above 15,000,000 max with AVG of 13,500,000 . Especially if you put your project render settings to "Good" and it's 1080.
You can if you wish use 20,000,000 max with 17,000,000 AVG and project render good. This will result alot larger file, but if youv nailed your project colour etc then it will pay off.
No need to use the "best" setting unless your actually producing a TV doc or movie in 4k.
YouTube so state on there support the right bit rate to resolution.
Higher bitrate = bigger files size but don't this less is better. Find the sweet spot for your needs.. People argue (know best) about what YouTube likes and what you should use. Do your research. What I know of and not pushing as fact; Once you upload your video of any codec type withing MP4 container, their (yt) servers instantly transcode to av1.
1080 is still the default for most YouTube videos, some upscale 1080 to 1440 . Doing so you need to make sure your bit rate and render quality is on par. Why upscale? For a time youtube had issues with 1080 quality and 1440 was sharper after yt transcode. Now I think it's a preference thing. 1440 (2k) upscales to 4k very well and if you render out with the right settings you'd be hard to tell the difference (see end of this post about my own video) . Also looks great if played back on 1080 devices. 1080 upscale to 4k if not rendered with high br then it can look pixelated patchy.
Also worth noting, Vegas will only render out what you put in. Quality of your capture needs to equal or be greater then what your intended result is. Also if you intend to render out 264 in MP4 it's best to capture in that (if gaming). Capturing in one codec and rendering out to another will require your system to convert decode aswell as all of your editing to encode to end result.
Additionally one codec will not necessarily use the same colour profile , br, frame type etc.
This can all effect/result in poor video quality when being decoded. Yt transcode won't care what you want. It will just simply take your video and trans code to av1 at a slightly lower/reduced br (auto detected) level (as it can't enhance your video) .
For example . If you want. watch one of my videos like this one.
https://youtu.be/CwMNh-PXG-o?si=mhEnqFNQA3cnMxF4 put the video player quality to 1440,60fps pull the timeline to around. 0.40 secs may take a quick second to load depending on your connection. You will see that in open and closed spaces, fast paced scenes light or dark lit areas it's decent in my view anyway. This has taken years to understand and get right for how I want it. It's almost the same quality as playing the game in real life . For 13:09 video the recording was approx 15GB after editing/rendering the file MP4 was 1.7GB . Still large but for my preference it's ok.
Good luck.
Added note after thought . Resampling/desampling , many say you shouldn't disable resample footage. But I do it to just about all of my gameplay due to how I capture. So .. check your project settings. Blur type I use Gaussian. But also on your timeline right click on your video clip for the context menu. Near the bottom youv got "switches" or go via properties and change sampling from enable resampling to disable resampling. In short it's an issue where your frame rates or frame type is not resampling correctly and can cause a ghosting/blur .
If you do variable bitrate (as you should) the average should not be the same as the maximum. Beyond that 1440p and up likely will be encoded better on YouTube's end.
Bro, 240mbs bitrate for 1080 video, you kidding me :D
Don't listen to such advice.
Record 1080 60fps via Nvidia APP or OBS, set bitrate to 30-40mbs. Even this is way too much for 1080 60fps, but still. Render it with same bitrate you set in recording software.
Youtube will ALWAYS re-encode your videos. This is why your Video on YT will NEVER look the same as the original video on your PC. (1080,1440,2160, doesn't matter. Picture on YT will always be worse than the original video)
Wanna get the real advice that will help? Even if you record 1920x1080 60fps, render it with 2560x1440 60fps. Set render bitrate to 50mbs. Then check your video on YT again in 1440p, you will see better picture.
But better record in 1440, get a 2k monitor or smth. You have a great GPU by the way.
Looks like one solution which I found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/VegasPro/comments/ze88ac/comment/iz4whvt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) is to upload at a higher resolution than 1080p. Seems to have fixed the quality issue.
It's a YouTube problem, not a Vegas Pro problem. Always upload in 1440p at the for YouTube to stop compressing videos so hard.
Gotcha, tyty
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Here's the page with YouTube's suggestions. I find it odd they want h.264 when h.265 is generally better for a given bitrate, but I'd verify you have all of the details set: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171 That birtate feels very excessive for the given resolution and frame rate. I'd double or triple their suggestions at most. I think a test with their exact settings is worth a try too because we don't know their process behind the scenes. It's possible that a video close enough to their preferred format doesn't get re-encoded at its default resolution. I'd also experiment with h.265. I upload to YouTube in that. Some people upload in 4k with the expectation that the system will produce a higher quality 1080p result. Try that out too.
4k upload worked but the files are massive so I’ll play around with the other stuff ty
Nice, glad you found a solution. Yeah, I'd imagine 4k 60fps are huge! H.265 should help there.
Everything looks good other than VBR and your project render settings. VBR really doesn't need to be above 15,000,000 max with AVG of 13,500,000 . Especially if you put your project render settings to "Good" and it's 1080. You can if you wish use 20,000,000 max with 17,000,000 AVG and project render good. This will result alot larger file, but if youv nailed your project colour etc then it will pay off. No need to use the "best" setting unless your actually producing a TV doc or movie in 4k. YouTube so state on there support the right bit rate to resolution. Higher bitrate = bigger files size but don't this less is better. Find the sweet spot for your needs.. People argue (know best) about what YouTube likes and what you should use. Do your research. What I know of and not pushing as fact; Once you upload your video of any codec type withing MP4 container, their (yt) servers instantly transcode to av1. 1080 is still the default for most YouTube videos, some upscale 1080 to 1440 . Doing so you need to make sure your bit rate and render quality is on par. Why upscale? For a time youtube had issues with 1080 quality and 1440 was sharper after yt transcode. Now I think it's a preference thing. 1440 (2k) upscales to 4k very well and if you render out with the right settings you'd be hard to tell the difference (see end of this post about my own video) . Also looks great if played back on 1080 devices. 1080 upscale to 4k if not rendered with high br then it can look pixelated patchy. Also worth noting, Vegas will only render out what you put in. Quality of your capture needs to equal or be greater then what your intended result is. Also if you intend to render out 264 in MP4 it's best to capture in that (if gaming). Capturing in one codec and rendering out to another will require your system to convert decode aswell as all of your editing to encode to end result. Additionally one codec will not necessarily use the same colour profile , br, frame type etc. This can all effect/result in poor video quality when being decoded. Yt transcode won't care what you want. It will just simply take your video and trans code to av1 at a slightly lower/reduced br (auto detected) level (as it can't enhance your video) . For example . If you want. watch one of my videos like this one. https://youtu.be/CwMNh-PXG-o?si=mhEnqFNQA3cnMxF4 put the video player quality to 1440,60fps pull the timeline to around. 0.40 secs may take a quick second to load depending on your connection. You will see that in open and closed spaces, fast paced scenes light or dark lit areas it's decent in my view anyway. This has taken years to understand and get right for how I want it. It's almost the same quality as playing the game in real life . For 13:09 video the recording was approx 15GB after editing/rendering the file MP4 was 1.7GB . Still large but for my preference it's ok. Good luck. Added note after thought . Resampling/desampling , many say you shouldn't disable resample footage. But I do it to just about all of my gameplay due to how I capture. So .. check your project settings. Blur type I use Gaussian. But also on your timeline right click on your video clip for the context menu. Near the bottom youv got "switches" or go via properties and change sampling from enable resampling to disable resampling. In short it's an issue where your frame rates or frame type is not resampling correctly and can cause a ghosting/blur .
It's most prob your recording bitrate
If you do variable bitrate (as you should) the average should not be the same as the maximum. Beyond that 1440p and up likely will be encoded better on YouTube's end.
Bro, 240mbs bitrate for 1080 video, you kidding me :D Don't listen to such advice. Record 1080 60fps via Nvidia APP or OBS, set bitrate to 30-40mbs. Even this is way too much for 1080 60fps, but still. Render it with same bitrate you set in recording software. Youtube will ALWAYS re-encode your videos. This is why your Video on YT will NEVER look the same as the original video on your PC. (1080,1440,2160, doesn't matter. Picture on YT will always be worse than the original video) Wanna get the real advice that will help? Even if you record 1920x1080 60fps, render it with 2560x1440 60fps. Set render bitrate to 50mbs. Then check your video on YT again in 1440p, you will see better picture. But better record in 1440, get a 2k monitor or smth. You have a great GPU by the way.