Uploading video to youtube in right format

Solution 1:

As an alternative, can I suggest you use OpenShot to edit video and also upload HD quality video to Youtube.

You export the video similar to this picture.

You can then use the inbuilt upload feature to send to Youtube

Solution 2:

This may help:

Transcoding is made easy by using several GUI's or command line tools. Of which I previously posted this answers, I hope this help you.

What is the best tool for converting and reading video to be played on DVD players?

How can I maximum compress video files?

Additionally, there are a few other answers in this forum under the "video" tag which may be useful for you.

Good luck!

P.S. If you are using a 64 bit system you may be interested in this: How to install 32 bit software in 64 bit system from within the Israel Linux Remix Team, posted by me in the past. Certain software may misbehave when using this procedure but it is yet good for transcoding or downloading from youtube the appropiate video file (.flv).

BTW: You can upload almost any video file with almost any codec which Youtube will transcode, suggested by Youtube:

Best Formats for Uploading

YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but for most users we have found the following settings give the best results.

Video Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred Aspect Ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9) Resolution: 640x360 (16:9) or 480x360 (4:3) recommended Audio Format: MP3 or AAC preferred Frames per second: 30 Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes) Maximum file size: 1 GB

Solution 3:

Upload mp3 to youtube on ubuntu 14.04

Here's a shell script that uses avconv (which is available on Ubuntu 14.04):

#!/bin/sh

PIC=$1
SND=$2

if [ -z "$SND" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 [image] [audio]"
    exit 1
fi

OUT=`echo "$SND" | sed s/\.[a-z0-9]*$/.mp4/`

avconv -loop 1 -f image2 -i "$PIC" -i "$SND" -acodec copy -shortest "$OUT"

Also available as gist.