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ChrisCJSU		#1 Posted : Thursday, July 7, 2016 8:15:05 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		We have been using vMix to record worship services at our church for a few years now and are very happy with the product. Our videos are immediately uploaded to YouTube and we also keep a copy locally for archival purposes. I am recording at 1080p 30fps with a bitrate of 12 Mbps. I am thinking the bitrate may be a little excessive as an hour video is over 4GB! Any recommendations on what bitrate to use?
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ovinas		#2 Posted : Thursday, July 7, 2016 9:52:42 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/4/2013(UTC) Posts: 308 Location: Germany Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 57 time(s) in 49 post(s)		That's what YouTube says: https://support.google.c...ube/answer/1722171?hl=en
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sinc747		#3 Posted : Thursday, July 7, 2016 5:53:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 8/2/2013(UTC) Posts: 1,072 Location: Fairhope, Alabama USA Thanks: 553 times Was thanked: 200 time(s) in 166 post(s)		Chris, If you are doing 1080p/30fps video, you obviously want it to look good. If 12mbps is your sweet spot, stay with it. Is it the upload time that you object to? - Tom
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ChrisCJSU		#4 Posted : Sunday, July 10, 2016 11:03:45 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		sinc747 wrote: Chris, If you are doing 1080p/30fps video, you obviously want it to look good. If 12mbps is your sweet spot, stay with it. Is it the upload time that you object to? - Tom The upload time itsn't the issue. Just wondering if 12Mbps is too high since I know YouTube does its own encoding. We archive the video files locally and just don't want to waste disk space for no reason. My current settings in vMix are MP4 Size 1920x1080 NTSC 30p Bit Rate: 12Mbps Audio Bit Rate 128 kbps
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sinc747		#5 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2016 5:05:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 8/2/2013(UTC) Posts: 1,072 Location: Fairhope, Alabama USA Thanks: 553 times Was thanked: 200 time(s) in 166 post(s)		Chris, Here are my Stream Settings. Similar to your except 8mbps on bitrate. I am satisfied with my locally recorded video and with the YouTube version of the same file. - Tom sinc747 attached the following image(s): stream settings.PNG (59kb) downloaded 10 time(s). You cannot view/download attachments. Try to login or register.
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ChrisCJSU		#6 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:15:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		Thanks Tom, I will change our settings and see how it does.
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coskel22		#7 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:25:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 4/9/2014(UTC) Posts: 109 Location: USA Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		I upped mine from the default 8 because the TV stations I send to would complain about the quality. Would love to know you're getting good quality on an 8Mb setting? I use a Kona LHi card for encoding.
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ChrisCJSU		#8 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:33:15 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		coskel22 wrote: I upped mine from the default 8 because the TV stations I send to would complain about the quality. Would love to know you're getting good quality on an 8Mb setting? I use a Kona LHi card for encoding. I plan on recording this Sunday's Worship service at 8Mbps and will post links from that service and one at 12Mbps to compare.
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ChrisCJSU		#9 Posted : Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:28:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		ChrisCJSU wrote: coskel22 wrote: I upped mine from the default 8 because the TV stations I send to would complain about the quality. Would love to know you're getting good quality on an 8Mb setting? I use a Kona LHi card for encoding. I plan on recording this Sunday's Worship service at 8Mbps and will post links from that service and one at 12Mbps to compare. Here's a comparison: 12Mbps 8 Mbps I can't tell a difference in either video. Both are about the same length and the 8 Mbps mp4 is about 2 GB smaller.
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sinc747		#10 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:36:35 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 8/2/2013(UTC) Posts: 1,072 Location: Fairhope, Alabama USA Thanks: 553 times Was thanked: 200 time(s) in 166 post(s)		Chris, I can't tell the difference on my laptop. Maybe on a 55" TV the difference would be noticeable. But, I think you nailed it! - Tom
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ChrisCJSU		#11 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2016 11:09:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 1/25/2016(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Jacksonville, AL		sinc747 wrote: Chris, I can't tell the difference on my laptop. Maybe on a 55" TV the difference would be noticeable. But, I think you nailed it! - Tom Tom, I have to agree. Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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