Gents,
I want to know, what video format is the best to render for youtube ?
The  audiomaterial is mastered in CD quality :16 bit and 44.100 khz,
the video quality is HD 1080/60.
I´m running Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 .
What is the best fprmat to render to get  the best sound quality for youtube ?
 
AVI HD 1080 - 60 ?
 
Thanks in advance.
 

I render to Mp4 HD 1080 sony avc.

I do not use the Sony product, but you want to render at the highest setting Youtube allows before it will compress it again.
 
MP4 h264 1080P and 8mbps, any higher than that and it will try to compress it again and you will lose quality.  
 
I would do CBR at 8mbps unless your program allows for multiple pass VBR where you set the target rate at 8megs.
 
I also think you want 29.970 fps instead of 60.  Most I've read 60 on youtube does not work properly.  

davidt64
I render to Mp4 HD 1080 sony avc.

Hi David ,
are you satisfied with the audio quality of mp4HD 1080 sony avc after uploading to youtube
(nearly as good as your mixes ) ?
 
regards Pete

Audio bit rate is a separate issue than the video settings. 
 
I believe the highest allowable is 384kbps for a stereo file.  

yes but youtube does re compress the audio.

Brian Walton
I do not use the Sony product, but you want to render at the highest setting Youtube allows before it will compress it again.
 
MP4 h264 1080P and 8mbps, any higher than that and it will try to compress it again and you will lose quality.  
 
I would do CBR at 8mbps unless your program allows for multiple pass VBR where you set the target rate at 8megs.
 
I also think you want 29.970 fps instead of 60.  Most I've read 60 on youtube does not work properly.  

Thanks for your answer , will try your suggstions (CBR at 8mbps and 29.970 fps instead of 60 )
this evening.
regards

Cannot find a CBR file format to render within MV 12,
Google says (CBR) it a Comic Book Reader format.
 
 

davidt64
yes but youtube does re compress the audio.

Just like video, it only re compresses it if you upload at a higher standard than it allows natively...and it compresses it for lower bandwidth settings.   But someone watching at 1080P will get the same file you upload on playback if you set your encoding right at the max allowable on all parameters.  
 
It does not re-compress either audio or video if you set it at the highest allowable.  
 
 
 
 

Pragi
Cannot find a CBR file format to render within MV 12,
Google says (CBR) it a Comic Book Reader format.
 
 

It is Constant Bit Rate vs Variable Bit Rate.