walrus

I'm new to recording and just got my hd pvr. I recorded a quality test and rendered it in 720p and uploaded to youtube.

On the video and everything else I try to upload, there's a black bar on the left side, how can I get rid of it?

YouTube - HD PVR Quality Test

oneinchwunda

There is a YT vid somewhere showing exactly how this is done. I'll try and find it.

Or someone like NinJa should be able to tell you. It's pretty simple IIRC.

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NinJa

Are you using Sony Vegas? If so, just crop it.

Step 1 - Drag the video onto your timeline.

Step 2 - On the top left of the video preview tab, click the blue arrow button.

Step 3 - Then, click the yellow manila folder and locate your video, and double click your video. This ensures you get the best quality and smoothest render possible. Make sure field order is set to none.

Step 4 - Right click your video, and un-check "Maintain Aspect Ratio", and make sure re-sample is DISABLED.

Step 5 - On the rightmost end of the video on your timeline, click the icon that says Event Pan/Crop.

Step 6 - Make sure all boxes on the left besides the two top arrows are unchecked. Once that is done, drag the box lines down carefully, and slowly to ensure you only cut-out the part you want. After you do this, name it and click the floppy disk on top to save this preset for next videos, like this: http://i51.tinypic.com/amr24j.jpg

Step 7 - Save in 720p, using Main Concept MP4.

Hope this helps.

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NinJa

Also, your quality looks pretty bad for a Happauge. Try my quality settings, as your video isn't even in High Definition on YouTube.

Once you do everything above, which includes matching media settings, like so:

Step 1 - Make sure everything is like this in project settings.


Step 2 - Once all edited has been applied, go to File -> Render As, select Main Concept AVC (MP4), and follow these settings:


Set Audio to 48,000Hz and 128 bitrate. Project settings to BEST obviously.

Try that and see how it works. Or you could just upload the RAW footage, which is the clip by itself. Also, make sure in the Happauge device settings you set the bit-rate to 13.5, and set the chroma and luma to 0.

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walrus

I'm using a mac with eyetv and Imovie.

OzballO

Interesting, how are you exporting to iMovie. Are you using the elgato HD DVR? I use this set-up.

walrus

using the hauppauge hd pvr hooked up to my ps3. I'm exporting straight from eyetv to a folder and I just drag the files into imovie.

OzballO

I'm assuming you're using component cables and recording in 720p or greater (I record in 1080i). Try going to to export then a menu will pop-up choose export to iMovie. After you edit it in iMovie save it to disk in the 720p format(Go to share and Export Movie). Don't use the iMovie Option to upload to you-tube. Then up-load using the You-Tube uploader in You-Tube. That's how I do it. You can check my vids for quality comparison. (In my sig). Will edit this post with some screenshots.

Edit: Oh and when you watch it in iMovie is the little black line there?



If anything doesn't make sense reply back.

walrus

I record in 720p. The black line does show up in imovie, but doesn't show up in eyetv. I usually just export using eyetv and select the 720p HD option. Ill try out what you said, if I'm still getting the black line ill post back in here.

walrus

I tried doing what you said and I can't because the only imovie option there was on eyetv was imovie 09. I'm using imovie HD.

OzballO

hmm well you can try using the crop function in iMovie, I believe that allows you to crop clips for screen size. If not try the Quicktime export options, ie hdv 720p. I know I can import .mov and .mp4's. I use iMovie 9 so I don't know what iMovie HD allows for importing.

walrus

I don't think theres any crop function to crop the actual screen size in imovie HD. I might just try messing around with imovie, but so far the only way that actually let me take out the black line easily was just using a .mov file but the only .mov file eyetv lets me export is just standard definition.

OzballO

There should be settings to export in HD. When you choose a certain way to export you have the potential to use the options button in the save window. Click that and it brings up a menu in which you can change the various saving options. Resolution being one of them.

walrus

bump.

I watched a tutorial and ended up with this; YouTube - Final Quality Test

watch in 720p HD.