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ffmpeg: Create a black background video from audio, for Youtube upload
Alternatively you can have ffmpeg generate the black video with the color source filter instead of making an image:
ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=c=black:s=1280x720:r=5 -i audio.mp3 -crf 0 -c:a copy -...
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How to encode for YouTube with ffmpeg?
Use
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf yadif,format=yuv420p -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced/2)" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -bf 2 -c:a aac -q:a 1 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -use_editlist 0 -movflags +faststart out....
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ffmpeg: Create a black background video from audio, for Youtube upload
Youtube requires a video stream but your image is a single frame. Loop it to create a stream and terminate output when audio ends by adding -shortest.
ffmpeg -loop 1 -i black.png -i 'input.mp3' -c:v ...
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How do I get Stereo + 5.1 for YouTube videos?
It's not very clear what they mean. If you look further down on the same page it says it accepts 5.1 @ 512 kbps.
Recommended audio bitrates for uploads
Mono 128 kbps
Stereo 384 kbps
5.1 512 ...
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Youtube Views and Likes
No, you cannot, and this is a good thing for privacy reasons.
Using the YouTube Data API v3 you can get general statistics for a list of videos as part of a contentDetails structure:
"statistics": ...
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Resuming a large video uploading on Youtube
Yes.You can. It is officially announced the Youtube has brought up the FEATURE. If you had to abandon your upload for any reason, you have up to 24 hours to continue uploading where you left off.You ...
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How is possible for YouTube and Vimeo transcode so fast?
A common method is split-and-stitch where the file is cut into pieces and sent to multiple servers for transcode. That way you can transcode a file of any length in a fixed amount of time.
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Handle 2 sources in a video file
First, get ffmpeg.
Generally, you want to give YouTube the highest quality you can because it will re-encode anything you give it, but the formats used in MXF can be mental for uploading. So re-...
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How do you edit out pauses in YouTube videos?
The effect you are talking about is called jumpcut and it is particularly popular among vloggers.
As far as I know, there is no automatic way to do it although it would probably be possible to do from ...
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How do you edit out pauses in YouTube videos?
You are missing the point. He is not cutting out silence, he is keeping up a good hectic pace, making it hard to switch off while watching.
Manually done. Why?
Telling a story, so you need to know ...
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What happens when I upload a multi-audio video to YouTube?
Youtube will encode the primary or default audio stream.
Youtube doesn't support multiple audio streams. Neither does Vimeo.
Although, apparently, some videos like the 2012 Olympic streams did have ...
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Rough Idea of Time Spent Editing Videos
This is a tough question because there are a ton of different factors involved here, from complexity of the video to the equipment you're working with to the NLE you use. However, the default formula ...
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What part of this video is good and how to improve it?
Since you asked for general feedback, here's a few things I noticed:
0:00 The logo animation is too long in my opinion, especially since the video itself isn't that long.
0:12 Make the text much ...
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YouTube Season/Episode presentation
What you are referring to is called a series playlist. A series playlist is used to display videos in that manner.
What you have misunderstood is that it's actually the name of the show that is ...
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How to make video with a scrolling graphic?
You create the whole graphic as a still image - for the above, likely a 1080 x 28000 px image to start with.
Then I'd import the image into either Premiere or After Effects based on what you're more ...
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Is ok to post on youtube or vimeo custom resolution videos?
A custom video resolution has no bearing on quality here; only the choice of encoder, bitrate/rate factor and other parameters will impact the final result.
Youtube's player frame on its site is ...
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Brightness/Contrast Difference from PC to YouTube
Looks like Handbrake is outputting full range but flagging it as video levels, so the Handbrake output actually has Y=0 as black and Y=255 as white but the flag is telling Youtube that Y=16 is black ...
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What happens when I upload a multi-audio video to YouTube?
Good news at the horizon. You should expect Multi-audio tracks and descriptive audio feeds support in the near future. There's actually a video demo with this capability, which is kind of proof of ...
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YouTube Compression: Why?
You should upload the highest quality your tubes can afford. The current YouTube help text on uploads is misleading. It states:
Your videos will process faster if you encode into a streamable file ...
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Best software for homemade YouTube videos
A great choice that works on both Mac and PC is DaVinci Resolve. The Lite version is free, and if you use only the basic features, it is very intuitive and easy to learn, from drag-and-drop media to ...
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Is CPU speed important for uploading a youtube video
Sending your files to YouTube (once rendered and or exported) will be down to the upload speed of your internet service provide (ISP) / Broadband supplier. The faster the upload speed, the faster it ...
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Does 60 fps make sense for YouTube?
Google has supported 60fps video since 2014. YouTube has a page that talks about video formats, codecs, framerates, etc., here. It is up to the Browser and YouTube to negotiate what format, frame ...
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Shortcuts to other videos on YouTube
It is in:
Creator studio => Video Manager => (Select Video) => Card (or "End screen & Annotations")
There you select time and click on "Add element" button. Now you can choose, what you want to ...
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Streaming vs Let's Play on YouTube
I think your actual question is for a list of resources to get starting making gameplay videos (Let's Play is actually owned by Roosterteeth as a title).
But I think your premise is wrong, you ...
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I have a .mkv video file I need to use but it is apparently infinite
So I've found the issue to be related to inconsistent framerates. I found that running the video through ffmpeg with ffmpeg -i yourfile.mkv -c:v copy -c:a copy -r 30 newfile.mkv actually fixed the ...
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Include portion of youtube video
Do people use screen recording? If they do, will that include sound?
Definitely not in a professional setting. If you're making an amateur production, and you only need a few seconds or so, a screen ...
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I want to have multiple streams (up to 4) on one YouTube Live broadcast, Is that possible?
You want to start an Event, it support multiple cameras.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853812?hl=en
You'll also need either a program that supports send multiple streams or a program ...
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YouTube Network Partnership Needed for Minecraft Tutorials?
For Minecraft you don't need to be on a Youtube Network.
Mojang says you can monetize your Minecraft Youtube videos.
Even if you use the game's music in it (however you can't use the music outside ...
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