Cannot encode YouTube videos with Corel VideoStudio X4

[EricBuist]

Hi,

I am trying to create a video clip from FRAPS movies for uploading on YouTube. There seems to be absolutely no way to encode the video in HD. Either the encoding is extremely slow ans hangs at 4% without any further progress, I end up with a 2.5Gb file or I have to give up on HD and encode in 480p. Each and every format I try blocks the resolution at 720p or makes all options grayed out, not allowing, e.g., to change resolution, compression settings, etc. All MPEG profiles lead to 480p. All HDV profiles are super slow and/or result in 2.5Gb files. The QuickTime profile I tried would not compress the audio at all. So it seems I have to produce a huge file with VideoStudio and process it with another encoder, which is just a painful nonsense that will degrade the quality of my output! I also tried the YouTube output, seemed to work, but trimmed down my video to 15 minutes. BUT WHY??? YouTube CAN accept videos longer than 15 minutes! Moreover, after all these futile attempts, the program crashes or hangs on me! I just don't know what to do next. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[lata]

Hi

Give us some more info regarding your video files, right click a clip in the timeline and select properties, what are they? Maybe we can suggest other formats, some allow for user defined frame sizes, You Tube will however play the video on a 16:9 aspect viewer. So you are best to create a 16:9 ratio video.

You Tube limit, at one time there was a limit that YT imposed, Video Studio was designed to use 15 minutes, however this has been removed in the latest version X6.
Corel do provide details of how to override the limit, do a search of the Corel Knowledge Base

[metmot]

Hi

Give us some more info regarding your video files, right click a clip in the timeline and select properties, what are they? Maybe we can suggest other formats, some allow for user defined frame sizes, You Tube will however play the video on a 16:9 aspect viewer. So you are best to create a 16:9 ratio video.

You Tube limit, at one time there was a limit that YT imposed, Video Studio was designed to use 15 minutes, however this has been removed in the latest version X6.
Corel do provide details of how to override the limit, do a search of the Corel Knowledge Base

I want to override the 15 minute youtube limit in X4 and can find no information in the knowledge base about how to do this. I found the X5 instructions to modify the youtube.ini file but cannot find this file in X4. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

JC

[lata]

Hi John

Yep I noticed that as well, don’t know why Corel gave the info for X5 yet X4 is still a problem.
By the way X6 duration limit has been removed.

You can use Settings---Make Movie Templates Manager to create your own template using the same settings as Upload to Web options.
The template will be available from Share Create Video File –adjacent to the Custom option.

These are the properties I see from X4

MPEG-4 Files
24 bits, 1280 x 720, 25 fps
Frame-based
H.264 Main Profile Video: 5000 Kbps
44100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo
MPEG AAC Audio: 128 Kbps

After rendering the file, log-on to your YouTube account to upload your video

[metmot]

Hi John

Yep I noticed that as well, don’t know why Corel gave the info for X5 yet X4 is still a problem.
By the way X6 duration limit has been removed.

You can use Settings---Make Movie Templates Manager to create your own template using the same settings as Upload to Web options.
The template will be available from Share Create Video File –adjacent to the Custom option.

These are the properties I see from X4

MPEG-4 Files
24 bits, 1280 x 720, 25 fps
Frame-based
H.264 Main Profile Video: 5000 Kbps
44100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo
MPEG AAC Audio: 128 Kbps

After rendering the file, log-on to your YouTube account to upload your video

Thanks Trevor. I will make a profile as you suggest. I know that command is hiding out somewhere in X4. Inquiring minds want to know. I'll post again if I figure it out.

[lata]

Hi John

I know X5 is capable of being tweaked, I am sure I searched for the same file in X4 structure and couldn't find it.
Have just searched again, this time with my eyes open, I just do not know why I missed first time round

Details below for X5 should be the same for X4

How to adjust the 15-minute limit duration when uploading a video on YouTube in VideoStudio Pro X5?

[metmot]

Hi John

I know X5 is capable of being tweaked, I am sure I searched for the same file in X4 structure and couldn't find it.
Have just searched again, this time with my eyes open, I just do not know why I missed first time round

Details below for X5 should be the same for X4

How to adjust the 15-minute limit duration when uploading a video on YouTube in VideoStudio Pro X5?

Hi Trevor,

I searched the file structure for youtube.ini also before making my post here and didn't find it and still don't see it. All I see is the youtube/localize file which doesn't have that parameter in it although I expected it to. Hmmm..... Well I made a profile as you suggested and it works great.

Edit: I searched the entire C drive and Bingo! In x5 it's located in the program files folder according to those instructions so when you go there you don't find it. In x4 the ini file is here in the program data folder C:\ProgramData\Ulead Systems\Corel VideoStudio Pro\14.0

One more Edit: Make sure to run notepad as administrator or windows 7 won't let you replace that file with your new version. Either that or copy it to your desktop first before replacing the other file and then elevation will occur with prompts.

[lata]

Hi John

Well I find the YouTube.ini file here:-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Corel VideoStudio Pro X4\Ulead.dat

As I said I am sure I searched this location, but definitely in that folder structure.

[metmot]

Hi John

Well I find the YouTube.ini file here:-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Corel VideoStudio Pro X4\Ulead.dat

As I said I am sure I searched this location, but definitely in that folder structure.

Hmm. Maybe it's because you have multiple versions on your pc and I only have x4? That's all I can think of. I can assure you I searched that location more than twice and that file isn't there on my PC. Well I don't know. I also compared the file made by the youtube interface and my template and although they have the same properties they are slightly different in size. I guess that's Obama's cookie from the you tube version that makes it slightly larger.

[EricBuist]

I finally upgraded to X6 and had less crashes and bugs when encoding. Creating MPEG-4 videos with 1280x720 resolution did the trick and the files could be uploaded on YouTube.