recording and encoding gameplay footage for youtube

FoxEye · 7 Oct 2012 at 19:42

Any experts here?

I've just transcoded a 4.5 GB file from MSI Afterburner, which contains 35 mins of footage. 540p, 30 FPS.

It transcoded to a 1.15 GB h264 file, which is still waaaay to large for such a short vid. Took over 3 hours to upload!

I'm probably going to be recording 2 hours a night, and I'll seriously exceed my monthly cap if I'm uploading 6 GB per session.

And ideas how to reduce file size without ruining quality? After YouTube processing, the final vid is only 480p.

Moothead2 · 7 Oct 2012 at 20:52

In all honesty if you're planning on uploading regularly you'd be best of getting an unlimited bandwidth connection.

FoxEye · 7 Oct 2012 at 21:17

Moothead2 said:
In all honesty if you're planning on uploading regularly you'd be best of getting an unlimited bandwidth connection.

Am considering that too. We do have FTTC where I live. Sadly, even with fiber, the upload is still only 2Mb on TalkTalk, unless you go for their expensive "Heavy" package, then you get 10Mb I think. I'm in contract with TT for a year or so.

rosso5792 · 7 Oct 2012 at 22:08

FoxEye said:
Am considering that too. We do have FTTC where I live. Sadly, even with fiber, the upload is still only 2Mb on TalkTalk, unless you go for their expensive "Heavy" package, then you get 10Mb I think. I'm in contract with TT for a year or so.

Their 80/20mb upload is only £5 more every month than the 40/2mb fibre package....

(im on the 40/2)

~>Dg<~ · 7 Oct 2012 at 22:13

some of my videos are 3-4 gig now

bJN · 7 Oct 2012 at 22:21

If you want a far easier way to upload without having to do editing, sign up to twitch.tv. It's a live streaming service, however you don't necessarily have to stream publicly. It also has the ability to record your stream and upload directly to your youtube channel. Obviously it will still be bandwidth heavy, but it is an alternative.