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In a previous post, I made the mistake of saying that you could not render videos from Camtasia 6 into a format that YouTube will recognize as high quality.
This is because Camtasia’s MP4 format does not render in a frame rate greater than 15.
But if we look BEYOND MP4, we still see that we can [...]
In a previous post, I made the mistake of saying that you could not render videos from Camtasia 6 into a format that YouTube will recognize as high quality.
This is because Camtasia’s MP4 format does not render in a frame rate greater than 15.
But if we look BEYOND MP4, we still see that we can render as a h.264 type format using Quicktime (MOV). To do this on a PC requires you to have Quicktime installed on your computer, but this is a free download at the Quicktime Download Page.
Here, we create a few simple “adjustments” to video and audio options in Camtasia 6 (both pre-recording and post-rendering).
The Result: HIGH DEFINITION in YouTube!
This cannot be missed. Here are a few screen shots below:
PRE-RECORDING
BE SURE TO CHANGE THE PROJECT SETTINGS BEFORE EDITING!…
POST-RENDERING
Upload to YouTube…Your video will be in HD a few minutes after processing!
cheers…matt
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December 29th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Excellent tutorial. Love the screenshots! One correction though, you *can* produce to MP4 at 30fps in Camtasia Studio, though I admit this is not obvious. By default, the frame rate for MP4 is “Automatic” which will use the maximum frame rate of all the source clips on the timeline. This setting gives you the smallest file since producing at a higher frame rate would only duplicate frames from your source. Camtasia Recorder defaults to 15fps, which may have led you to the assumption that CS would only render at 15fps.
If you choose “Custom production settings” on the first page of the Production wizard, then MP4, and go into the Flash Options dialog, you can change the MP4 frame rate. Note: In version 6.0.0, the drop-down should have included the number 30, but it was omitted by mistake. You can manually type the number 30 in the frame rate box for MP4 though and it will produce at 30fps. We’ve corrected the dropdown to include 30fps in version 6.0.1 which should be out very soon.
Hope this helps,
Dave O’Rourke
Camtasia Studio Lead Developer
January 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I did as u said. But i got watch in high quality instead of watch in HD. please help..
January 6th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Hey Dave,
Thanks for that feedback about the frame rate for MP4. I tried to find that answer in Techsmith forums but it seemed like (as you say) an update to version 6.0.1. This quicktime work-around is working great for me so far, though.
And again, Camtasia is perhaps my the most valuable tool that I own. Great product!
cheers…matt
January 7th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Hey Adrian,
Without knowing more about your settings or seeing the video, there is not much I can do. One thing to point out, though, that is not in the video, but IS shown above in the images is to be sure to set your Project Settings to “HD” or some similar setting that keeps the resolution in 1280×720px. The other settings, like “YouTube” will kill your resolution resulting in High Quality, not High Definition.
cheers…matt
January 7th, 2009 at 8:07 am
ONE THING FOR SURE, CAMTASIA PRODUCE ONE OF A Hell HD, i have that and I always produce my videos in HD and all are saying to me, how did you do this thing?you have a high,quality video always haha tnx for this camtasia. ive tried those settings and the time just kill me, ive waited for about 4 hours and the rendering is still not finish, so i have to switch on my old stuff, just choosing HD in the dropdown box then save it, that’s it.
August 7th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
One quick note: Camtasia 6 has fixed the original MP4 problem that it once had (essentially, it could not render MP4 in 30 frames per second…now it can). So the new version you don’t have to go through as many hoops. Still, you do need to take caution on the recording settings that you choose. If you don’t record it in hi-definition, nothing will be able to render it in the HD quality…cheers…matt
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August 26th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Thanks Matthew
You explained that very well. I love Camtasia and your tutorial ironed out some bugs for me.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:57 pm