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Best export settings for YouTube
Pick resolution, frame rate and SDR or HDR to get YouTube's recommended container, codec and bitrate for your upload.
Resolution
Frame rate
Dynamic range
- Bitrate
- 8 Mbps
- Video codec
- H.264
- Container
- MP4
- Profile
- High, progressive scan
- B frames
- 2 consecutive
- GOP
- Closed, half the frame rate
- Rate control
- Variable bitrate, CABAC
- Chroma subsampling
- 4:2:0
- Frame rate
- Same as recorded
- Audio
- AAC-LC, stereo, 48 kHz, 384 kbps
- Colour space
- BT.709
| Resolution | Bitrate |
|---|---|
| 8K | 80 to 160 Mbps |
| 2160p (4K) | 35 to 45 Mbps |
| 1440p (2K) | 16 Mbps |
| 1080p | 8 Mbps |
| 720p | 5 Mbps |
| 480p | 2.5 Mbps |
| 360p | 1 Mbps |