YouTube Vids are fuzzy?
 

Why are my vids I upload always poor quality? They are great on my computer but the quality really drops when I upload them. Is there a different format I should be using or is there some paid service you need to get better quality? My camera has a web mode function but it really did not make any difference. Others seem to have very nice quality but I aint one of them!

Thanks

How long has it been since you put them up? They look awful right away then they recompile them later and get crisper.

Youtube videos are compressed aggressively, to the point where I shied-away from watching anything there in earlier years. It's generally tolerable now but still annoying. Better quality is one reason I started using Vimeo.

They have been up for a week. I know at first when they are being processed they can be bad but these are just not as sharp as others. The vid file was originally like 350mb and 5 min.

Shoot in Hi-Def to begin with.
Here's a couple of my Hi-Def things. Choose 720 or 1080 and they look great.

Higgin's Dyno Run (1080p)
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1ThG7CbfpDo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

An Autocross run

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n-sU97b1q_8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

It may have been my video editor, I just took a video and uploaded it direct instead of thru the editor program and it was a lot more clear.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s2vkRsKVBcE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

When YouTube vids start getting fuzzy, I know it's time to lay off the rum...