Best Video Resolution and Export Settings for YouTube Video Upload
Best Resolution Setting for YouTube Video is 1920x1080 pixels.
As per Statcounter, most desktop screens have 1920x1080 pixel resolution.
Therefore, we should create a YouTube video in 1920x1080 resolution for best display on screens of most users.
YouTube also recommends that for commercial videos, the minimum resolution should be 1920x1080 pixels. Source: https://support.google.com/youtube/an...
Optionally, you can also create other 16:9 aspect ratio videos having 2k (2560x1440), 4k (3840x2160) and 8k (7680x4320) but please avoid creating videos between 4k and 8k because according to YouTube, since 2022, it has removed playback support for these resolutions.
Caution
However, the wise suggestion is that your final edited video for upload on YouTube should have same resolution, aspect ratio, frame rate and codec as in your recorded original video.
For example, this is my original screen recorded video, I will right-click over it and open Properties, then under Details tab, I will look for the values of resolution, aspect ratio, frame rate, bitrate etc and then apply same values in the export settings of my video editor.
In video editor you should not increase video resolution to 1920x1080 by force.
For example, if you have recorded a video in 1600x900 (or lower i.e 1280x720) resolution either using camera or through screen recording, then you should not forcefully scale it to 1920x1080 pixels in the video editor software.
However, if the resolution of your recorded video 2560x1440, then you can resize or scale it down to 1920x1080 pixels.
For screen recording, I suggest you buy a PC monitor with display support of 1920x1080 pixels so that your users can enjoy a high-quality clear video.
Export Settings
Here are the best export settings in video editor software for YouTube video.
Best Format MP4 (due to wide support in browsers, and devices)
Best Resolution 1920x1080
Best frame rates options 24, 25, 30
Video Bitrate for 1080p SDR 8 Mbps (8000 kbps)
Video Bitrate for 1080p HDR 10 Mbps (10,000 kbps)
Audio Bitrate (for Stereo) 384 kbps
Best Bitrate Mode VBR (Variable Bitrate)
Color Space HDR or SDR - as per capability of your system display.
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: AAC
Audio Sample Rate 96khz or 48khz
Channel Stereo
Square Pixels is best option as Aspect ratio.
So, should you select HDR vs SDR color space?
Select HDR export setting only if your computer display supports it. Otherwise SDR is the best option. To check if your PC supports HDR or not, follow this navigation in Windows 10 or Windows 11.
According to YouTube when creating video, you should focus on resolution and frame rate rather than bitrate.
For reference and more help, links for Google support articles are provided in description.
For more info, check Google support article about YouTube video resolution & aspect ratios. 🔗 https://support.google.com/youtube/an...
Dozro article ablout best video resolution and YouTube upload export settings. 🔗 https://www.dozro.com/photo-video-edi...
00:00 | Best Resolution for YouTube Video is 1920x1080 px
00:51 | Use Native Original Resolution - Avoid Force Scaling Up Video
01:53 | Best Monitor Resolution for Screen Recording
02:06 | Best Video Export Settings for YouTube
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