Lossless video compression.

[mattonfire]

Anyone know a lossless format for a video, I currently have a avi video generated by fraps, only about 40 seconds long but it's 4GB and that takes 48 hours to upload to youtube with my blazing fast internet. Is there any lossless compression formats? If not, if I reduce it from 1440p to 1080 will it make a drastic improvement. If so you know any free programs that will convert it for me without a watermark?

[ALwin]

Anyone know a lossless format for a video, I currently have a avi video generated by fraps, only about 40 seconds long but it's 4GB and that takes 48 hours to upload to youtube with my blazing fast internet. Is there any lossless compression formats? If not, if I reduce it from 1440p to 1080 will it make a drastic improvement. If so you know any free programs that will convert it for me without a watermark?

 

Convert it to H.264 using Youtube's recommended bit rate settings.

[mattonfire]

Convert it to H.264 using Youtube's recommended bit rate settings.

That is currently what I have it set as, it's a MVK with H.264.

EDIT: This still only reduces it by about a GB which still isn't enough.

[Tech_Dreamer]

there is defenitely going to be loss when compressing, you bcan only maintain moderate picture quality as in visually good & sharp,, since you have an avi file i'd reccommend either mkv or mp4 &keep the video bitrate around 3k at the very minimum @HD resolution  above 5k bitrate is optimal

[ALwin]

That is currently what I have it set as, it's a MVK with H.264

 

Read this!  And then convert it to a H.264 mp4 file with the recommend bit rate.  No way 40 seconds of video with those settings results in a 4GB file.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en

[mattonfire]

there is defenitely going to be loss when compressing, you bcan only maintain moderate picture quality as in visually good & sharp,, since you have an avi file i'd reccommend either mkv or mp4 &keep the video bitrate around 3k at the very minimum @HD resolution  above 5k bitrate is optimal

It's currently at mkv but when I convert it to mp4 the colours go terrible. Seriously messed up.

[mattonfire]

Read this!  And then convert it to a H.264 mp4 file with the recommend bit rate.  No way 40 seconds of video with those settings results in a 4GB file.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en

Look, here is the proof, this is the one at around 1440p.

http://prntscr.com/9j47b4

 

EDIT: Apparently I am not allowed to use media extensions any more

[ALwin]

Look, here is the proof, this is the one at around 1440p.

http://prntscr.com/9j47b4

 

EDIT: Apparently I am not allowed to use media extensions any more

 

I said with Youtube's recommended settings.

[mattonfire]

I said with Youtube's recommended settings.

Alright I got the settings I would like, would you recommend about 1440p or 1080p? It's around 1440p so it looks like 1080p60 when you click on the resolutions in YouTube.