Video isn't showing clear

I recorded a video using Camtasia and some reason when i uploaded it to Youtube I can't see the font cler. I'm using version six and when uploadeed it didn't say Hd beside it like my others. How do I make font clear like most tutorials. These are the two I've done but its not showing clear, why and how?
http://youtube.com/musicdrumbeats to see the two I did but its blurly.

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Safelink Wireless (Free Cell Phone and Minutes).avi, 21.6 MB

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Permalink Reply by Dan on November 13, 2009 at 7:01pm: Youtube converts all videos to that crappy FLV sht. You may have to change video formats untill you hit on the right one that their recoder routine doesnt hash up too bad. What is your starting bitrate? Should be around 1000 for decent quality.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Musical Drummer on November 13, 2009 at 7:24pm: I do check using Cam studios 6? Have you seen tutorials wheres the font clear and people can actual see it without hurting their eyes? I recorde the two in .avi but I deleted them from Youtube because they wasn't something Chris would accept because not showing well for performance.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on November 13, 2009 at 7:44pm: Sounds like Mad Max has it nailed down pretty good.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mad Max on November 13, 2009 at 7:37pm: Actually it uses H.264 on more recent ones... if it was uploaded as such. It makes it an FLV if it's something other than an H.264 source, otherwise it's pretty much a trimmed down version of the original you upload with a flash wrapper so you can actually play it (check the Activity window in Safari, under Window. Look for the largest file in the list and it's generally the video, double click it and it'll download like any other file, you can see the file format too from the list).

In other words, to get the best possible quality, encode it as an H.264, aka an MPEG4/m4a and make sure it fits into the 1280 x 720 resolution envelope. That's how you optimise them for YouTube.

Oh, and it can take a while for the quality to improve, it processes it on the server and quality will get better over a few hours or so depending on how big the file it and how good the source was.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Musical Drummer on November 14, 2009 at 9:41am: I only know a little about coputers like the basic but when you said change some settings I don't know how to get to that because I don't want to mess anything else up. Do you do tech support like connecting to pc using Skype? As I look at my other two I've done on Youtube them two isn't showing clear either and there in HD. I have Skype if you can do it and Skype offer a sharing screen. I really would like to start making clear tutorilas for others. I have some great resources I research in.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mad Max on November 14, 2009 at 10:05am: When you click "Produce" in Camtasia, you should get a bunch of options about what format you want to save it as. You have a drop down with presets. There's one for YouTube, but the resolution is quite low and won't give you HD.

Click "Custom" then Next, select "Mov - QuickTime Movie", Next, Next again then "Largest video sizes" if you want to keep it at the same size you recorded it at. Or, click custom, then click the "Maintain aspect ratio" box and type in 1280 in width. Let it fill the height itself, hit next, then next again, next again, then it will give you a screen where you can name the file and tell it where to save. When you've done that, hit finish and it will render it for you. Then just upload it from where it saves and tada!

YouTube will take a little whlie to render it again on their end so the quality might be a bit crappy for a while, but when its done all that an hour or so later it should look as good as the original file.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on November 14, 2009 at 12:22pm: Personally, I think .mov is a "leaves much to be desired" codec, I prefer MS Mpeg4 V.1, V.2, or V.3, for variable bitrate choices quality. BUT, in recent times I have discovered Xvid to be fantastic, same apparent quality for half the size, or less. But I don't know how youtube acts on conversion of the latter, or if it can even use it on an upload. It was OK with Mpeg4, but its been awhile since I did anything in that regard. If anyone wants to play with it, the codec can be downloaded here:
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mad Max on November 14, 2009 at 12:44pm: .mov is H.264 MPEG4. Unless you're after broadcast level quality it's more than good enough. Having said that it's the same codec standard used to make BluRay movies so it must be good. Methinks you're thinking of the traditional .mov format before they went full H.264 with it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on November 14, 2009 at 12:56pm: You are correct... I did not know they had changed .mov. That's good to hear, AND thanks for the info. :D

Fool around with Xvid some time, I think you will be surprised.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Musical Drummer on November 14, 2009 at 2:04pm

I did a sample video and when finish I click produce then I selected Youtube and the size was 640 x 320 and before i always selected Select Screen when capturing theres three option for recording Custom, full or select and with select I had it to 1400 x 728 but heres the test I did with youtube and font still not clear. What else needed change?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbqNwwbjzco
Or see the upload below

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Test vid.avi, 8.2 MB

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Permalink Reply by Mad Max on November 14, 2009 at 5:56pm: The YouTube link says its set to private so I can't see it. The AVI looks fine though.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Musical Drummer on November 14, 2009 at 7:44pm: Its public now. Do you have any tutorials you've done or have e program and can make a video? heres a link of jimmyr.com his video but hes using Camstudio and at 0:46 his clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiug3H3c4gk; ▶ Reply to This