Will there be a difference if I upload a 720p video in 1080p to YouTube?

I have a camera that can only take 720p.

Will there be a difference if I upload a video that is in 720p to YouTube in 1080p? What will I notice? The camera does 720p but I wanna render it in 1080p! What will I notice with the resolution change?

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asked May 14 '12 at 12:11

Studio66Designs
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edited May 14 '12 at 12:26

it will take at least 30 minutes if you actually re-render it in 1080p with video software. thats before you upload it. what happens when the pieces get to youtube i do not know.

(May 15 '12 at 03:19) conspiritech

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Never upload any video above the original size. It only stretches the video and makes it look ugly (I've seen 240P videos in 1080P because they think it's better quality, it's not)

The difference is the resolution and the amount of data for the picture. A well recorded video can look good even in 480P even though it will always look better in 720P (given that that is the quality of the original source). More pixels = more data = (if well encoded) better quality.

answered May 14 '12 at 14:38

nitrocrime
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I done it before but I can't tell any notices or changes! I wanna see what you all think!

answered May 14 '12 at 12:16

Studio66Designs
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If you don't notice any difference then there isn't any difference. It's hardly a matter of what we think.

(May 14 '12 at 12:19) Cornelia Cornflake

The video will just stretch in your video software.

Will look stretched.....

answered May 14 '12 at 12:17

Jackster1337
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I am using Camtasia Studio 7. I just wanna know what the difference in the video and what it will look like!

(May 14 '12 at 12:20) Studio66Designs

"Will look stretched....."

(May 14 '12 at 12:25) Jackster1337

Look stretched? How so? I don't think it would look any different. Same 16:9 aspect ratio.

(May 14 '12 at 23:54) sfrancis928

Stretched as in it'll look like crap. 480 video wasn't made to be seen at 720p. I learned this the hard way. Look at this video for reference, I blew it up to 720p, big fail. https://vimeo.com/41462201

(May 14 '12 at 23:57) DJ Scooby Doo

Well right, but blowing up 720 to 1080 is different from 480 to 720. I've blown up 720 to 1080 before and it looked fine. There's just know point in doing it if your entire video is 720 footage.

The problem you had with that video might have had to do with the pixel aspect ratio of the 480 video. 720 and 1080 are both 1:1, but standard def can be different. So it might look weird stretched out. Just a theory.

(May 15 '12 at 00:09) sfrancis928

It is not 1:1

(May 15 '12 at 00:55) Jackster1337

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I personally like uploading at 720p resolution because everyone can see the 720p video. No one has a monitor below 720p standards these days, and 720p doesn't look that bad.

answered May 14 '12 at 13:33

DJ Scooby Doo
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I also use Camtasia Studio 7 and Sony Vegas 10 and I leave my exports at 720p resolution with WMV encoding.

(May 14 '12 at 13:34) DJ Scooby Doo

P.S.-Listen to our fellow colleagues, I agree with them. Don't blow up a video to 720. If it's 480, let it be.

(May 14 '12 at 17:48) DJ Scooby Doo

-2	Here's a crazy idea ... try it and see! answered May 14 '12 at 12:14 Cornelia Cornflake 880●2●3●16

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