Hi ATR,
There is just a little jerkiness of movement in my video uploaded to YouTube and Facebook. I wonder whether this is because of our relatively slow wireless internet here in rural Tasmania? I think the ADSL2 download speed is just under 8Mbps. I wonder whether the jerkiness is because my Sony AVCHD PAL handycam produces interlaced video - 1920x1080i - whereas videos screened on YouTube and Facebook play as progressive rather than interlaced footage? The only PAL HD formats for exporting to YouTube from Premiere Elements 11 are 1440x1080 and1920x1080. These are not specified as "i" or "p". I'm guessing they are progressive. Is that right? Is there a conversion from "i" to "p" in rendering, and if so, could this cause the jerky movement in the final images? I keep my camera pans brief and very slow. People move through frame, however, with a little jerkiness - not on Blu-Ray or AVCHD discs that I burn, not on my hard drive, just on YouTube and Facebook videos that I have uploaded.
Also, one more question - although I'm happy with the clarity and sharpness when I upload to YouTube in 1440x1080 resolution, would anything be gained from uploading in the 1920x1080 resolution of my raw footage - given that YouTube and Facebook both indicate that 1280x720 is their preferred resolution for HD uploads? Perhaps I should stick with what I know works!
Grateful that you are here, ATR, kindly sharing your in-depth knowledge and so committed to this forum. I've been reading other threads on uploading problems and you sure have worked hard to help other people. I couldn't find any mention of jerkiness or the progressive/interlaced question. However, I tried exporting to hard drive, then uploading from there to Facebook, but as I've written, the video played on Facebook in very low resolution unless viewers knew to look for and click on "HD" - so that is why (so far) I prefer directly uploading from PE11 to YouTube, and sharing to Facebook from there - unless a format for exporting to hard drive can be suggested that won't create the need for viewers to click "HD" when that file is uploaded to Facebook.
Once again, like so many others, grateful for your help ATR! - Regards, Phil