Video Formats: Transferring from DVD to YouTube
DVD files (such as .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files) can’t be uploaded to YouTube. These are not actual video files but files used as part of the DVD container format. Our recommended file format is MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid, or SVQ3 rather than h.264) at 640×480 resolution with MP3 audio (64k mono).
You can learn more about uploading videos here.

Before uploading a video, you may want to go through our Terms of Use and Copyright FAQ. This may give you a better understanding of the type of videos you can upload.

YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones.

If you don’t think your current video file format is recognized by YouTube, you may get the best results from converting your file to MPEG4 video with MP3 audio.

All you need to do is continue uploading the highest quality video you have available. The quality of the uploaded video combined with individual viewers’ bandwidth will determine if the video is displayed at “Higher Quality.”

Not satisfied with that answer? Still need specific information? YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG. Here are a few things that may work well for you:

MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
MP3 audio
Video resolution: 480×360 or higher
Frame Rate: 24fps or higher

What video file formats can I upload? youtube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats.

We’ve found that files converted from .wmv to one of the other formats our webpage accepts generally have a lower playback quality than other file formats. If you have your source video in a format other than a .wmv file, I’d recommend encoding directly to MPEG4 (DivX, Xvid, SQV3) at 320×240, with 64k Mono MP3 Audio. If you have a source .wmv in high bitrate and larger resolution I’d recommend converting to MPEG4 at full resolution and then resizing to 320×240 using a high quality resizing algorithm - this can help reduce the number of artifacts you end up with.
Editing and Exporting Videos: Transferring from camera to computer
If you already have a digital camcorder (one that captures in Digital8, MiniDV, HDV, or any of the DVD formats), then you’re ready to start shooting your masterpiece. Your camcorder will need some kind of direct connection to your computer, either to the USB or FireWire ports or by inserting the DVD you’ve recorded. Once you’ve downloaded the video from the camera, you can upload it to YouTube or bring it into an editing program to play with it some more.
If you have an analog camcorder (one that uses VHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, 8mm, or Hi8 tape), you can still get your videos onto YouTube. It will require an extra step and some additional equipment, though, since these camcorders are not usually equipped with computer connections. You’ll need to digitize the video with a converter box, which will convert the analog signal from the camcorder to a digital signal that the computer can understand. After the video has been digitized, you can manipulate it further or upload it.

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