Make Normal 16:9 Widescreen Video for Youtube

YouTube, after years of complaints over the size of its video player, has changed to wider size since Nov, 2008. And then did you find more complaints about the black bars around your video? Do you know the proper settings to get perfect 16:9 widescreen video for Youtube? Read on this article and you will get all answers to receive better video viewing experience on Youtube.

The Letterbox Bar and Pillarbox Bar

As you could see in the above figure, the black bars around the video (windowboxing) ruin the view experience completely. This is probably because letterboxing is added to create 4:3 video from 16:9, meanwhile, pillarboxing is also added by the widescreen player. So you are recommended to upload original 16:9 video to Youtube.

In DVD Slideshow Builder, you could easily get blackbar-free Youtube video by project settings (through Settings button on top) and settings in the Video Advanced Settings dialog, shown as below. Before saving video, make sure you have set the Resolution to 16:9 aspect ratio. Generally, 1280×720 is recommended. However, for a smaller size of video, you could use other resolutions. To decide the resolution, just divide width by the height, if the result equals to 1.777777, that is 16:9 widescreen video, which could be played perfectly on Youtube.

Note that if your media sources are in 16:9 aspect ratios, everything is perfect to make widescreen youtube video, but if mismatch ratio happens, adjustments are required. In such cases, either cut or stretch media to keep the specified aspect ratio. Otherwise, keep the mismatch aspect ratio and black bar is unavoidable.

Here is the 16:9 widescreen video on Youtube (High Quality) created with Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder.

Youtube Video Tips: 1. Add &fmt=22 to youtube video URL for a larger player size. For example, to directly watch above 16:9 widescreen video in the wider youtube player, visit youtube video address like this: http://www.youtube.com/v/HD_PZjEh32Y&fmt=22.
Make HD 16:9 Widescreen Video for Youtube
The newly released DVD Slideshow Builder allows you to create high-definition video for Youtube in the following formats. All is supported by Youtube and you can also select desired resolution (1280×720 - 16:9 HD is recommended). To make proper settings for HD Youtube widescreen video, click Settings button after selecting output formats and specify right encorder, resolutions, frame rate and bit rate. After created, simply upload videos to Youtube, and they will fill the player entirely.

HD H.264 Video (*.mp4, *.mov)

HD MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)

HD MPEG-2 Video (*.mpg)

HD ASF Video (*.asf)

HD AVI Video (*.avi)

HD WMV Video (*.wmv)

Note: Due to the high quality, HD 16:9 widescreen Youtube videos require faster internet connection speed.
Change Pillarbox Youtube Video to 16:9
You may have shared many normal aspect ratio video before youtube changes it player to larger size. If so, you could edit video info and add yt:stretch=16:9 to the Tag textbox. Another useful youtube video tricks are yt:stretch=4:3, yt:crop=4:3, yt:crop=16:9. Use yt:crop=16:9 to crop out letterbox and pillarbox bars. Stretch youtube video to 16:9 widescreen video now to full fill youtube video player. But note that your video may be short, squat and a bit of chubby looking.

Conclusion
To best upload widescreen video to youtube, make sure you are using the original videos without re-sampling and directly create 16:9 video to upload onto Youtube. Download DVD Slideshow Builder Trial Version to make either normal 16:9 video or High Definition widescreen video perfectly compatible with Youtube widescreen player. You could also stretch existed 4:3 youtube video to fill player entirely. By the way, if you download youtube video not in widescreen, use DVD Slideshow Builder to convert to 16:9 and upload to youtube again.

Useful resources:

How to make motion DVD slideshow

How to Make FLV Slideshow

How to recorde YouTube TV Shows

Just have pictures but want to broadcast yourself on YouTube? Sure you can do that by making photo slideshow story movie. This guide helps you to turn your pictures to slideshow with music and share on YouTube step by step and no complicated computer skills needed.

What you need:
1. Digital photos
2. Photo Story Platinum
3. YouTube ID (Free to register)
4. Favorite music (Optional, as background music for movie)

Step 1. Photoset :

Browse photos and simply drag & drop your favorites to the Story Board and Click “Add Audio” to add background music, also you can add sounds or your own record.

Step 2. Styles :

Preview animated styles first and then double click or drag & drop your selected styles to the Story Board. With 200+ build-in animated movie styles, you can make your photo movie to impress everyone. Also, various theme styles for different occasions such as wedding, kids and movie can meet your special demands.Here I “Add Random Styles” for all slides.

Step 3. Decoration:

To make your photo movie slideshow more funny and lively, adding some adorable elements is absolutely necessary. Here you can add your customized text caption with different text effects, stunning scene effect, animated clipart and sound in flexible timeline.

Gorgeous Intro/Credit animation effects can give people profound first impression. Click ”Intro/Credit” to add it. This software offers different excellent Intro/Credit effects to choose from, just preview and pick your favorite. You can also add your movie information, such as title, director, cast, etc, and set the text effects like movie style.

Step 4. Create :

After you preview the whole photo slideshow and feel satisfied with the effect, select “Create” tab and click “Create MP4″. Also video format like “AVI”, “WMV” or “MPEG-2″ are supported on YouTube. <!–[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]–>

Tips: YouTube Upload Tips (Videos saved with the following settings convert the best):

Video Format: MPEG4-4 Movie
Resolution: 320×240
Video Frame Rate: 30fps
Sample Rate: 44100

Step 5. Upload video to YouTube

After you creating the MP4 file, login your YouTube ID, choose “Account” and click “Upload” button, and then select “Upload a video”, write down your video title and description. It’s better to enter tag for easily searched by others.

Step 6. Finish

Now your YouTube video is ready to share with the world! Show your creativity and happiness right now. Here I share my Tibet travel photo slideshow on YouTube. Comments welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fo92nb72m8

Download Photo Story Platinum and have a try!