Do the videos you export out of iMovie actually meet YouTube's video quality standards? I find out, and show you how to use iMovie's export settings to output the best-quality video for YouTube.

YouTube Recommended Upload Encoding Settings:
https://support.google.com/youtube/an...


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Chapters:
00:00 "Best" iMovie export settings
01:18 YouTube's recommended upload settings
02:07 Video bitrate
02:27 YouTube's upload settings vs iMovie export settings
03:31 1080p export test
04:05 iMovie's export settings explained
05:45 Checking bitrate with QuickTime
06:55 1080p results
07:21 4K export test
08:11 iMovie export tips





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