

Also try exporting your video in 4K even if you. You'll need something more robust to export to higher resolutions, such as Adobe Premiere. As a guide, if youre uploading at 1080p, output it on 60fps, as Youtube offers you a bitrate of up to 12Mbps.

#How to upload a youtube video in 1080p 1080p
Many free video editors are limited to exporting video in 1080p (1920x1080 pixels). You can see that it functions in both the HTML5 player and Flash player. This is what the quality options look like. I created a short 3840x2160 test video using the mp4 format and H.264 codec ( YouTube recommended). With 2160p, that means YouTube is creating 8 videos from your upload (this is why "processing" takes so long). First, the video you are trying to upload has to be recorded in 1080p, if it isnt then it isnt going to upload in 1080p. This is because YouTube creates individual videos for each quality level based on your uploaded file. This is 2K video quality YouTube video size. This is the standard HD video size and the best option for viewing. Among them will be an option called quality click on it. It may take several minutes or longer before it shows up after you've uploaded the video. This is the preferred YouTube HD video size when viewing videos on mobile data or a slow internet connection. Change the resolution of the video youre watching by clicking the gear icon and selecting a setting. If you upload a video that has a resolution of 3840 pixels wide by 2160 pixels high, YouTube will display the 2160p quality option in the settings (cog) for your video.
