Best settings for HQ Youtube with WAV audio

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Hey guys,

Hope everyone is well.

I’m new to using Shotcut. Great programme so far!

I produce music and have made a video with a static image to accompany this on Youtube. I’m having a bit of trouble finding the correct export settings.

I’m looking to export the video at 1080p with uncompressed Wav audio. The audio is super important for me. Obviously I can’t use WAV with the recommend MP4 for Youtube. Does anyone have any suggestion for the correct settings to use?

Thank you!

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Here is what YouTube requires for uploads.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171

There are other platforms to publish videos on, but I have no idea what they require as video format. A lot of the music I find on YouTube, they usually have a SoundCloud page linked in the description.

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From the defaults or the YouTube preset, go into Advanced and change:

  • Format = mov or matroska
  • Audio > Codec = pcm_s16le
    Save your file with a .mov or .mkv filename extension if using matroska. This video file will play in any decent third party media player if not the one supplied with your OS.
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