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Upload videosYouTube recommended upload encoding settings
YouTube recommended upload encoding settings
These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager.

Below are recommended upload encoding settings for your videos on YouTube.

Container: MP4
Audio codec: AAC-LC or Opus or Eclipsa Audio
Video codec: H.264
Frame rate
Bitrate
Video resolution and aspect ratio
Color Space
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