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Rendering your videos for KZbin within Davinci Resolve is pretty easy really once you nail the basics! Plus there's a few additional bonus tips to save you even more time.
00:00 Intro
00:30 Built in KZbin Preset
00:55 Custom Export
01:38 CODECS Explained
02:45 Encoder
02:57 Resolution
03:44 FrameRate
03:54 QUALITY
06:15 Render babyyyy
06:42 SQUARESPACE
07:26 Upload DIRECT to KZbin
10:23 Save PRESET
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Mr Alex Tech

[@MrAlexTech]

If you do have the AV1 option, then give that a try! It’s the latest and greatest (and should be better than H.265!)

[@michaelthebigaussie]

Can you do a vid on the difference between av1 and 265?

[@Skapo]

Was honestly annoyed you didn't go over that on the premise that it was a studio only feature. Do you just assume people don't have/use the studio version or something?

[@footballtalk4857]

@@Skapo Well I think because only the newer higher GPU actually supports Av1 on a hardware level

[@FireWalkMusic]

Will KZbin convert h265 to h264 when you upload the video? I've seen that stated here and there, but I'm not sure if that's changed now?

[@Kireth]

@@Skapo chill - the amount of people that have cards capable of AV1 encoding is really limited right now. He also explained that.

[@BuyOrBye]

In my latest video I noticed that the quality of my game footage is slightly worse compared to how it looks like ingame I checked and it was set to H.264 Switching it over H.265 brought forward all of the missing detail, and made the entire composition look so much crisper! Thank you very much for this video

[@ADV_Agenda]

Great explanation, thank you for being there for us noobs!!!! This is by far the best DaVinci resolve tutorial channel on KZbin

[@topicruben]

Thanks a lot, Alex. I was having some issues with a project I’m doing and before I started asking a bunch of ppl, I decided to have a look, and boom 💥… I have to increase my bitrate number! Very helpful 🙏

[@DellanaDellana]

Excellent! Thank you! It's great to see you posting again!

[@thegoofyguy]

That was great! Thanks! You do a great job of walking us through the process. I really appreciate it!

[@BlackHat302Gaming]

Awesome, thank you, I knew about the presets, but could never do auto upload to KZbin. But now I can, as I guess they have changed a few things over the updates. Thank you as always for awesome content and information.

[@avi8tor330]

Hi Alex, as always, you provided the most comprehensive, still understandable content on this topic. Thank you! Cheers Martin

[@onyourmarkss]

informative videos everytime! very thankful to have come across your channel

[@parkusplays]

Your videos have been so helpful, keep up the awesome work!!!

[@dadstalktech]

I shoot all our videos in 1080p, but I upscale everything in DR to 4K for KZbin. I find the YT compression makes 1080p video look awful! DR does a nice job upscaling so all my source video saves me space and on KZbin the final render I upload looks much better at all resolutions, so it is a win-win for me. Only my final render file is a bit larger, not all my raw video files. Thanks for the video! Cheers!

[@TuesdaysTurn]

I edit in 1080 and upscale to 4k during render also. I saw a tutorial that said right before the render to change the timeline setting to 4k, but he doesn't mention that in this video. Do you know if that step is necessary?

[@dadstalktech]

@@TuesdaysTurn Yes, you absolutely want to change the project to 4K and then render in 4k.

[@TuesdaysTurn]

@@dadstalktech Thanks much! I've done several comparisons, and on a HD monitor, I don't notice the upscale much better, but on a 4k monitor, it is night and day. I hate the huge file sizes, but the quality is so much better. So I'll keep playing the game!

[@DreamyJorg]

I recently started uploading videos and I noticed KZbin lowers my resolution 😢 thankfully I use davinci and this makes sense to me lol thanks for the tips!

[@williamhouston559]

@@DreamyJorg The initial KZbin version may be at a reduced quality. Check back the next day when the highest quality version may be available.

[@Leader1623]

Your videos are an absolute godsend to me. Thank you!

[@geoffreymee7671]

That was a great slab of just the right information about getting to KZbin. Excellent. Thx Alex.

[@BackroadExploits]

I should be going to bed but I'm learning so much here.....yet another awesome tutorial.

[@IlseMulAuthor]

Thanks for this handy video! It saved me a lot of time figuring out the best settings for KZbin :) Happy New Year!

[@paulcain548]

Super useful as always. Cheers Alex 👍🏻

[@MikeyGRetro]

Some great tips. Will try this out. Thank you.

[@freddymiguelponce]

AWESOME! As always! Have a Productive and Healthy Day!

[@UpNorthHandyman]

Always great information on your channel. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks they are a huge help!

[@Foomba]

Always helpful and in good humor. 👍

[@ThailandVIPTravels]

Thank you for making this video very detailed and helped me a lot!

[@truewiking]

Brilliant as always 🙏 learned a lot

[@robhurley5258]

Excellent, thank you!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

So helpful as always, Alex - cheers man 🙏

[@PartTimeCollector]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@WaddleAero]

Good stuff! As always learned, stuff and had fun at the same time!

[@successjoegeorge]

Great video Alex. You rock. Keep up the amazing work my friend. God bless!

[@wingrovedl]

Thank You Alex ! I needed a good reminder. ⏳

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you SO much.

[@HenryPedia]

Thank you Alex. Very helpful.

[@RikkyTang]

I find that upscaling is necessary for my motovlog footage because any clips with a lot of motion (i.e. from my motorbike) look awful in KZbin with blocky-looking video at 1080P when YT streams that video in the AVC1 codec. If I upscale to 1440P or 4K at a decent bitrate, YT streams the video with the VP09 codec which looks loads better 👍 Large files/rendering times are the result, but for me the image quality is worth it.

[@ratandjmt]

Thanks for the video. I do a lot of mountain biking videos and quality setting under render is something that's always given me issues. I shoot in 4k/30fps on my GoPro. For the quality I'll push the restrict to 250,000. It just seems like a good catch all. Sometimes when I don't push the number so high everything on the sides of the video looks like I just engaged the warp drive on my bike. But doing this it seems to make objects (trees/grass) a bit clearer/more visible on the sides. I may have to go back in and do some playing around using lower settings. As always appreciate the videos.

[@tinthefatty]

Great helpful video. Love it!

[@aevidaudi]

Thank you so much! This really helped me out! ❤

[@flixmyswitch]

Will have to check my settings

[@KirkwoodImaging]

For KZbin with a nice internet connection... I just upload a ProRes export. When I don't have good internet or need to upload quickly, I export ProRes then encode to H264 or H265 in Shutter Encoder using the CPU. I set a CQ quality target of about 18 and the exports look absolutely incredible vs any of the hardware encoded videos.

[@TheRealBarkinMadd]

Well done, Sir. Thanks for posting.

[@IcelandAdventures]

Mind blown learned again !👍

[@iTzZigma]

Thank you so much for the video, very useful information and great explaining everything 🙏🏾📈👍🏽

[@Driver.55]

You just saved my channel, man Thank you so much! Great explanation!

[@teddyperera8531]

This is really helpful. Thank you

[@JustBrusselsThings]

Thank you for the video! I forgot to change 'Render' to 'Entire timeline' on the delivery page, which meant I only got one clip of the video I made. Good tip to make sure it renders the entire timeline instead of just one clip.

[@ITISolutions]

You are Awesome!

[@Zeb_Fields]

big help!

[@michael_tunnell]

just so you know, h265 has massive licensing issues attached with it which is why AV1 is becoming the standard

[@Brado231]

Great video as always. Thanks. I'd love to see a video on optimising renders for platforms that need smaller video file sizes (whilst limiting compression they do themselves on that platform) to obtain the best video quality possible, within their size constraints. Examples would be those shared through Facebook messenger (25MB), Whatsapp (16MB), Signal (100MB) and Instagram (650MB

[@Kompakuta]

thank you!

[@NZgoblin]

Thank you so much

[@challengedollar2880]

thanks for this!

[@epiccitybuilders]

Thanks this helped a lot 👍

[@robertlewisvideo]

Awesome Info. Thanks

[@abi219]

Another great tutorial 👍 I do more Instagram reels at the moment and it would be handy to know the optimal bit rate and settings for Instagram reels too 😊

[@Troutbitten]

Thanks

[@louloowebvideos]

TOP Alex !!!

nice instructions, thx for it

[@Akumagamer6427]

great video. been slightly losing my mind with this stuff thank you for the info

[@dsawakening]

You're awesome. I learned a 100 things in less than 12 minutes. 🥰

[@JoeCastellon]

Thanks for this video, MrAlex! Uploading directly to KZbin was something I had not contemplated because I like to review the video first. Thanks to you, I now know I can do this as part of the automatic process. Awesome! Now I need DR to allow multiple accounts for us creeps who manage more than one KZbin channel 🤣

[@WeloveToSleep]

Thank you! i can't believe i almost paid $300 for final cut pro when this helped me do everything needed.

[@AngelGarcess]

Thank youuu

[@oloratomokate9568]

Thank you❤

[@scienceofsound]

Excellent video. I have DR 18 Studio 18.1.3 Build 8 and noticed I don't have a couple of these settings you showed. The first one was in quality. I only have the option to choose "Automatic" but nothing with a drop-down for 'least' to 'best". I also don't have KZbin options to choose from within Custom Export. I only have the option to go to the KZbin export profile. They must have changed these in recent versions.

[@adhvaitchauhan8449]

He's got the studio version.

[@ojciecvaader9279]

thanx!

[@thekamanos]

thank youu brother..antony from kenya

[@thechunkydrummer]

This is great stuff! Is there a way of uploading to a channel you have editor access to and not just your main account?

[@cyberkyv]

Hi Alex, excellent all your videos. This year I am making videos only in H.265. I think the use of the codec should be promoted. Now a question about video export in HDR, I have seen videos on youtube that indicate to be in 4K HDR for example. Now, if I make a video in 4K with HDR, is the option to export a Video with HDR in Davinci Resolve only available for the Studio version? How is this option displayed? Thanks

[@williamhouston559]

If audio quality (eg for music) is important than you should render to Quicktime which allows using uncompressed PCM audio. For music video KZbin recommends 24bit 44.1 sample rate PCM audio in the video file.

[@vibewhen]

yes this is a feature available only to partners who use KZbin's Content ID matching system.. edit. although i have uploaded a video with this setting. strangely I was able to upload a video with a .mkv format with h.264 codec. audio was true PCM 24bit. . even though youtube says it wont accept .mkv

[@AshtonLamontPhotoVideo]

Hi, thanks for the stack of very useful videos. In this one you've suggested that you could upscale an existing 1080p timeline to 4k using Custom settings. That seems to work fine but I've noticed elsewhere that others describe from the outset to first set the Project Settings to 3840x2160 or "4k" then drop your 1080p media in as normal and use Superscale. Then Export / Deliver at 3840x2160. But their method may conflict with smooth editing especially on modest workstations obviously. Many people recommend that in order to obtain a better KZbin result they always Deliver in 4k even though the actual media is 1080p, apparently because KZbin uses a superior codec called VP9 if it identifies an upload as 4k. I realise that you are using a 4k camera anyway. But do you happen to know whether if you use 1080p you can get better results if you go the Project Settings > 4k Superscale route or is the result of simply upscaling in Deliver just as good. I'm using 18.1.2 Studio on an Alienware windows 11 Ryzen 7 5800H RTX3060 32GB 2x SSD's laptop so I could do either method. Thanks.

[@AshtonLamontPhotoVideo]

Answered my own question with some more testing. Saved an existing 1080p Project as a new Project, changed Project Settings to UHD and included Image Scaling > "Scale Entire Image To Fit" for both Input and Output Scaling. Then selected video files in Media Pool and applied Super Scale 2x with Sharpness on High & Noise Reduction on Medium (n.b. you can't select Super Scale by selecting clips directly in a Multicam timeline). Delivered UHD MP4 h.265 50,000 kb/s constant bit rate (twice PAL 25fps) with Advanced ticked both Force Settings To Highest Quality and Force Debayer to Highest Quality. Appreciably better quality than straight deliver without Super Scale especially compared to a normal 1080p uploaded directly to KZbin. Takes much longer to render but still lower than real time. Studio version needed for Super Scale obviously and the GPU being RTX3060 or equivalent probably needed. Hey, if you're thinking of getting Studio you will love its Voice Isolation function.

[@genotsSnor]

​@@AshtonLamontPhotoVideo not a lot of replies here, but I'll gladly be the one to say thank you!

[@Gaurav.P0]

​@@AshtonLamontPhotoVideoThank you ☺️

[@MoonManTheories]

Perfect video. Thanks. What about rendering a clip you will use over and over on youtube but that is not itself a whole video? Is there any reason to render with different settings that that of ones uploads? Higher quality for example? Or should it be kept the same? Liek is there any loss form dropping it on a timeline and rendering it out again with the exact same settings?

[@kigai.]

ty boss

[@JaimeAndresMedia]

This is great Alex thank you! It's strange however, why do I not have some of the same options you have? I am on an M1 Ultra Studio with decent power and running the paid Resolve Studio version. The dropdown for Quality>Automatic Best is not available, just "Automatic" Also, for the YT export, Resolve on my computer only goes up to 2K.... Thanks for the help!

[@xMortalx57]

Thank you for your tutorial Handsome

[@Soulboundx1]

Nice

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Quality 👍

[@roleselvagem]

Hey Alex what about "network optimization" under Encoder? thanks for the tips

[@gravelschlabbe]

Thanks a lot for this video, I did a lot of digging on this topic and found a lot of different approaches and philosophies. But one question: What do you mean by "massive" file size? I exported a 26min 4K Video with your 265 settings and got a file size of about 9GB. Is that ok or too big in your opinion? Thanks again!

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

THNX againagainagainagainagainagain

[@michaelsopunov]

Feel sad a little coz not explained GREAT section with "Chapters from Markers" on Delivery page - this do really helpfull Job for you by uploading vid's to youtube. I have a really big respect for chapters in EVERY Alex's videos 😊👍👍 Great job ever! 🤘🤘

[@danielprucey9796]

Excellent tips ! I have an unrelated question. I upgrade to the current D.Resolve update and when I open D.R. I only see my saved projects that are saved on my PC harddrive.. I have project saved on an external drive...can I still find these and use this projects.... or are they lost forever? is there an easy fix?

[@RawRidersMoto]

Hey Alex! Thank you for this video and all the others that were very helpful! 😍 I have an issue with my most recent KZbin upload , maybe you have an idea on what's happening? I used the same rendering settings I had on all the other videos, and yet after upload it looks really shitty, pixelated and just not usable footage. I even came to this video to check if my settings were wrong by any chance, but no, everything is just as you recommend. The version in my computer is crisp and clear, but no matter what I try, upon uploading it to KZbin, it looks super bad. Do you have any advice you could give? Thank you so much and have a great day!

[@dragonpower974]

Good tips. Does your video loose some quality when you import it to DaVinci Resolve?

[@aaphotofilm]

This is awesome Alex, but just a question, what if you recorded different clips in different frame rates? is that possible? i found that it crashes out, as what you said in 3:47 you cant alter the FPS?

[@amsterford]

Thanks MrAlex!🙂 One thing I noticed in DaVinci Resolve (Studio) on Windows is that you can't increase AAC bitrate above 192 kbps while on Mac it's possible up to 320 kbps. Very confusing. 😞

[@TheMainCharacter]

Ive heard people say that you should use 2 pass encoding to match premieres render quality. Is that actually needed? i feel like the 1 pass is great

[@HardIsEasy]

Have you had any issues with recent uploads to youtube using these presets? I'm getting random artefacts on YT, while play back is fine on my Mac... usually uploading h.265 4k at 60k bitrate...

[@Aqua_Holic_Fishing]

I haven't moved up to Resolve 18 yet. Is it worthwhile or same/same? Thanks

[@Aliefrizkixc]

please make a video about exporting different bitrates of footage to youtube, for example i usually use my iphone, gopro etc and my main camera bmpcc4k but when uploaded to youtube as one video those phone or gopro footage quality looks blurry. Great video anyway Thankyouuu

[@sergentboucherie]

I'll need to check the AV1 encoder, forgot it was a thing

[@jennycins]

Hello, and thanks for the very informative videos! I'm having a problem I cannot find anywhere. All videos seem to address lagging during render or playback, but the rendered final video is where I'm having the issue. What I mean is, I have zero lag in my games, my original video footage shows absolutely no lag, but when the video gets rendered anywhere, the final video quality shows lag in every second of the video as if the entire game were lagging. I'm very frustrated to the point that I can't even tell you what I'm ready to do to this program. Is there help for this particular problem? Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks again.

[@aerobrain2001]

For saving the presets, do you need to save one for each frame rate or will it always automatically adjust the frame rate to your project? (Appreciate worst case you can just change that single setting each time, I'm jus forgetful 😀)

[@allenpayne9182]

Some reasons why you should not use h264 or h265 for rendering: 1. I like to separate the rendering process from compressing the image. It renders faster and you have to check the render anway. Quality control. 2. After rendering a ProRes or DNxHR master you can use external tools like handbrake to convert the files to h264. If the file size is to big you don´t have to render your moviue again. You just have to convert the already rendered DNxHR file again. Time saver! 3. the h264, h265 codec in DaVinci is not as good as handbrake or shutter encoder. You can pixelpeep and test it yourself

[@MrAlexTech]

Solid information, thanks! :) I need spend some more time with handbrake! But do you do that for KZbin videos?! Seems overkill as the YT compression will just likely mitigate any gains.

[@allenpayne9182]

True. But no matter if it is Instagram, Facebook or KZbin. I always try to render the best image. 4k for KZbin because the 1080p verison wlll look better, too. I think this is important. And "rendering" and "compressing" at once will NOT save you time. As I wrote. Better split it up. Render the fiolm in Resolve. Later compress the file. Those are two processes and IMo should be handled as two. You can set up a preset in handbrake or shutter encoder, so you just have to drop the file in. Select your preset and hit render. It is 3 clicks. I know people are beginng for "the BEST youtube" render settings. but "the BEST" is to render a ProRes or DNxHR file. KZbin / Vimeo also are fine with ProRes and DNxHR. If your video is just 1 or 2 minutes.. .you can upload a DNxHR instead of h264. If you are doing vlog, sure upload a h264 straight out of Resovle. But If you are working on a commercial or music video and want best quality... please do not render a h264 file in Resolve.

[@MrAlexTech]

​@@allenpayne9182 I think it makes for an interesting discussion tbf, but it's not my intent of this video. Resolve is available for literally everyone (including Uncle Bob making his fishing videos or Aunta Donna making her cupcakes!). Adding additional processes for arguably very minimal gains (especially following KZbin compression) just overcomplicates it and adds barriers to the process. I have no doubt DNx etc will give you better results, but is it the best process?! I'd argue not, especially for largest proportion of Resolve users who are free amateur users (i consider myself in this group - although with Studio). If this video was a 30 minute explainer about the benefits of DNxHR and an introduction into the intricacies of Handbrake. It would have the opposite effect of my intent i.e. it would be much more likely to discourage people, rather than encourage them to get stuck in!

[@allenpayne9182]

@@SystemParanoia what you wrote is wrong. H265 will take much longer time to render than DNxHR.

[@allenpayne9182]

@@SystemParanoia DNxHR will also be rendered by your GPU and because of the design it renders way faster. H265 is the slowest to render. Maybe you are rendering to the same sdd and got bottlenecked.

[@quiztasiarocks]

Hey Alex, if you're working with BRAW, would you export as DNxHR and then transcode to H.265?

[@RandyReviews1990]

i like Casey Farris he makes good tutorials i found him on Kevin stravert's channel!

[@NympoGaming]

Hey MrAlex. I have a question regarding video quality I can't quite figure out. Is there a significant difference in quality and data loss if I first render my video using h.256 and then upload it to YT than for example if I uploaded it to YT directly using this DaVinchi Resolve feature? I'm asking this because h.265 did mirracles for me but I'm kinda hesitant to upload my video now because I'm afraid YT will make it look worse after posting it.

[@DennisSchmitz]

One, the probably most important setting to improve video quality was left out entirely: Encoding Profile: Main10. This will trigger 10 bit encoding, which is not an issue for KZbin. It will eliminate any banding artefacts and keep way more texture.

[@MrAlexTech]

Hey hey! I skipped it as its not available within the free version, and it's limited to H.265. But you are right, I should have mentioned it in passing (similarly to AV1). My intent was for this video to more aimed to free users, but I didn't communicate that well with the title so I've amended 👍🙂

[@MrAlexTech]

Additional clarity: For Windows users, it's only available in the Studio version For Mac users, it's available for all (free and studio - although will likely depend on hardware too) and its the default option when selecting H.265 (so it doesn't need amending)

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Nice catch Dennis

[@bern047]

FREE ? THAT IS WHAT WE WANT

[@amadeuszmurek4782]

Hi. Would you consider add timestamps for youtube tutorial as suplement for this? :)

[@momo4ghost771]

Thx for the helpfull video 🙏. I have a problem: my video is 13 minutes long. But when i upload it from DR on youtube it is only 10 minutes long. What could be the possible issue for that? Thank you for the answer 😊

[@Welshmanshots]

2:31 I found that H264 is good for longer videos as doesn't take that long to render and it uses the CPU, H265 uses the GPU which takes longer on long videos only just realised this when i was trying to render some dead space videos which are an hour long and resolve said it would take 2 hours to render on the H265 but when i switched back to H264 it only took 40 mins. Now that being said i do have a 2070 anyone who has a newer GPU will probably be a lot faster in H265, for now, i use H265 for smaller videos.

[@Welshmanshots]

it's it's been a few months and now I always use H265, my system is a bit weird sometimes then again i did build it myself, also i always upscale my videos to get VP9 support on KZbin instead of the AVC or whatever it is and sometimes it makes my videos look a lot better.

[@Im_billa]

I've been using Sony Vegas for about 14 years now and I'm so tired of the program. It's amazing how advanced Davinci is. Sony Vegas crashes constantly and has done so for over 10 years, no matter which version I used. Thanks for the video!

[@lastsonofthewest2444]

EZ PZ! Danke!