Puzzled by Fuzzy T3i Video on YouTube

I'm a beginner and would like to know why my T3i videos look so fuzzy on YouTube at 360p? http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=LvPuhCAP0GI

I simply upload the unedited video to YouTube and get this fuzzy video problem. My videos look as if my lens was full of finger smudges! But my lens is crystal clean.

What do I have to do to my videos to prevent this fuzziness? Thanks

it's called resolution...

Watch it in 1080 or 720p, not in 480, 360, or 240.

It's worth looking up "best export settings for YouTube".

I use the recommended settings on Vimeo for all my videos and they look pretty nice.

And if you can't watch it in higher res because it stops/jumps, it's because your graphics card is not up to it, right? (I'm just discovering!!)

Gascar wrote in post #12943852
And if you can't watch it in higher res because it stops/jumps, it's because your graphics card is not up to it, right? (I'm just discovering!!)

Your processor isn't up to it. Nothing to do with your graphics card.

Gascar wrote in post #12943852
And if you can't watch it in higher res because it stops/jumps, it's because your graphics card is not up to it, right? (I'm just discovering!!)

Or the person trying to watch it doesn't have enough download bandwidth.

Gotcha, thanks.
Is there an accepted bandwidth figure? MIne measures around 10MB/sec and I get the rebuffering halts sometimes.
For processors, again is there a minimum for playing/editing? I mean if I go buy a new laptop, are they all fast enough now?

Gascar wrote in post #12955877
Gotcha, thanks.
Is there an accepted bandwidth figure? MIne measures around 10MB/sec and I get the rebuffering halts sometimes.
For processors, again is there a minimum for playing/editing? I mean if I go buy a new laptop, are they all fast enough now?

You bandwidth is fine. Anything dual core for playback. Editing HD on the other hand, well, that can be debated. Some say dual core can do the job, I say quad core and up. Especially dealing with 1080p. HD playback/editing is CPU/HDD intensive, not RAM intensive(4 gigs/RAM +). If buying a laptop I'd suggest one that has a 7200rpm HDD, not 5400. Minimal loss of battery life, so don't let someone tell you you're going to drain the battery much faster with a 7200 rpm. the reason for the faster speed is obvious, when dealing with HD you deal with higher resolutions and larger files. You need the HDD to be able to keep up and feed the file to the CPU.

Useful answer, thanks Logan.

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BrickR wrote in post #12941664
Watch it in 1080 or 720p, not in 480, 360, or 240.

This T2i 1080p video looks sharp and clear when viewed at 360p:
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=wzbZMiFwPdg

I was hoping someone could tell me what I have to do to my T3i 1080p video to make it look sharp and clear on YouTube. No one seems to know.

t3iblues wrote in post #12992032
This T2i 1080p video looks sharp and clear when viewed at 360p:
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=wzbZMiFwPdg

I was hoping someone could tell me what I have to do to my T3i 1080p video to make it look sharp and clear on YouTube. No one seems to know.

More than likely its your exporting and/or rendering settings. Don't know what editor you're using but that is usually the problem with video not looking clear. There are lots of little settings to consider in your settings. I had to watch a few video tutorials on best settings for uploading videos to learn how to get mine right.

BrickR wrote in post #12992601
Don't know what editor you're using.

How is someone supposed to know that an "editor" must be used in order to get a video on YouTube to appear sharp and clear in the first place? Why doesn't the "Help" area of YouTube's own website say anything about this?

A still jpeg photo doesn't need to be "rendered" before uploading in order to make it look good on Flicker or Photobucket. So how come a .mov or .avi video file need to be rendered before uploading to YouTube? And why is there no extensive help area on the internet that explains all this to the public?

t3iblues wrote in post #12994359
How is someone supposed to know that an "editor" must be used in order to get a video on YouTube to appear sharp and clear in the first place? Why doesn't the "Help" area of YouTube's own website say anything about this?

A still jpeg photo doesn't need to be "rendered" before uploading in order to make it look good on Flicker or Photobucket. So how come a .mov or .avi video file need to be rendered before uploading to YouTube? And why is there no extensive help area on the internet that explains all this to the public?

It's the compression of the file. Youtube isn't the best place to upload full HD video. Most pictures look like crap on FB even if you upload in "high resolution"

t3iblues wrote in post #12994359
How is someone supposed to know that an "editor" must be used in order to get a video on YouTube to appear sharp and clear in the first place? Why doesn't the "Help" area of YouTube's own website say anything about this?

A still jpeg photo doesn't need to be "rendered" before uploading in order to make it look good on Flicker or Photobucket. So how come a .mov or .avi video file need to be rendered before uploading to YouTube? And why is there no extensive help area on the internet that explains all this to the public?

LOL! Ok, relax. Video is different from photos for many reasons.
When you edit a video, you cut clips, paste them together, add effects, sound, etc. Think of rendering as cooking all of it together into its final, cohesive form. It also cooks it into the format you want, the quality, etc. Different formats for different applications. Don't hate the game That's just how it is. I couldn't begin to explain how complex this stuff gets technically. For me, ignorance is bliss!

Youtube and Vimeo both have videos and tutorials on the best ways and format to render video on their sites. LOTS on Youtube. Just do a search.

Do you NEED an editor? No. Now-a-days, there are many programs built in to load video you shoot directly to Youtube, Flips, Bloggy's, they put them on phones now too. Are you gonna get OPTIMAL quality? <I laugh here>. But editors are for just that, editing, to include optimizing your video for uploading or DVDs or whatever.

Its like you're mad you need photoshop type programs to do masks and warp images and that you can't just load a RAW picture to Photobucket without having to "cook" it.

Its not that bad, and once you find a setting you like, it will do that to all your videos from there on out