Upload preparation

YouTube Export Settings Checker

Compare your export settings with YouTube's current recommended upload settings. This is guidance for general video uploads, not a compatibility verdict.

Your export

Enter your video and audio settings

Recommendations are based on YouTube's current general upload encoding guidance. Your settings stay in this browser.

Video

Color type

Resolution

Frame rate

Keep the same frame rate as the source recording when possible.

Container

Video codec

Scan type

Video bitrate (Mbps)

Audio

Audio codec

Channels

Sample rate

Audio bitrate (kbps)

This comparison does not upload or inspect a video file.

How to use it

A recommendation comparison, not a validator

This checker compares your export with YouTube's recommended upload settings. YouTube can process files outside these recommendations, so the results do not predict upload acceptance.

Video guidance

Keep the source frame rate and use progressive scan

YouTube recommends encoding at the source frame rate and deinterlacing before upload. While 16:9 is the desktop standard, vertical, square, and other aspect ratios are supported by the player.

Bitrate guidance

Match the table to your exact setup

Video bitrate guidance changes with SDR or HDR, resolution, and frame-rate group. Custom resolutions and other frame rates are left unmapped rather than guessed.

Related tools

Use the calculations that help set or verify the values in this check.

Video File Size & BitrateEstimate file size from your selected bitrate. Aspect Ratio & ResolutionCheck a custom resolution and its exact ratio. Frames & TimecodeWork through frame-rate and timecode tasks.

Sources

Recommendations last reviewed: August 2026. YouTube policies and recommendations may change; check the official sources for the latest guidance.