Best codec for HD ready youtube videos

[Benedikt Brunner]

Whats the best codec for 720 p youtube videos ?
" Best " means to me : Really less quality loss ( or none would be great ) and really small files

 

[Jaguar550]

H.264 codec MP4 file.

 

[FancyWeasel]

Yeah probably H264 M64 is the best.

 

[Brodie]

h.264 (MP4) is definitely the best I'd say

 

[Benedikt Brunner]

Jeah but still.
I want to upload a 720 p 45 mins letz play and its 2 gb with that codec.
Any better ideas?

 

[Jaguar550]

You can use handbrake to convert the video. However it will lose some quality but the file size will be much and much smaller.

 

[Benedikt Brunner]

My editor already compressed it to h264 or some like that ( mp4 format ).
Also i use vdub ( if possible ) to convert.
AAAAANNND i have no idea how to use handbreak so....