Hey,

There are a few things you can play with for compression - you can change the frame size - that's the most obvious - but if you want it the same size, try playing with the Data Rate.

QT Conversion>Options>settings - under the Data Rate section - click "restrict to" and then start putting in numbers. 1500 is pretty high, but the lower you go the smaller your file size will get - of course the smaller you get the worse the quality. But if you play with it a bit you can find a sweet spot.

But if you're shooting with HDV another solution is to convert it first to standard def (Compressor is good for this) - which will make a smaller file (just set the frame dimensions so that they're the same) and then compress that for YouTube.

Those are just a few options. I'm sure there are more.

That's an outrageously large file for only 2 min. You need to choose some new settings.

I put up a clip on YouTube, and using their guidelines for uploading (read 'em!), put up a 4-minute movie that was 303 MB in size at 640x480 using MPEG4 compression from FCP. Worked perfectly, and looks great.

Remember, what you think are the best export settings are not necessarily the best export settings for YouTube. With tube sites, your output often needs to be closer to their end result after they recompress the file, or at least needs to be in specific formats that are optimized for their compression.

I just uploaded a 48 min QT file.

299megs and the quality looks great.

web.mac.com/paynie/Inaug...yeswedid.html

Export Using Quicktime Conversion.
Use ... Broadband High, then OPTIONS, then Settings - Multi-Pass and limit to 900kb/sec

I wish you could save it as a default.

I use VisualHub to compress for youtube and vimeo.

And is the HV20 HDV or AVCHD?