Tried posting a 4K timelapse on Reddit and got told my file was too compressed

I spent like 3 hours rendering this forest growth timelapse I shot over 2 months. Uploaded it to the art showcase sub and someone pointed out the banding in the sky was from heavy compression. I used OBS at 15 Mbps thinking that was high enough. Turns out for 4K 60fps you need at least 50 Mbps or it falls apart. Learned I should export from Premiere as ProRes first then compress separate. Has anyone else had their art look worse just from upload settings?

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uma_nguyen2419d ago

My friend tried uploading a 4K video of her cat and it looked like a blurry potato, so she switched to YouTube instead.

joelp8119d ago

Yo have you tried using Handbrake with the x265 codec? I had the same issue with my drone footage and setting the RF to around 18 or 20 gave me way better quality without blowing up the file size.