Great tutorial.

Rate for audio should probably be 44.100khz instead of 48.000. Sometimes when it's not 11.025, 22.050, or 44.100, it gets out of sync.

Well... I am not sure about 48 vs 44.1. Most HD cam will capture Audio as 48Khz... not 44.1Khz. So changing from 48 to 44.1 you actually risk issues with audio/video sync. I personally use 48 and never got any audio sync issues.

Is it possible to make this for people who use Adobe premiere elements 4.0???

(like... for me....;) ? )

Excellent tutorial...hanks, Bernard! btw, which screen recording software are you using?

I must say, at first I thought HD would be overkill for a simple "how to" video - but it's really great at full screen - cause you don't have to squint to make out the minor details, everything is pixel crisp. thanks for this!

Is Vimeo optimized for h.264 quicktime files? I recently uploaded my first video, and used a chunky animation quicktime to test how good the Vimeo compression is. I have to say it handles the colors wonderfully, but I noticed that there seems to be some macro blocking going on with the luminance. Just search for "Shenandoah National Park RAW HD" and you'll find it real quick. I personally don't care much for h.264, it always flattens out contrast and de-saturates way too much.

im using imoviehd6 to export and capture my video .my video still looks interlace even after i chose to deinterlace it. how come?

It might have to do with the version of the h.264 codec you have on your mac. Have you upgraded to the latest iTunes version?

that toot is the best quality toot I have ever seen! great stuff!

I love the accent...very nice :) French?

Is the footage in the viewer from your Canon HV20?

Thanks alot this was exactly what i was looking for.

Thanks a lot -- was having trouble with Vimeo rejecting my HD vids.

came here from erics tut, thanks to you too man!

Wow - how easy is that ? Big thanks lol

and yes IShow you is excellent!

I use sony vegas, any tips?

Excellent tutorial. Did you have any problems with uploading your movie clips from Canon Hv20 to your Mac computer using iMovie08? In other words, can you capture your Canon HV20 movie using iMovie08 via firewire? I really like your other videos as well. Thanks for sharing this tutorial. I'm sure many people will find it very helpful.

Any suggestions for getting a good quality 1080 video? I don't have a lot of storage so I want to delete my clips after my movie is finished. I just want a good quality video at 1080 so I can later put on Blu-Ray or AppleTV when needed.

Of course, this is a little different for PAL users. You can set the "key frames" to Automatic, rather than specifying "24".

Do PAL users need to de-interlace their video? and Frame re-ordering?

fantastic vino....

Thankyou Bernard, really appreciated here in Barcelona.

Thanks for the helpful vid!

Thanks for the video, much appreciated.

man, exactly what I needed. Thank you :)

Vimeo's HD tips says their compressor looks every 30 frames for a keyframe. So why would you set your keyframes every 24? And their HD is 24fps max. So I suppose you'd want to convert your video (or shoot in) 24fps off the get-go?

Thanks Bernard, I just got my MacBook Pro and was dying to put up my first HD HV20 footage up. I followed your perfect instructions and the results were stunning!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! Just what I needed.

Thank you so much! I really really needed this. But what doesn't work is in Sound Settings, it won't let me to 48.000 it only lets me do 44.100 can you please help? But the rest worked perfectly. Thank you.

tnx so mutch!!

I'm having the same de-interlacing problem with iMovie 06. Any new info on this? Help!

Thanks From Seattle

Dude thank you for the video I have been trying to figure out this very thing for some time now. I have a video blog and have been hosting my own videos but this vimeo thing seems the way to go.

I use these settings and my file is HUGE! Does anyone have any recommendations for keeping a file under 1gb?

um... we export using 'share' and select 'large' and just upload that file. Works fine. Why is this an issue? Am I missing something?

Thanks for recording this, very useful.