Uploading HD video to YT - Casio avi - retaining video quality

[nevets88]

To keep the highest quality / not lose quality, do you convert to mp4? It never occurred to me till now why my videos are such low quality on YT. They look much better when played directly on a laptop.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en

Advanced encoding settings

Recommended bitrates, codecs, and resolutions, and more

Container: .mp4

• No Edit Lists (or you may lose AV sync)
• moov atom at the front of the file (Fast Start)

Audio Codec: AAC-LC

• Channels: Stereo or Stereo + 5.1
• Sample rate 96khz or 48 khz

Video Codec: H.264

• Progressive scan (no interlacing)
• High Profile
• 2 consecutive B frames
• Closed GOP. GOP of half the frame rate.
• CABAC
• Variable bitrate. No bitrate limit required, though we offer recommended bit rates below for reference
• Color Space: 4.2.0