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a6500 XAVC S and youtube?
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BillSprague
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Most would not upload straight out of camera footage without some editing of some sort. XAVC S uses the H.264 codec so, depending on your NLE editor, there should be no trouble creating a XAVC S quality MP4 output for uploading. YouTube is always evolving, so the only way to know for sure it to try a clip.
NLE editor?
I just would like to know if you can take the 4k video file straight from the a6500 and upload it on youtube.
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BillSprague
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"Non Linear Editor" (NLE) is what all the common software is called that makes videos from digital clips. Often called "video editing software". Common brands are Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Pro, Grass Valley Edius, Apple iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Elements and about 30 more.
The same XAVC codec is being used it several different Sony consumer camera besides the a6500. It's about the codec, not about the a6500 in particular.
So the short answer to your original question is yes, you need to convert first. Until YouTube tells you otherwise.
However, you might want to take a note of the earlier comment about editing your clips before uploading them. Like trim them a bit, if nothing else. It's not that hard, and your audience will thank you for it.
Good luck.
This answer is wrong, and another example of what happens when you rely on "the internet" for answers and posters simply repeat what they have read on the internet as if it were knowledge without the actual experience.
Now, here's my actual experience: all of the videos I have uploaded to YouTube in the last few years, and I have scores of them, have been encoded in XAVC S using Sony Vegas Pro. It is the exact same codec as used by the A6500, and as said above, used by many Sony cameras.
I have also uploaded XAVC S videos straight from the camera (though clipped and merged (not converted)), the cameras being the Sony RX100 IV and the Sony AX100. These cameras use the same XAVC S as the A6500.
That's as close as I can get to the exact answer you wanted. You do not need to convert.
And?
As said, it was just one of 81,000+ search results, including a few YouTube videos. So again, go ahead and pick your favourite answer.
I believe some of those answers were in fact showing how to wrestle a AVCHD or XAVC clips straight into YouTube, if that's what one really wanted to do.
I for one didn't and don't have time to check every possible trivia for the sake of trivia, so I just encourage people to do their own further research. Rather than wallowing in every little pedantry I'd like to concentrate on the bigger picture –on things that matter more.
Of course you don't.
Anyway, like someone with a (seemingly) less dented ego would probably realise, the literal answer would be about the aforementioned less relevant trivia.
As a workflow question it doesn't really matter that much whether or not you can upload the XAVC files directly, because converting and slightly editing them first would be a good idea and yield to a better end result. A simple trim and cut is not even that hard, nor does it require any 'exotic' software.
So doing just that would be a good (better) way to go, even if you literally could do the direct upload. That's favouring craftsmanship over nerdsmanship.
Good for you.
Now that I thought about it, I vaguely remember that I may have seen it done somewhere, either with AVCHD or XAVC files, whichever.
But why would anyone want to do so even if they could, that is another matter.
-A rhetoric question, no reply needed/expected, thank you.
Translation of this incoherent post: I was wrong, and you can directly upload XAVC S files to YouTube (but I am not sorry). And I still do not see why you would not at least trim camera clips first.
Whatever makes you feel better. Beyond confirming that uploading XAVC directly to YT is possible, the translation of your contribution to this topic so far sounds like bitter yapping, whinging and personal grouch for whatever reason.
So whilst ignoring the high pitch noise in the background and getting back on topic, to the original question
"Do you have to convert video files from 6500 before you can upload them on youtube?"
my revised answer is:
Apparently you don't have to, but there are good reasons to do so, anyway, together with some basic editing and cleanup. Even if you technically could just upload directly, most people are doing more than just that, for a reason. It's not that hard, and your audience will thank you for it. Give it a try some time, and you'll see.
If you need help, there are plenty of tutorials online and off. Good luck.
SHORT ANSWER: YES YOU CAN (tested by me)
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