How to Save a Project in YouTube Format on Sony Vegas

Open your project in Sony Vegas.

Choose file > render as

Find "Save as type:" and select "Windows Media Video"

Click "Custom..." Name your template and add a description if needed.

Set "Video rendering quality" to "Best"

Click the Audio tab

Be sure "Include audio" is checked. "Mode" set to "CBR" "Format" set to "Windows Media Audio" "Attributes" set to "128 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) CBR"

Click the Video tab "Mode" set to "Quality VBR" "Format" set to "Windows Media Video 9" "Image size" set to "Custom" "Width" set to 640 "Height" set to 360 "Pixel aspect ratio" set to "1.000 Square" "Frame rate" set to 30.000 "Seconds per keyframe" set to 3 "Quality" set to 100%

Leave all other tabs alone.

Click the save icon

click "OK"

Click "save"

And you're done!