user6399: In order to practice video montage and Sony Vegas Pro 13 as a hobby, I sometimes record online videogames matches I play so I can edit them and show them to my friends via YouTube.
I used an Adobe Premiere Pro CC "YouTube template" for rendering one 30 minutes video and it weighed about 500 MB.
With Sony Vegas Pro 13, I used the Sony AVC template "Internet 1280x720-30p" and a 12 minutes video weighed 1 GB, which is really impressive to me.
I'm looking for a great 720p rendering option for YouTube on Sony Vegas Pro 13 in order to be able to upload it quickly (I have a pretty bad connection speed). If possible, less than 400 MB for a ~12 min video.
I think 30 frames per seconds is enough for the video I do, 25 FPS may even be enough.
What would you use ?

user5074: Some considerations for coding H.264 videos for Youtube. I've created my own Sony Vegas rendering templates following those guidelines:
Bitrate
Youtube recommends a bitrate of at least 5.000kbps for standard, and 30,000kbps for high quality 720p video. 400MB into 12 min corresponds to 4,000kbps, which is close to youtube's minimum recommendation. Select variable bitrate to get the best possible quality. You can play and lower the bitrate as long as the resulting quality is OK for you. But below around 2,000kbps you may want to consider switching to a lower resolution (e.g. 480p)
Framerate
The framerate should match that of your footage. I would not recommend rendering a 30fps video into 25fps or something like that, as the resulting quality will be rather poor. But you can rather safely cut the framerate in half, converting 50fps into 25fps or 60fps into 30fps.
Interlacing
Interlacing is recommended to be off for youtube ("Field order: None (Progressive scan)"), but if your footage is interlaced, I would stick with the same setting.
Profile
Using H.264 codec, youtube recommends using high profile (which improves quality a bit, but increases rendering time). It's OK to switch to "main" if you want to have faster rendering times.
Codec
Finally - you have to decide whether to use Sony AVC or Main Concept AVC. I use Main Concept for no specific reasons. You can find some discussions about that topic here: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=886487 .
What Youtube says:
Here you can find Youtube's encoding recommendations:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171

6399: <p>In order to practice video montage and Sony Vegas Pro 13 as a hobby, I sometimes record online videogames matches I play so I can edit them and show them to my friends via YouTube.</p>

<p>I used an Adobe Premiere Pro CC "YouTube template" for rendering one 30 minutes video and it weighed about 500 MB.</p>

<p>With Sony Vegas Pro 13, I used the Sony AVC template "Internet 1280x720-30p" and a 12 minutes video weighed 1 GB, which is really impressive to me.</p>

<p>I'm looking for a great 720p rendering option for YouTube on Sony Vegas Pro 13 in order to be able to upload it quickly (I have a pretty bad connection speed). If possible, less than 400 MB for a ~12 min video.</p>

<p>I think 30 frames per seconds is enough for the video I do, 25 FPS may even be enough.</p>

<p>What would you use ?</p>
 5074: <p>Some considerations for coding H.264 videos for Youtube. I've created my own Sony Vegas rendering templates following those guidelines:</p>

<p><strong>Bitrate</strong></p>

<p>Youtube recommends a bitrate of at least 5.000kbps for standard, and 30,000kbps for high quality 720p video. 400MB into 12 min corresponds to 4,000kbps, which is close to youtube's minimum recommendation. Select variable bitrate to get the best possible quality. You can play and lower the bitrate as long as the resulting quality is OK for you. But below around 2,000kbps you may want to consider switching to a lower resolution (e.g. 480p)</p>

<p><strong>Framerate</strong></p>

<p>The framerate should match that of your footage. I would not recommend rendering a 30fps video into 25fps or something like that, as the resulting quality will be rather poor. But you can rather safely cut the framerate in half, converting 50fps into 25fps or 60fps into 30fps.</p>

<p><strong>Interlacing</strong></p>

<p>Interlacing is recommended to be off for youtube ("Field order: None (Progressive scan)"), but if your footage is interlaced, I would stick with the same setting.</p>

<p><strong>Profile</strong></p>

<p>Using H.264 codec, youtube recommends using high profile (which improves quality a bit, but increases rendering time). It's OK to switch to "main" if you want to have faster rendering times.</p>

<p><strong>Codec</strong></p>

<p>Finally - you have to decide whether to use Sony AVC or Main Concept AVC. I use Main Concept for no specific reasons. You can find some discussions about that topic here: <a href="http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&amp;MessageID=886487" rel="nofollow">http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&amp;MessageID=886487</a> .</p>

<p><strong>What Youtube says:</strong></p>

<p>Here you can find Youtube's encoding recommendations:
<a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171</a></p>
