Best Codec for youtube videos?

Best Codec for youtube videos?
I want to install the best video codec to view youtube videos, sometimes i gets glitches while playing youtube HD videos , which codec you are using? any advice would be greatly helpful, thanks for any help.
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Old 19-10-2009
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Re: Best Codec for youtube videos?
YouTube (newest) recommended settings are:

* H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 format
* 640x480 (SD) or 1280x720 (HD) for 4:3 & 16:9 aspect ratios.
* Frame rate should be the same as original video
* Sampling rate: 44.1KHz for MP3/AAC audio


Log into your youtube account, scroll down to you see your account list, click on video playback quality, then set to "I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available." then save settings.

To ensure your videos will be available in high quality, you should make them progressive.
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Re: Best Codec for youtube videos?
Refer to this help : Learn More : Optimizing your video uploads - YouTube Help

H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred.
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Re: Best Codec for youtube videos?
The Youtube support page lists MPEG-4 (MP4) as a codec. For uploading i recommend following settings:

MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
320x240 resolution
MP3 audio
30 frames per second

and for viewing videos I use xvid & it seems to look good.
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