Success, and the video capture/edit/upload routine

My god, finally.. I resorted to my old tactic of converting footage to .wmv..

Despite .wmv being from Microsoft's loins, you have to give it credit.. it's fast, non bloaty, good quality and incredibly compatible with every single video editor out there.. you can edit it, package it as .wmv, or like i've done, convert the master footage of a codec that Premiere will outright refuse to play ball with to .wmv.

I'm of the belief that Satan himself programmed Premiere, because despite how much i've become comfortable in Premiere and enjoy it's insane power gap from itself and Vegas, the damn thing acts like a teething baby.

The only thing that will stop Premiere's loud and violent crying is either raw .avi (even Huffy, one of if not THE best lossless codec, still gets bowled over), or strangely, .wmv files.

I've no idea why Premiere does such a horrific job with EVERY codec almost.. even if you get everything into Premiere with no problems (such as audio not showing or wild desync), that doesn't guarantee the damn thing export correctly.. it'll either error at some random point, or say it rendered fine when in reality, it was nowhere even close.

Give it a .wmv though, and it's as happy as a pig in shit.. renders quickly and perfectly every time..

So, hopefully, i've got the codec routine down now.. it's taken a while, but I think it's as good and as fast as i'm gonna get if i'm wanting to use Premiere to edit, but not spend decades converting/exporting in raw uncompressed .avis.

The routine from start to finish;
1:Hypercam Capture - Using Xvid on TURBO mode.. my god, could turbo mode be any better? there's like zero loss of quality, and even after like 90 minutes of solid recording, it'll only skip about 3 frames.. 1 tenth of a second. That's pretty much zero desyncing (desyncing being the BANE of video capture, easily sorted, but takes time and ain't quite as true as it should be), as 3 seconds over the space of 90 minutes is hard even for a computer to notice, a human couldn't tell even if it was 5x+ that, and even then, it'd be barely noticeable, and ONLY noticeable as the video nears completion.. you rule Xvid, no birth control for us, i'll have yer kids.

2: Xvid to wmv Conversion - Funnily enough, you could use (and I have many times in the past) Windows Movie Maker to convert any footage to wmv.. i'd recommend downloading the codec itself (wmv9VCMsetup.exe) and using VirtualDub or a similar program though, as they'll be slightly quicker and you'll have a lot more control.. but for a program shipped with Windows by default, that'll convert your Premiere killing (Premiere's fault not the footage) footage to something it'll happily chew on, it's all good.

3: Premiere editing, splitting and exporting - So we've finally got footage that Premiere likes, and will export without concern.. add in the intros, fades, end of parts, adjust the volume upwards, and bam, yer ready to split the footage into 10ish minute chunks (cut at points with no talking, feeling free to cliffhanger mercilessly if possible) and render out using Huffy.
Huffy is a belting codec.. in it's full mode, it's lossless (no loss of quality), in it's fastest mode, the difference is near impossible to distinguish and BLAZINGLY fast.. you would not believe footage could be that big, looking that good, yet rendering that quickly. If there was an award for best codec, Huffy would be a top 2 candidate, and if it was for a lossless codec award, Huffy would destroy the competition without breaking a sweat.
The way I like to go about splitting/rendering the 6+ parts every day is to get the first 10 minute part, and jump directly to step 4.. this allows you to get a part uploading onto YouTube as fast as possible, leaving you free to render the rest of the videos whilst you're gaining upload progress. I'll do this with both parts 1 and 2, and once they're step 3 and 4'ed, and queued to upload, i'll split the entirety of the remaining footage into parts in one shot, then start to render out each part one after the other before proceeding to step 4.

4: Converting the parts so they'll fit on YouTube - There's a 1 gig limit on YouTube now, but i'd not recommend uploading like 400-1000 meg videos, when the main restriction is the 11 minute time limit. You'll waste your own time, just to have YT butcher down the video (and there's still no clarification on what videos are eligible for the high quality mode switch yet) and that's not factoring in the insane uploading times (if you've got a good connection fair enough, but my max upload speed is 30kb/sec).
Divx, Xvid, and Wmv are the weapons of choice here.. personally, I use Divx as you can easily configure the bitrate up or down to generate the exact file size you wish. For a 10 minute video, anywhere between 60-99 meg is what i'd usually shoot for, depending on the footage type and whether it needs that slight boost in video quality or not.
The application of choice to do this in is up to you, but id NOT recommend Premiere, as it's output in ANY of those codecs is horrific at best.. I would again recommend VirtualDub though.. get used to that program, it's your survival knife and will always be trusty and faithful if you keep it sharp.

5: Uploading to YouTube - Ironically, after you've got all your videos all nice and finished, this last step is the most time intensive, and depending on your connection, could bring your net browsing to a grinding halt while your upload chokes the shit outta stuff.
Use the multi part uploader (goto upload, goto multi part uploader at the bottom right, install what it tells you if you haven't already), it'll save you a LOT of time and effort AND it'll stop you slitting yer wrists if you accidentally close the window, as it's like a download manager in retaining your upload progress.. without a doubt the best feature added by YT in a long time for people like me.
I use a .txt file, with the basic template for each videos name, description, and tags, so that it makes things a lot quicker and painless, for example:

tags: resident evil one re1 directors cut chris psx pc capcom
description: *Contains Strong Language*
[Set 3, Part 6/6, of How To Successfully FAIL at Resident Evil 1 (Chris)]

Enjoy!
title: [SET3][P6] Resident Evil 1 (Chris) [HTSF]

obviously changing each set/part number per video.. it just makes things a lot quicker/cleaner when you're simply changing a number, rather than retyping the damn thing every video. Edit, then copy paste ftw.

6: Playlisting and video response linking - An absolute must, playlists make things a LOT easier for new people that come across your videos, and video response linking in the logical order through the parts makes it easier for everyone, including yourself when checking comments.

Well guys, there ya go.. i've missed out a few bits there, such as me spending time taking notes in order to do shoutouts/mentions, but that's entirely down to your own style rather than a general practice.

As i've typed this incredibly lengthy post, i've managed to render all but one of eight parts of Leon's hour 3..

I mentioned earlier that Premiere was now as happy as a pig in shit.. well, so am I.