Uploading movies

[Wubsie]

As Svpernova said, it's all about what you're looking to do.

I'll point out that Davinci Resolve is a pretty fantastic free NLE that allows up to 4k video exporting. Some limitations do apply to the free version, but for casual youtube stuff it should work just fine if you ask me. Premiere and even Sony Vegas are fantastic solutions as well, but unless you're very serious about your video work, or can get a discounted version through school or work, it's pretty hard to justify shelling out the needed cash...

As far as compression, most editing programs do a "good enough" job at compressing your video, or allow lossless exports if you really want to go that route. I'm fairly certain WMM does not have such functionality though. Youtube does it's own conversion and compression anyways, so whether you throw a perfectly crisp lossless video at it might not guarantee that it stays that way for public viewing... I really wish Stage6 was still a thing... Sigh...