It's a good idea. The world really does need to upgrade its measly internet connections though. Everyone should be able to watch in HD. I know I can smoothly, and I don't even have a particularly fast broadband.
Okay, so HQ works, but there's one problem: When I watch a video in HQ, it gets stretched out vertically (instead of wide screen bars), and looks really weird, but clicking the little 'view in smaller size' button fixes that; still, I don't want to have to do that every time, and some videos don't have that little button.
Is the higher quality for videos only for partners videos? and what video file types do you upload to make your video Avalable is high quality on youtube?
Great idea... and I'm sure I've been seeing some higher quality in some videos recently... but I don't see any reason to be so vague on how to actually take advantage of this...
Looking carefully at your series of Hillary's pictures captured over the last 10-15 years, it appears that Mrs. Clinton has had significant plastic surgery or at the very least, a lot of botox. I wonder if this is a response to her lack of appeal to youthful America. Has she actually come clean with this information and why isn't anyone on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, etc. asked her about this or called her on it. Is she once again getting a free pass from these guys who always seem to support Hillary (especially in her constant racial attacks) and her unwillingness to be honest on her personal wealth and not revealing her W2s, when McCain and Obama have come clean with these and other things that the Clintons are hiding, waiting until she has the Democratic nomination and is assured of her candidacy? So many lies, so little time for before Americans wake up to her tyranny! I can see this clearly and I'm not even a Democrat!
I finally got an ION USB turntable and am recording all my old 33-1/3s. Whew! I don't see anything about the copyright law as far as what can I upload and what can't I upload. Can you give me info on this?
Are they FINALLY going to start supporting STEREO audio, instead of converting 99% of the audio tracks to mono??
I was REALLY happy yesterday when the "YouTube" bug/logo was gone from embedded videos, but some bastard put it back today! The logo's already in the bar under the player window, it doesn't need to also be on top of the picture we're trying to watch!
The new higher quality videos look soooo much better. I know they are supposed to :P but still a big improvement. They actualy look all most like they do on my computer :)
There should be a button that allow to see the video in his original size when it goes full screen (instead of being automaticaly scaled to the screen).
It IS an improvement. I can see the difference on my recent uploads. I JUST did an upload recorded with the Logitech 900 HD PC Cam. It was done with the default capture tool and the default settings for 640x480. The capture output seems preset to WMV file format (I usually use DivX). I uploaded it here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY1S8dl6bXA) and you can DEFINITElY see a difference. But STILL has a way to go to catch up to some of the other sites (Veoh, Vimeo). Thanks YouTube! More, please... :)
the HQ encoding seems to mess-up with videos that are not the standard 4:3. In stead of black bars to compensate 16:9 to accustom the player, the image is stretched out vertically.
Slightly off topic, but I noticed the YouTube watermark was gone on Friday (3/14) and now it's back. Bummer. Embedded videos look much better without the watermark. Can we lose it YouTube?
Especially now that the Share button is branded, it's YouTube on top of YouTube for embedded videos. Isn't that overkill?
Please remove the watermark. Your users will be grateful.
Yes, once again LOSE THE WATERMARK! The YouTube logo's already in the bar under the picture, and no matter what the idiots running TV nowadays may say, this practice has never been and never will be acceptable! The only reason I don't disable embedding on my videos is because you can click on them and go to the YouTube site to see them with a clean picture.
My question is: If I can add the "&fmt=18" code and have my videos play in higher resolution and stereo, why doesn't YouTube just automatically set my videos to that? In other words, if it can be accomplished manually why not just build it into the system for all videos? Or give a choice to the video uploader? Thanks.
I have known about this for a long time, before they added the feature to the the actual site, thats why i created a modification for firefox for it to automatically switch to HD
Personally i can't see much off a difference, i know people have posted pictures of: "proof" that it is better, but my graphics card is top of the range, and i have 4 of the most expensive hi-quality screens around.
I must ask though for a download feature to be added, so people can download youtube videos without having to use sites/addons or programs to do it for them. Would be good if there was a choice of: mp4/mp3(sound only) and avi
might be a bit off topic, but still. what the hell is with these "video not available in your country" messages? ever heard about freedom of speech? (i don't live in germany, btw)
I'm from Taiwan. I wanted to upload a QuickTime video (.mov) with 640 x 480 pixels and H.264 code. I've done it many times, but the video is still under H.263 code and low quality.
Is this function of high quality only available for people in the U.S.?
I wondered why YouTube does not have the option of downloading videos into the Windows Media Player. I find it time consuming to see videos and not be able to work on the computer at the same time. I like the feature of Mini Mode that the Windows Media player has that allows watching and using the computer at the same time. Would YouTube be able to accomodate that?
Hi, i know my comment is irrelevant here, but i tried to contact YT for specific thing which is a suggestion, why not adding a 'points' feature for users on YT, so they get points for adding videos, rating, commenting, ..etc and then reward them in a way, dont know how, but its really good, and can be an encouraging way to the users to collaborate, and even to sign up! what else? yeah, to put a contact or link for suggestions, in YT 'Contact Us' page!
I first learned of the HQ thing from posts talking about a "hack" where you'd add "&fmt=18" (or "&fmt=6") to the URL and voila! HQ picture!
Well, I found, at first, that "&fmt=18" worked more than "&fmt=6" (which didn't really work at all, for me) AND there was an added bonus: the stereo sound from the original upload was passing through.
I checked several videos which I knew had stereo, including 2 of mine... the &fmt=18 add-on brought a HQ picture and passed the stereo.
Now, on Monday morning (17th March), the &fmt=18 does nothing... and &fmt=6 gets HQ but NO STEREO!
What's going on? Yes, I now know about the setting in "Account" which tries to force HQ video playback by default, but so far it doesn't really work. A few (mainly YouTube Partner) videos default to HQ (no stereo) but most don't.
Also, adding &fmt=18 generates a "Click here for a lower quality..." message below the video in question - BUT the video is actually still low quality to begin with. BTW: the "shrink picture" button seems to only work with low quality mode videos (which is an instant way to tell which is being shown) - it does nothing on HQ videos.
WHY DID YOU TAKE BACK THE STEREO PASS-THROUGH?
Also, are you going to start charging people for HQ or stereo? My guess is yes, but maybe you'll restore stereo sound with the HQ picture and keep it free(?)! I hope so!!
I first learned of the HQ thing from posts talking about a "hack" where you'd add "&fmt=18" (or "&fmt=6") to the URL and voila! HQ picture!
Well, I found, at first, that "&fmt=18" worked more than "&fmt=6" (which didn't really work at all, for me) AND there was an added bonus: the stereo sound from the original upload was passing through.
I checked several videos which I knew had stereo, including 2 of mine... the &fmt=18 add-on brought a HQ picture and passed the stereo.
Now, on Monday morning (17th March), the &fmt=18 does nothing... and &fmt=6 gets HQ but NO STEREO!
What's going on? Yes, I now know about the setting in "Account" which tries to force HQ video playback by default, but so far it doesn't really work. A few (mainly YouTube Partner) videos default to HQ (no stereo) but most don't.
Also, adding &fmt=18 generates a "Click here for a lower quality..." message below the video in question - BUT the video is actually still low quality to begin with. BTW: the "shrink picture" button seems to only work with low quality mode videos (which is an instant way to tell which is being shown) - it does nothing on HQ videos.
WHY DID YOU TAKE BACK THE STEREO PASS-THROUGH?
Also, are you going to start charging people for HQ or stereo? My guess is yes, but maybe you'll restore stereo sound with the HQ picture and keep it free(?)! I hope so!!
Please, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
YouTube HD could take a hint from soft porn site www.aziani.com , free video samples . The viewer stops Play while the video downloads. When the download is complete, the video can be played smoothly. How about more stereo sound while we're at it? I think the new flash player necessary for HD has hobbled Google; lots of misdirection. Reconfigure the net!
finally :) there has been so much discussion about how to film to get a better quality specially on youtube :) I allways wanted the datarate goes up and the implementation of h.264 (really hope that´s next)
My idea is that the uploader should be able to define the "quality" settings of your encoding progress. just add a "encode this in HD" button to each video and people who are really interested in this will hit that button. over time the neccessary videos will have been reencodet :)
thanks a lot and have fun
bbbtv
PS: please reencode my videos in HD if you find the time ;)
I think that should be better to search for another possible flash based video sharing site that allows H.264 + AAC .mp4 uploads without transcoding/downgrading, because I don't have the time or resources to upload almost lossless quality audio & video material
Exactly. Either that or we should find out how to bypass YT's converters (like before with the 349 kbit/s limit for FLV). Or YT should offer the option to use/download the upload in its original format.
Why can't Google/YouTube just give us the EXACT specs their site/player requires, then we will gladly use that. Give us the resolution, codec, and max bitrate values and we're all happy campers. They can easily write a check for certain values in each upload, and leave the upload alone if the user did it right.
Love the new HQ option. What would be super dupah awesome, is if we could replace our older videos with HQ without losing our views, comments, and favs. Just a suggestion! love always, brian
Good luck guys with the HQ system, I hope it really works because is really a big waste Youtube in low quality how it have been till now. Next step is NO TIME LIMIT to videoclips.
YouTube needs to slow down on the new features and start fixing some of their bugs. Like the honors bug, which doesn't go away with youtube's fix on many accounts.
The h.264 aac is quite a step up from the old flv and the upgrade is much appreciated. I realize this is at the testing stage........................
2 suggestions: Please adjust your audio level control sw if you must use it. The processed audio has clipped peaks with some brief distortion and sounds like a compressor with slow attack time. This is most noticable at the beginning of clips with several seconds of low level audio, and then with the onset of music or other sound, there's a brief burst of distortion followed by a noticable reduction in level. Level control will not improve the experience, IMO............................
Also, please remove the fixed 30fps frame rate. Encode using the source frame rate to retain smooth cadence.
Please endorse Net Neutrality. Do not ban critics of Islam. Do not keep them off the lists. Do not force people to give up their name and addresses for bogus DMCAs.
The higher quality encoding is a welcome improvement! But although the audio is better in general, there is a problem. It sounds like audio volume levelling or a compressor is being used and it is raising the level of quiet parts of the sound track far too much and it is very noticeable on some videos. The standard resolution encoding, although low-fi, does not have that effect. I don't think a compressor should be used at all as it alters the sound - the encoder should just try to reproduce what was on the original video as accurately as possible, it should not alter the original relative sound levels through the video.
Once again, extremist, Islamists win another battle against the ever more weak spined and compliant west. And this win is ominous for the Internet because now the Islamofascists don't even have to take control of a government or a population to impose their oppression on the people of the world. They can do it all across the world at once with cyberterror.
You guys suck for taking away the most viewed search tool! Even when we work around it changes the balance of power and kills what made YouTube cool. This is the beginning of the end for YouTube. It is only a matter of time before we all migrate. Bye bye. Have fun with your new really really expensive and outdated app.
This is what I put in another post somewhere else. Now see suggestion at the end.
I bet it still won't be the same as Stage6. VEOH is no where near as good and as for Vuze. Well, let us not go there in this forum!
I don't know where all these people get the idea we need more software from their company on our systems to handle all the different formats. Microsoft has already decided that for us.
Divx was by far the best, I know of, for size/ quality ratios. Mp4 HD is excellent but too big for most. MKV just a container for other formats; nothing more (thanks for not much Vuze/Azureus).
Suggestion:
Accept Divx or MP4 (etc) formats and give the user the chance to view or download in Low/Med or original resolution. If you show the resolution, then we will know the quality.
The extra download revenue from the ISPs would be enough to fund it.
Or, stick a commerical at the end of it if you like (not at the beginning, that just puts people off before they begin)
Okay, I just watched Malasonja1's goodbye video, and apparently her videos were removed, leading to the suspension of her account, when they weren't even violating the terms of use? That's total BS. If you're going to outlaw a certain type of video, you need to state that clearly in the terms of use. People put a lot of time and effort into their accounts, and to just ban them when they haven't broken any rules is not only unfair, it's also asinine and shameful. This is not even the first time I've heard of this happening; it seems to be a common theme here on YouTube. Furthermore, if you're going to outlaw criticisms of one group of people, you need to be unbiased and outlaw criticisms of every group of people. If you outlaw criticisms of Muslims, you need to also outlaw criticisms of Christians, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, Democrats, Republicans, independents, blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics, dentists, cheerleaders, prostitutes, pedophiles, rapists, and all other groups I didn't bother to mention. Thank you.
My high quality video uploads are still turning out low quality on youtube. I tried the &fmt=18 and &fmt=16 hack and although it did work and the video appeared in high quality, it only played for a few seconds and then stopped. And these are videos uploaded after this announcement was made. Why is this high quality thing only working for certain videos and not others? My source files are high quality but they turn out low quality on youtube. There must be something more users need to do besides "upload the highest quality video available" because apparently that's not all it takes. Like others have suggested please just give us the right settings we need to encode our videos at in order for it to be high quality on youtube. That would make things so much easier.
Thanks Youtube! Keep giving us better quality please!
And thank you for letting us make it a default feature. My only concern is the first video I upload is in HQ, but then when I click on a video from the related section, it goes back to lower quality. =( Please fix!!!
What's with the suspensions all over the place? Suspending someone for pointing out received death threats, but not suspending the people who did it is total crap. Reinstate Malasonja1!
Ok, I tested it couple of times. HQ looks still like shit thanks to heavy handed youtube conversion. Why can't they just bump bitrate up to ~600? There is no point of making original yt-only content when everything turns to pixeleted soup.
I also noticed that the higher quality settings in my account don't stick. I have to keep adding &fmt=18 to every video I watch to check whether it has a HQ version.
I need HELP! How can I erase my SEARCH history before my wife and kids see where Daddys' been playing? Can anyone give me some tech advise? Thanks, pinellaspal@yahoo.com
Argh.... Now Ritter1001 is suspended too. What the ?!?@?@??#$#@?%@ are YouTube doing. YouTube: If you don't stop this suspensionfrenzy of people exercising their right to speak, you are going to make yourself redundant. Now reinstate the victims!
Reinstate my accounts pookeo9,pookeo1, anonymousrules, pookeo4 and reallymadv. Im getting tired of waiting for your fucking message, Just send it and do it cause im about to kill myself.
Reinstate my accounts pookeo9,pookeo1, anonymousrules, pookeo4 and reallymadv. Im getting tired of waiting for your fucking message, Just send it and do it cause im about to kill myself.
Hey I doubt anyone reads this, but anyway, Why did youtube block MalaSonja1's account for quoting the people who are flagging her??? Surely everytime youtube mentions user feedback they should remove the video on this line of reasoning, why cant you admins just learn to think, rather than just do what the retarded masses tell you... and at the very least, take the time to EXPLAIN why you made a choice as such... rems
Independant if the videos are HQ or not: I hate videos ( the music-clips ) that aren't videos ! Lot of people upload cover-views of a vinyl-bag of the record or some photo-pics or let an old vinyl spin on their pickup. That is so boring and only charges the server with trash. To listen such music we can do it another way and need no screen.
Independant if the videos are HQ or not: I hate videos ( the music-clips ) that aren't videos ! Lot of people upload cover-views of a vinyl-bag of the record or some photo-pics or let an old vinyl spin on their pickup. That is so boring and only charges the server with trash. To listen such music we can do it another way and need no screen.
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WOW..... Great Video!!! I was soooo impressed to see the New video on Nyee Moses "between us" this was incredible. She is in the top ten in the country!!!!! LOVE HER AND HER VIDEO!!!
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so i posted a video. and i want other people to have the option to have hiogh quality or low. right now all they are getting is low. how can i put the option by my vid
Hi UTube, could you please reinstate the accounts ExMuslimsExposeIslam, CeltoPersia and SG1963? Those accounts were very popular, never broked any rules and are greatly missed. While I'm at the subject, could you see if there is any way to stop the unfair 'mass flagging' method? It makes keeping an account on UTube very wobbly and users get frustrated. So much work and effort is lost to dark armies of mass flaggers that we feel we have no other option except leave UTube altogether. Please reconsider the suspension of the above accounts and help us stay with you.
Hi UTube, could you please reinstate the accounts ExMuslimsExposeIslam, CeltoPersia and SG1963? Those accounts were very popular, never broked any rules and are greatly missed. While I'm at the subject, could you see if there is any way to stop the unfair 'mass flagging' method? It makes keeping an account on UTube very wobbly and users get frustrated. So much work and effort is lost to dark armies of mass flaggers that we feel we have no other option except leave UTube altogether. Please reconsider the suspension of the above accounts and help us stay with you.
Its a great idea, Utube, to allow for bigger file sizes and better quality playback for those with fast connections. I too would like to see longer play times too--especially in the News and Politics section. I listened to the whole of Obama's speech on racism which lasted for far more than 10 mins. Why can't others do this? 10 min is too restrictive. And it is time consuming to split up speeches into multiple clips. 20 min for News and Politics would be a big help.
Please allow this to be an OPTION rather than something a computer randomly decides on it's own.
I'm trying to upload a website tutorial involving small text which appears blurry at Youtube's normal resolution and it won't make it higher quality even though the original file has a high resolution.
When I embed a YouTube video (say on a MySpace page or a forum), is there something that I can put in the code to ensure that the embedded video will be in high quality?
I like the higher quilty vids! I mean I have to go to my libary to see them but thats Ok I'm wondering how I can tell if MY vids are in high def... I can't be sure...
I love the new High Quality feature, but I want to be able to view my videos, and others, in both better picture AND stereo sound, without having to add "&fmt=18" all the time. Is Youtube working on that?
Ok. Enoughs about hi-quality. How about telling users the requirement. I am just speculating, 640x360 for 16:9 and 640x480 for 4:3, is that now the standard. Wouldn't it be awesome if you guys could just play our video without encoding it to flash and crap. I think youtube is fast, that's good, but videos that are HD provider much better viewing experience. Can you now update your page about the requirement of video size??? 320x240, that old fashioned size!! It's about time to tell the users what they need to do to get hi-def and make it available for all videos; why do you have to discriminate people, can a site be held responsible by law if it acts differently for some people and differently for others. Just a question. Hi Def ? What a joke, go for Hi Def because a lot of your users are going else where. Does that make any sense of keeping users here on youtube ?
When you login to gmail it says, so and so GB storage is available and that number keeps going up. What about for youtube ? Why can't you just play the videos we have submitted as they are sent to you ? Can anyone tell me here what's the maximum bitrate I can now use , I am guess that might be the trick to get hi-quality even if they don't change the requirement of video size. Is that how you do it ?
I have uploaded videos in another account and my experience in getting HQ (High Quality) from your video is this: convert your video to full-screen size (640x480 or higher) AND a 850-900 kbps bitrate. My 10 min video was about 70 MB in size. When I did these TWO things, my video had that TV icon under the Player and I could view it in HQ.
Now, the video I uploaded was 70MB at 720x480 pix and 900 kbps video and stereo audio. When I examined the corresponding HQ video from youtube , it became: 50 MB file at 480x320 pix and 500 kbps and stero audio. The SQ (standard quality) low resolution youtube file was: 25MB at 320x240 pix and around 300kbps.
If youtube has designated your videos HQ (the little TV icon appears under the player), then go to your account and click on the Playback Video Quality link, and select the "Always play back higher quality videos when available".
Oh, I made a mistake in one of my previous comments. When I examined the youtube HQ (high quality) video, the format was 480x360 pixels .... not the 480x320 pix I stated below.
As kidneybean666 pointed out, if I upload fullscreen clip (4:3 aspect ratio), I get the option to choose HQ or standard Q. But if I upload a widescreen clip (16:9), I don't get that option, and must manually add &fmt=18 to the URL to see HQ. When will this work with widescreen clips?
Answer for dwtsfan2007: I think if you post either a fullscreen or widescreen clip... always convert to 640x480 (or higher) and I think you will be able to view your widescreen in HQ.
kidneybean666, when you say convert widescreen to 640x480, do you mean adding black bars to the top & bottom of widescreen to make it full screen (4:3 AR)? Yes, I know that works; I tried it. Without adding black bars, can it be done?
dwtsfan2007, I am converting all my vids to 640x480 now. In my other account, I converted the widescreen Bell Book and Candle to 640x480, and the black bars appeared automatically. I do not even know how to add the black bars in.
I would give it a try ... maybe just convert at 640x480 and upload a small 2 min video to test it out. Convert at a high enough video bit rate too... I use 900kbps but it could be lower if you experiment on the bit rate settings.
slackinbr made some VERY GOOD points I share above. I applaud YouTube for moving towards higher quality, especially as sites like Flickr have such crisp video — but the audio is buggy and badly distorted.
So, with the video looking better but the audio clearly being worse, this should be remedied. I've sent numerous support emails and provided clear repros but haven't heard anything back. :(
The low quality videos do not play. The rotating animation ust keeps spinning. The high quality videos do play. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the FLASH player many times. Whats going on?
For some reason some of my vids playback in HQ and others do not, and they are all encoded with the same settings (Vegas pro using a custom template).....I have my account to force HQ vids...but on some its the crappy video.
For some reason some of my vids playback in HQ and others do not, and they are all encoded with the same settings (Vegas pro using a custom template).....I have my account to force HQ vids...but on some its the crappy video.
video is half the package; how come so much trouble posting and keeping clips in stereo? Is there a trick to requesting 'show me stereo' in our searches? thanks
I have been trying for weeks to figure out what the magic formula is for making and uploading my videos in high quality. I have read everything I can find, and used dozens of combinations of codecs, formats, etc.. Actually, all I want is good stereo sound, which does not require much bandwidth.
Why don't you just tell us what the rules are? Please. Please!
That's a crock.....some of my videos have the high quality option, others recorded "exactly" the same way and within minutes of each other do not. What gives?
Why was ExtantDodo suspended? There was NO reason whatsoever. He was criticizing Creationism with his videos. SO WHAT? IS YOUTUBE BECOMING A POLICE STATE??
Why was ExtantDodo suspended? There was NO reason whatsoever. He was criticizing Creationism with his videos. SO WHAT? IS YOUTUBE BECOMING A POLICE STATE??
We demand ExtantDodo's account be restored. This is not the first time creationists have used bogus copyright claims to silence their critics on youtube. You should be aware of this tactic by now, and the fact you have yet to reverse this absurd decision shows something is rotten on fair youtube.
ExtandDodo was expelled from YouTube, but I keep receiving spam from davidmabus accounts. He's moking me and YouTube («go hide your head in the sand, pedroac or better yet go report me to the utube authorities»), and I need to write down a report to punish him. I bet he will do again. Make the flaggers write the reasons to remove a video or suspend an account, instead of making hard to suspended the real transgressors.
It looks like the creationists are at it again with bogus copyright claims to supress people exposing the lies in their videos. ExtantDodo should be reinstated as his critical analysis videos of this genre is completely within the bounds of comment and criticism Fair Use section 107 of copyright act.
My older videos are high quality, and around 20-40mb in size.
My newer ones are around 75mb in size, yet the quality isn't just bad, it's terrible. What's more is that the high quality option isn't available any more!
Why is this happening? They are all produced in exactly the same way using the same settings, so why are some high quality and others not? they're just not watchable in their current state.
how do you upload with the high quality option?! We're apraschoch productions, and we make pretty time consuming videos, and i want our videos to fulfill the quality that theyre capable of! but i dont know how! anyone wanna help us out? tahtd be great
Please, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
Please, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
i never get that stupid high quality option on my videos, whatever i do, and i can't even post comments at forums, to ask for help about that... i even made a new account here, linked to my google account, to ask for help at forums, BUT IT ALL DOESN'T HELP!!! HOW DO I GET THAT HIGH QUALITY OPTION ON MY VIDEOS??!!
i never get that stupid high quality option on my videos, whatever i do, and i can't even post comments at forums, to ask for help about that... i even made a new account here, linked to my google account, to ask for help at forums, BUT IT ALL DOESN'T HELP!!! HOW DO I GET THAT HIGH QUALITY OPTION ON MY VIDEOS??!!
I can't get the HQ options to work either. Same problems as most people have listed below. There's a site better than youtube that instantly works with hq videos. I can't get mine to work, though I follow all the steps and tutorials people post. That site is vimeo.
To get the HQ option, encode video in Xvid/Divx 480x360 or 640x480 (as recommended by youtube), and 4:3 aspect ratio. If your clip is widescreen, you must add black bars to the top and bottom of the video screen to make it 4:3. After upload, it could take up to 1-2 hours (depending on video length) for the HQ option to actually appear under the video window. I've been doing this for the last 6 months with no problem.
Why not provide a stereo button, and a HQ audio button and if they want it a HQ or LQ video option, since these seems to be available if you know the Youtube secrets.
I am not trying to plug here but I was having trouble working out how to watch, create and embed high quality video in Youtube. I found out the easist ways and have recently put up a website that explains it all. Totally free. I have even included a script that generates the high quality embed code for you with different options. So it's even easier.
You can take a look at; www.youtubehq.info
Please don't flame me, its free and I'm trying to help the guys that don't know. Thanks.
I am not trying to plug here but I was having trouble working out how to watch, create and embed high quality video in Youtube. I found out the easist ways and have recently put up a website that explains it all. Totally free. I have even included a script that generates the high quality embed code for you with different options. So it's even easier.
You can take a look at; www.youtubehq.info
Please don't flame me, its free and I'm trying to help the guys that don't know. Thanks.
Hi, off topic, but i was wondering why Youtube has started taking away award titles such as 'Most Viewed' and 'Most Discussed' from obviously very popular atheist videos.
This seems highly discriminatory, don't you think?
Hi, off topic, but i was wondering why Youtube has started taking away award titles such as 'Most Viewed' and 'Most Discussed' from obviously very popular atheist videos.
This seems highly discriminatory, don't you think?
Hey dudes Uh go to my videos click on no bravery if you want or any video look at the top of the screen you somthing like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_NpzCo9UuE just add fmt=18 or if that dosnt work fmt=6
ive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
ive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
ive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
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ReplyDeleteYouTube! You guys are the best!
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!
Why don't you state the quality ond type of files you support?
ReplyDeletethat way we won't video with quality that will be downscaled.
It's a good idea. The world really does need to upgrade its measly internet connections though. Everyone should be able to watch in HD. I know I can smoothly, and I don't even have a particularly fast broadband.
ReplyDeleteYeyyyyyyyyy high quality to all videos~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya era hora!!
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS GOOD NEWS THAT YOUTUBE IS NOW IN HIGH QUALITY =) great job
ReplyDeleteI wonder when this ubercool feature, which will be used by virtually every visitor, will be removed for no significant reason.
ReplyDeleteGr8.
ReplyDeleteSo do I just upload a massive file, or is there some trick to getting the high quality option?
ReplyDeleteWow, this is really cool!
ReplyDeleteJust need to get rid of the annoying 10 min limit now. and improve the upload system.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so HQ works, but there's one problem: When I watch a video in HQ, it gets stretched out vertically (instead of wide screen bars), and looks really weird, but clicking the little 'view in smaller size' button fixes that; still, I don't want to have to do that every time, and some videos don't have that little button.
ReplyDeleteFix it, pleeaaase!
What? 1 GB uploads? Are you kidding? Oh my gosh! This is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteIs the higher quality for videos only for partners videos? and what video file types do you upload to make your video Avalable is high quality on youtube?
ReplyDeleteHow do WE upload higher quality videos?
ReplyDeleteI just got a new laptop with VISTA and now cannot enlarge the video size. Is that a problem with VISTA? Is there a fix or work around?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea... and I'm sure I've been seeing some higher quality in some videos recently... but I don't see any reason to be so vague on how to actually take advantage of this...
ReplyDeleteLooking carefully at your series of Hillary's pictures captured over the last 10-15 years, it appears that Mrs. Clinton has had significant plastic surgery or at the very least, a lot of botox. I wonder if this is a response to her lack of appeal to youthful America. Has she actually come clean with this information and why isn't anyone on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, etc. asked her about this or called her on it. Is she once again getting a free pass from these guys who always seem to support Hillary (especially in her constant racial attacks) and her unwillingness to be honest on her personal wealth and not revealing her W2s, when McCain and Obama have come clean with these and other things that the Clintons are hiding, waiting until she has the Democratic nomination and is assured of her candidacy? So many lies, so little time for before Americans wake up to her tyranny! I can see this clearly and I'm not even a Democrat!
ReplyDeleteI finally got an ION USB turntable and am recording all my old 33-1/3s. Whew! I don't see anything about the copyright law as far as what can I upload and what can't I upload. Can you give me info on this?
ReplyDeleteTOMMYfromtheBRONX is the best series!! Why can't we vote for TOMMYfromtheBRONX????????
ReplyDeleteThe resolution of the YouTube "High Quality" videos are 480x360, right? At least that's what I read.
ReplyDeleteAre they FINALLY going to start supporting STEREO audio, instead of converting 99% of the audio tracks to mono??
ReplyDeleteI was REALLY happy yesterday when the "YouTube" bug/logo was gone from embedded videos, but some bastard put it back today! The logo's already in the bar under the player window, it doesn't need to also be on top of the picture we're trying to watch!
Is widescreen ACTUAL HD next? Vimeo already does it.
ReplyDeleteThe new higher quality videos look soooo much better. I know they are supposed to :P but still a big improvement. They actualy look all most like they do on my computer :)
ReplyDeleteKudos to you on this one
-Cody Rapol(sumfight)
Is it just me or are videos not processing at the moment?
ReplyDeleteThere should be a button that allow to see the video in his original size when it goes full screen (instead of being automaticaly scaled to the screen).
ReplyDeleteso you add slightly higher bitrates, but totally ruin the aspect ratio and stretch the video?
ReplyDeletehow is this an improvement? lol
also it seems pretty lame to not explain how users can actually take advantage of this without explaining the requirements..
one step forward, two steps back ;/
also note that embedded videos cannot utilize this. i wish youtube would have bought stage6 ;-;
ReplyDeleteWill we able to toggle high quality on and off directly from the video -- or will we always have to go into settings?
ReplyDeleteThe aspect ratio has stayed the same on our videos!
ReplyDeleteWas the question:
ReplyDelete"How do WE upload HD videos?"
answered? ...or do we just upload and *boom. It retains its HD quality?
cant find the"click for hq" button
ReplyDeleteIt IS an improvement. I can see the difference on my recent uploads. I JUST did an upload recorded with the Logitech 900 HD PC Cam. It was done with the default capture tool and the default settings for 640x480. The capture output seems preset to WMV file format (I usually use DivX). I uploaded it here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY1S8dl6bXA) and you can DEFINITElY see a difference. But STILL has a way to go to catch up to some of the other sites (Veoh, Vimeo). Thanks YouTube! More, please... :)
ReplyDeleteGet the sort by vies button BACK!
ReplyDeleteOur aspect ratio was unchanged on the upload previously mentioned. And I also don't have a button to switch between modes. Peace.
ReplyDeleteOur aspect ratio was unchanged on the upload previously mentioned. And I also don't have a button to switch between modes. Peace.
ReplyDeletethe HQ encoding seems to mess-up with videos that are not the standard 4:3. In stead of black bars to compensate 16:9 to accustom the player, the image is stretched out vertically.
ReplyDeleteSlightly off topic, but I noticed the YouTube watermark was gone on Friday (3/14) and now it's back. Bummer. Embedded videos look much better without the watermark. Can we lose it YouTube?
ReplyDeleteEspecially now that the Share button is branded, it's YouTube on top of YouTube for embedded videos. Isn't that overkill?
Please remove the watermark. Your users will be grateful.
Thanks for considering my views.
Yes, once again LOSE THE WATERMARK! The YouTube logo's already in the bar under the picture, and no matter what the idiots running TV nowadays may say, this practice has never been and never will be acceptable! The only reason I don't disable embedding on my videos is because you can click on them and go to the YouTube site to see them with a clean picture.
ReplyDeleteAnd PLEASE make stereo audio the standard!
dumb
ReplyDeleteBRING BACK VIEWCOUNT!!!!
ReplyDeletePlease make stereo audio the default for high quality format. It should also be the default for musician accounts overall.
ReplyDeletelol none of my vids got converted yet
ReplyDeleteMy question is: If I can add the "&fmt=18" code and have my videos play in higher resolution and stereo, why doesn't YouTube just automatically set my videos to that? In other words, if it can be accomplished manually why not just build it into the system for all videos? Or give a choice to the video uploader? Thanks.
ReplyDelete---Mustafa
Brilliant, great feature: Be good to move away from grainy shoddy looking videos.
ReplyDeleteI have known about this for a long time, before they added the feature to the the actual site, thats why i created a modification for firefox for it to automatically switch to HD
ReplyDeletePersonally i can't see much off a difference, i know people have posted pictures of: "proof" that it is better, but my graphics card is top of the range, and i have 4 of the most expensive hi-quality screens around.
I must ask though for a download feature to be added, so people can download youtube videos without having to use sites/addons or programs to do it for them. Would be good if there was a choice of: mp4/mp3(sound only) and avi
Thanks alot, good work youtube
might be a bit off topic, but still. what the hell is with these "video not available in your country" messages? ever heard about freedom of speech? (i don't live in germany, btw)
ReplyDeleteoh my god koool that is SO kooooooool nice this is a very strang movie to me oh my god
ReplyDeleteI'm from Taiwan. I wanted to upload a QuickTime video (.mov) with 640 x 480 pixels and H.264 code. I've done it many times, but the video is still under H.263 code and low quality.
ReplyDeleteIs this function of high quality only available for people in the U.S.?
why does youtube half ass everything? why dont you also tell us what the secret requirements are
ReplyDeletenice one , keep ur updates up
ReplyDeletei love the update my camara that i paid $400 is not going to waste now!
ReplyDeleteps: i have a 10.1 pixel GE camara pink baby!
Also Hillary Clinton is going WIN!
If i see more "This video is not available in your country" - your gonna loose viewers.
ReplyDeleteBS"D
ReplyDeleteI wondered why YouTube does not have the option of downloading videos into the Windows Media Player. I find it time consuming to see videos and not be able to work on the computer at the same time. I like the feature of Mini Mode that the Windows Media player has that allows watching and using the computer at the same time. Would YouTube be able to accomodate that?
Hi, i know my comment is irrelevant here, but i tried to contact YT for specific thing which is a suggestion, why not adding a 'points' feature for users on YT, so they get points for adding videos, rating, commenting, ..etc and then reward them in a way, dont know how, but its really good, and can be an encouraging way to the users to collaborate, and even to sign up! what else? yeah, to put a contact or link for suggestions, in YT 'Contact Us' page!
ReplyDeletewhere do i complaint about not being able to get technicall suport for youtube?!
ReplyDeletehello? is it my computer or are some of your videos loading slow or not at all?!
ReplyDeleteAwesome improvement .. I now upload all my vids in h.264 at 640 x 480 they look great in the high def mode.
ReplyDeleteWay to go, geniuses. Your 16:9 HQ video format was resized to 4:3 format, instead of letter-boxed in the standard quality.
ReplyDeleteGive us the magic settings, you fucktards.
ReplyDeleteYouTube:
ReplyDeleteI first learned of the HQ thing from posts talking about a "hack" where you'd add "&fmt=18" (or "&fmt=6") to the URL and voila! HQ picture!
Well, I found, at first, that "&fmt=18" worked more than "&fmt=6" (which didn't really work at all, for me) AND there was an added bonus: the stereo sound from the original upload was passing through.
I checked several videos which I knew had stereo, including 2 of mine... the &fmt=18 add-on brought a HQ picture and passed the stereo.
Now, on Monday morning (17th March), the &fmt=18 does nothing... and &fmt=6 gets HQ but NO STEREO!
What's going on? Yes, I now know about the setting in "Account" which tries to force HQ video playback by default, but so far it doesn't really work. A few (mainly YouTube Partner) videos default to HQ (no stereo) but most don't.
Also, adding &fmt=18 generates a "Click here for a lower quality..." message below the video in question - BUT the video is actually still low quality to begin with. BTW: the "shrink picture" button seems to only work with low quality mode videos (which is an instant way to tell which is being shown) - it does nothing on HQ videos.
WHY DID YOU TAKE BACK THE STEREO PASS-THROUGH?
Also, are you going to start charging people for HQ or stereo? My guess is yes, but maybe you'll restore stereo sound with the HQ picture and keep it free(?)! I hope so!!
YouTube:
ReplyDeleteI first learned of the HQ thing from posts talking about a "hack" where you'd add "&fmt=18" (or "&fmt=6") to the URL and voila! HQ picture!
Well, I found, at first, that "&fmt=18" worked more than "&fmt=6" (which didn't really work at all, for me) AND there was an added bonus: the stereo sound from the original upload was passing through.
I checked several videos which I knew had stereo, including 2 of mine... the &fmt=18 add-on brought a HQ picture and passed the stereo.
Now, on Monday morning (17th March), the &fmt=18 does nothing... and &fmt=6 gets HQ but NO STEREO!
What's going on? Yes, I now know about the setting in "Account" which tries to force HQ video playback by default, but so far it doesn't really work. A few (mainly YouTube Partner) videos default to HQ (no stereo) but most don't.
Also, adding &fmt=18 generates a "Click here for a lower quality..." message below the video in question - BUT the video is actually still low quality to begin with. BTW: the "shrink picture" button seems to only work with low quality mode videos (which is an instant way to tell which is being shown) - it does nothing on HQ videos.
WHY DID YOU TAKE BACK THE STEREO PASS-THROUGH?
Also, are you going to start charging people for HQ or stereo? My guess is yes, but maybe you'll restore stereo sound with the HQ picture and keep it free(?)! I hope so!!
Hmmm... when I refreshed the page it reposted the comments I'd posted earlier. Sorry
ReplyDeletePlease, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
ReplyDeleteso what's the resolution? well, i'm pretty happy with this. old was what, 320x240?
ReplyDeleteyes please mac uploader give us some love!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE GOOGLE!
Also the google online storage!
YouTube HD could take a hint from soft porn site www.aziani.com , free video samples . The viewer stops Play while the video downloads. When the download is complete, the video can be played smoothly.
ReplyDeleteHow about more stereo sound while we're at it?
I think the new flash player necessary for HD has hobbled Google; lots of misdirection. Reconfigure the net!
finally :) there has been so much discussion about how to film to get a better quality specially on youtube :) I allways wanted the datarate goes up and the implementation of h.264 (really hope that´s next)
ReplyDeleteMy idea is that the uploader should be able to define the "quality" settings of your encoding progress. just add a "encode this in HD" button to each video and people who are really interested in this will hit that button. over time the neccessary videos will have been reencodet :)
thanks a lot and have fun
bbbtv
PS: please reencode my videos in HD if you find the time ;)
From the videohelp forum:
ReplyDeleteI think that should be better to search for another possible flash based video sharing site that allows H.264 + AAC .mp4 uploads without transcoding/downgrading, because I don't have the time or resources to upload almost lossless quality audio & video material
Exactly. Either that or we should find out how to bypass YT's converters (like before with the 349 kbit/s limit for FLV). Or YT should offer the option to use/download the upload in its original format.
Why can't Google/YouTube just give us the EXACT specs their site/player requires, then we will gladly use that. Give us the resolution, codec, and max bitrate values and we're all happy campers. They can easily write a check for certain values in each upload, and leave the upload alone if the user did it right.
So, in what format, size, bitrate etc. I need to upload my video to make it "HQ"?
ReplyDeleteH.246 420*332px @~4500 did not cut it?
how do i give my videos tat option
ReplyDeleteLove the new HQ option. What would be super dupah awesome, is if we could replace our older videos with HQ without losing our views, comments, and favs. Just a suggestion!
ReplyDeletelove always,
brian
This gave me a boner.
ReplyDeleteGood luck guys with the HQ system, I hope it really works because is really a big waste Youtube in low quality how it have been till now. Next step is NO TIME LIMIT to videoclips.
ReplyDeleteRegards
BRING VIEW COUNT BACK!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYouTube needs to slow down on the new features and start fixing some of their bugs. Like the honors bug, which doesn't go away with youtube's fix on many accounts.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Capn, agreed.
ReplyDeleteview count back plx
ReplyDeleteFix the honors for TheAmazingAtheist and CapnOAwesome so that they accurately reflect the activity on their videos!
ReplyDeleteThe h.264 aac is quite a step up from the old flv and the upgrade is much appreciated. I realize this is at the testing stage........................
ReplyDelete2 suggestions:
Please adjust your audio level control sw if you must use it. The processed audio has clipped peaks with some brief distortion and sounds like a compressor with slow attack time. This is most noticable at the beginning of clips with several seconds of low level audio, and then with the onset of music or other sound, there's a brief burst of distortion followed by a noticable reduction in level. Level control will not improve the experience, IMO............................
Also, please remove the fixed 30fps frame rate. Encode using the source frame rate to retain smooth cadence.
To anybody else who was bothered because they didn't tell you HOW to upload in High Quality:
ReplyDeleteIf any are wondering how to upload high quality videos, I used Windows Media Encoder (free d/n), converted the video to 640x480, and uploaded it.
At first just the old fuzzy version will appear. Give it time, and it should eventually show the "click here for higher quality" link.
You may thank me by visiting my channel (over 100 quality videos).
Or forget I ever helped you, you selfish bastard (<-- sarcasm).
hi, i know that is not a technical post but i cant find a youtube forum itself
ReplyDeletei have a problem wth YTB, i have sound when video is embedded but when i watch videos in youtube page I HAVE NO SOUND!! my god!
i have tried to delete the cookies, quality selection and other things, nothing works
thanks for help
You know the drill. Ban, censorship, blah, blah. You do your thing (ignore us) and I'll keep us doing ours (bugging you until you listen).
ReplyDeleteyou do realize that you are now breaking the ToS?
ReplyDeletePlease endorse Net Neutrality. Do not ban critics of Islam. Do not keep them off the lists. Do not force people to give up their name and addresses for bogus DMCAs.
ReplyDeleteThe higher quality encoding is a welcome improvement! But although the audio is better in general, there is a problem. It sounds like audio volume levelling or a compressor is being used and it is raising the level of quiet parts of the sound track far too much and it is very noticeable on some videos. The standard resolution encoding, although low-fi, does not have that effect. I don't think a compressor should be used at all as it alters the sound - the encoder should just try to reproduce what was on the original video as accurately as possible, it should not alter the original relative sound levels through the video.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate how you're handling the video quality issue.
ReplyDeleteI came here however to tell you guys that I can't sort videos by rating, date added, etc. like I used to be able to, and I want those features back!
Once again, extremist, Islamists win another battle against the ever more weak spined and compliant west. And this win is ominous for the Internet because now the Islamofascists don't even have to take control of a government or a population to impose their oppression on the people of the world. They can do it all across the world at once with cyberterror.
ReplyDeleteSo what are the best settings to use when sending in your video to get this great picture?
ReplyDelete640x480 - h.264 - 15 fps
Inquiring minds want to know.
Most of the videos I see are not able to do this HQ hack.
Does anyone know how to be listed in the subcategory pages in music category?
ReplyDeleteI suspected that if I add the subcategory title like "rock" as the video description tag, the video would be labeled as "rock".
However my video wasn't listed in "Most recent" or "Most viewed today" page of my target subcategory.
I appreciate if you help me solve this youtube riddle.
You guys suck for taking away the most viewed search tool! Even when we work around it changes the balance of power and kills what made YouTube cool. This is the beginning of the end for YouTube. It is only a matter of time before we all migrate. Bye bye. Have fun with your new really really expensive and outdated app.
ReplyDeleteClose but not quite there yet!
ReplyDeleteThis is what I put in another post somewhere else. Now see suggestion at the end.
I bet it still won't be the same as Stage6. VEOH is no where near as good and as for Vuze. Well, let us not go there in this forum!
I don't know where all these people get the idea we need more software from their company on our systems to handle all the different formats. Microsoft has already decided that for us.
Divx was by far the best, I know of, for size/ quality ratios. Mp4 HD is excellent but too big for most. MKV just a container for other formats; nothing more (thanks for not much Vuze/Azureus).
Suggestion:
Accept Divx or MP4 (etc) formats and give the user the chance to view or download in Low/Med or original resolution. If you show the resolution, then we will know the quality.
The extra download revenue from the ISPs would be enough to fund it.
Or, stick a commerical at the end of it if you like (not at the beginning, that just puts people off before they begin)
Hardly "High Def" - it's not even close to Standard Def!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I just watched Malasonja1's goodbye video, and apparently her videos were removed, leading to the suspension of her account, when they weren't even violating the terms of use? That's total BS. If you're going to outlaw a certain type of video, you need to state that clearly in the terms of use. People put a lot of time and effort into their accounts, and to just ban them when they haven't broken any rules is not only unfair, it's also asinine and shameful. This is not even the first time I've heard of this happening; it seems to be a common theme here on YouTube. Furthermore, if you're going to outlaw criticisms of one group of people, you need to be unbiased and outlaw criticisms of every group of people. If you outlaw criticisms of Muslims, you need to also outlaw criticisms of Christians, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, Democrats, Republicans, independents, blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics, dentists, cheerleaders, prostitutes, pedophiles, rapists, and all other groups I didn't bother to mention. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMy high quality video uploads are still turning out low quality on youtube. I tried the &fmt=18 and &fmt=16 hack and although it did work and the video appeared in high quality, it only played for a few seconds and then stopped. And these are videos uploaded after this announcement was made. Why is this high quality thing only working for certain videos and not others? My source files are high quality but they turn out low quality on youtube. There must be something more users need to do besides "upload the highest quality video available" because apparently that's not all it takes. Like others have suggested please just give us the right settings we need to encode our videos at in order for it to be high quality on youtube. That would make things so much easier.
ReplyDeleteThanks Youtube! Keep giving us better quality please!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for letting us make it a default feature. My only concern is the first video I upload is in HQ, but then when I click on a video from the related section, it goes back to lower quality. =( Please fix!!!
`rachel
plz allow to upload videos of more duration as a starter plz increase the duration to 15 mts
ReplyDeleteHey cowardly Dhimmi-tube, why haven't you reinstated Malasonja1 yet.
ReplyDeleteAre you really that scared of the islamofascists on your site, isn't if funny how they never get banned despite all the rape and death threats?
What's with the suspensions all over the place? Suspending someone for pointing out received death threats, but not suspending the people who did it is total crap. Reinstate Malasonja1!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't u use DiVX. Flash sucks, always did. Most of the videos on Ytube are pretty crappy quality.
ReplyDeleteOk, I tested it couple of times. HQ looks still like shit thanks to heavy handed youtube conversion. Why can't they just bump bitrate up to ~600? There is no point of making original yt-only content when everything turns to pixeleted soup.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_TMZzoVo8
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I also noticed that the higher quality settings in my account don't stick. I have to keep adding &fmt=18 to every video I watch to check whether it has a HQ version.
ReplyDeleteCan regular users upload in higher quality?
ReplyDeleteI need HELP! How can I erase my SEARCH history before my wife and kids see where Daddys' been playing? Can anyone give me some tech advise? Thanks, pinellaspal@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteArgh.... Now Ritter1001 is suspended too.
ReplyDeleteWhat the ?!?@?@??#$#@?%@ are YouTube doing.
YouTube: If you don't stop this suspensionfrenzy of people exercising their right to speak, you are going to make yourself redundant.
Now reinstate the victims!
Youtube is the best service!!! THX a lot!
ReplyDeletemy question is what do i need to do so that my videos will come out with the 'watch in higher quality' link at the bottom for other ppl to see?
ReplyDeleteYT really is islams bitch, you're fucking pathetic.
ReplyDeleteReinstate my accounts pookeo9,pookeo1, anonymousrules, pookeo4 and reallymadv. Im getting tired of waiting for your fucking message, Just send it and do it cause im about to kill myself.
ReplyDeleteReinstate my accounts pookeo9,pookeo1, anonymousrules, pookeo4 and reallymadv. Im getting tired of waiting for your fucking message, Just send it and do it cause im about to kill myself.
ReplyDeleteWHAT IS THIS FUCKIN BLOG FOR???!! DO YOU EVEN CARE, WHAT YOUR USERS HAVE TO SAY????
ReplyDeleteBRING BACK SORT BY VIEW COUNT
BITCHES
How the hell do we make our videos show the HIGH QUALITY OPTION
ReplyDeleteI have uploaded a video at 640x480 and with Awesome image quality but still looks like crap in youtube
Where is the option to change to Higher image quality ??
Why don't u use DiVX. Flash sucks, always did. Most of the videos on Ytube are pretty crappy quality.
ReplyDeletehref="http://www.usome.com"
what is the thing on the end u no
ReplyDeletelike .jpg
or .gif?
Hey I doubt anyone reads this, but anyway,
ReplyDeleteWhy did youtube block MalaSonja1's account for quoting the people who are flagging her??? Surely everytime youtube mentions user feedback they should remove the video on this line of reasoning, why cant you admins just learn to think, rather than just do what the retarded masses tell you... and at the very least, take the time to EXPLAIN why you made a choice as such... rems
Independant if the videos are HQ or not: I hate videos ( the music-clips ) that aren't videos ! Lot of people upload cover-views of a vinyl-bag of the record or some photo-pics or let an old vinyl spin on their pickup. That is so boring and only charges the server with trash. To listen such music we can do it another way and need no screen.
ReplyDeleteHope that more fans have the same opinion.
For the rest, this is my favorite webpage !
Independant if the videos are HQ or not: I hate videos ( the music-clips ) that aren't videos ! Lot of people upload cover-views of a vinyl-bag of the record or some photo-pics or let an old vinyl spin on their pickup. That is so boring and only charges the server with trash. To listen such music we can do it another way and need no screen.
ReplyDeleteHope that more fans have the same opinion.
For the rest, this is my favorite webpage !
AMAZING!!!!! I just watched the new video everyone is talking about with Nyee Moses OMG!!!! She is so HOT!! The dancers are "famous" and being in her video made it ROCK
ReplyDeleteThanks Utube!!!!!
WOW..... Great Video!!! I was soooo impressed to see the New video on Nyee Moses "between us" this was incredible. She is in the top ten in the country!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE HER AND HER VIDEO!!!
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so i posted a video. and i want other people to have the option to have hiogh quality or low. right now all they are getting is low. how can i put the option by my vid
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ReplyDeletecould you please reinstate the accounts ExMuslimsExposeIslam, CeltoPersia and SG1963?
Those accounts were very popular, never broked any rules and are greatly missed.
While I'm at the subject, could you see if there is any way to stop the unfair 'mass flagging' method?
It makes keeping an account on UTube very wobbly and users get frustrated. So much work and effort is lost to dark armies of mass flaggers that we feel we have no other option except leave UTube altogether.
Please reconsider the suspension of the above accounts and help us stay with you.
Hi UTube,
ReplyDeletecould you please reinstate the accounts ExMuslimsExposeIslam, CeltoPersia and SG1963?
Those accounts were very popular, never broked any rules and are greatly missed.
While I'm at the subject, could you see if there is any way to stop the unfair 'mass flagging' method?
It makes keeping an account on UTube very wobbly and users get frustrated. So much work and effort is lost to dark armies of mass flaggers that we feel we have no other option except leave UTube altogether.
Please reconsider the suspension of the above accounts and help us stay with you.
Its a great idea, Utube, to allow for bigger file sizes and better quality playback for those with fast connections. I too would like to see longer play times too--especially in the News and Politics section. I listened to the whole of Obama's speech on racism which lasted for far more than 10 mins. Why can't others do this? 10 min is too restrictive. And it is time consuming to split up speeches into multiple clips. 20 min for News and Politics would be a big help.
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What happened to the high resolution option on my video? It was there yesterday, and it has disappeared today... what's going on?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPi1Fpm9aM
Kenny
What happened to the high resolution option on my video? It was there yesterday, and it has disappeared today... what's going on?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPi1Fpm9aM
Kenny
Please allow this to be an OPTION rather than something a computer randomly decides on it's own.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to upload a website tutorial involving small text which appears blurry at Youtube's normal resolution and it won't make it higher quality even though the original file has a high resolution.
When I embed a YouTube video (say on a MySpace page or a forum), is there something that I can put in the code to ensure that the embedded video will be in high quality?
ReplyDeleteI wish this was for everyone and not certain people
ReplyDeleteI like the higher quilty vids! I mean I have to go to my libary to see them but thats Ok I'm wondering how I can tell if MY vids are in high def... I can't be sure...
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ReplyDeleteI want put my video on youtube.
ReplyDeletebut i only got the url of the video
can you help me
I love the new High Quality feature, but I want to be able to view my videos, and others, in both better picture AND stereo sound, without having to add "&fmt=18" all the time. Is Youtube working on that?
ReplyDeleteyou should make a search option to search for high quality video only or vice versa. Love the new high quality
ReplyDeleteOk. Enoughs about hi-quality. How about telling users the requirement. I am just speculating, 640x360 for 16:9 and 640x480 for 4:3, is that now the standard. Wouldn't it be awesome if you guys could just play our video without encoding it to flash and crap. I think youtube is fast, that's good, but videos that are HD provider much better viewing experience. Can you now update your page about the requirement of video size??? 320x240, that old fashioned size!!
ReplyDeleteIt's about time to tell the users what they need to do to get hi-def and make it available for all videos; why do you have to discriminate people, can a site be held responsible by law if it acts differently for some people and differently for others. Just a question. Hi Def ? What a joke, go for Hi Def because a lot of your users are going else where. Does that make any sense of keeping users here on youtube ?
sorry for typo, all I am saying is this:
ReplyDeleteWhen you login to gmail it says, so and so GB storage is available and that number keeps going up. What about for youtube ? Why can't you just play the videos we have submitted as they are sent to you ? Can anyone tell me here what's the maximum bitrate I can now use , I am guess that might be the trick to get hi-quality even if they don't change the requirement of video size. Is that how you do it ?
Any help would be much appreciated.
my video looks rubbish on the default setting. is there a way where i can set myvideos to play in high quality by default?
ReplyDeleteI have uploaded videos in another account and my experience in getting HQ (High Quality) from your video is this: convert your video to full-screen size (640x480 or higher) AND a 850-900 kbps bitrate. My 10 min video was about 70 MB in size. When I did these TWO things, my video had that TV icon under the Player and I could view it in HQ.
ReplyDeleteNow, the video I uploaded was 70MB at 720x480 pix and 900 kbps video and stereo audio. When I examined the corresponding HQ video from youtube , it became: 50 MB file at 480x320 pix and 500 kbps and stero audio. The SQ (standard quality) low resolution youtube file was: 25MB at 320x240 pix and around 300kbps.
If youtube has designated your videos HQ (the little TV icon appears under the player), then go to your account and click on the Playback Video Quality link, and select the "Always play back higher quality videos when available".
ReplyDeleteOh, I made a mistake in one of my previous comments. When I examined the youtube HQ (high quality) video, the format was 480x360 pixels .... not the 480x320 pix I stated below.
ReplyDeleteAs kidneybean666 pointed out, if I upload fullscreen clip (4:3 aspect ratio), I get the option to choose HQ or standard Q. But if I upload a widescreen clip (16:9), I don't get that option, and must manually add &fmt=18 to the URL to see HQ. When will this work with widescreen clips?
ReplyDeletewhy does my high quality videos end early? my standard ones don't
ReplyDeleteAnswer for dwtsfan2007:
ReplyDeleteI think if you post either a fullscreen or widescreen clip... always convert to 640x480 (or higher) and I think you will be able to view your widescreen in HQ.
youtube sucks for not telling people the best format to upload in. how complicated is it to post accurate information? could they be any more vague?
ReplyDeletekidneybean666, when you say convert widescreen to 640x480, do you mean adding black bars to the top & bottom of widescreen to make it full screen (4:3 AR)? Yes, I know that works; I tried it. Without adding black bars, can it be done?
ReplyDeleteThere's a great description of encoding for the new higher format at http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/you_tube_redux_gary.html
ReplyDeleteThere's a great description of encoding for the new higher format at http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/you_tube_redux_gary.html
ReplyDeletedwtsfan2007, I am converting all my vids to 640x480 now. In my other account, I converted the widescreen Bell Book and Candle to 640x480, and the black bars appeared automatically.
ReplyDeleteI do not even know how to add the black bars in.
I would give it a try ... maybe just convert at 640x480 and upload a small 2 min video to test it out. Convert at a high enough video bit rate too... I use 900kbps but it could be lower if you experiment on the bit rate settings.
Oh I forgot.. I have Bell Book and Candle with the black bars on top and bottom in my own kidneybean666 account.
ReplyDeleteslackinbr made some VERY GOOD points I share above. I applaud YouTube for moving towards higher quality, especially as sites like Flickr have such crisp video — but the audio is buggy and badly distorted.
ReplyDeleteSo, with the video looking better but the audio clearly being worse, this should be remedied. I've sent numerous support emails and provided clear repros but haven't heard anything back. :(
The low quality videos do not play. The rotating animation ust keeps spinning. The high quality videos do play. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the FLASH player many times.
ReplyDeleteWhats going on?
For some reason some of my vids playback in HQ and others do not, and they are all encoded with the same settings (Vegas pro using a custom template).....I have my account to force HQ vids...but on some its the crappy video.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason some of my vids playback in HQ and others do not, and they are all encoded with the same settings (Vegas pro using a custom template).....I have my account to force HQ vids...but on some its the crappy video.
ReplyDeleteI'm having the same problem as bravo90543.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have any advice to fix it???
Same problem for me. The low quality videos do not play. Any solution?
ReplyDeleteHow do you make your bitrate higher?
ReplyDeleteWhat app/program must you use?
Can I update (replace with a higher quality version) my existing video without losing my views & video info?
ReplyDeletevideo is half the package; how come so much trouble posting and keeping clips in stereo? Is there a trick to requesting 'show me stereo' in our searches? thanks
ReplyDeleteI have been trying for weeks to figure out what the magic formula is for making and uploading my videos in high quality. I have read everything I can find, and used dozens of combinations of codecs, formats, etc.. Actually, all I want is good stereo sound, which does not require much bandwidth.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you just tell us what the rules are? Please. Please!
"Right now the Help Center information is pretty basic, but ..."
ReplyDeleteBasic or not, want to give us a hint as to how to find it?
That's a crock.....some of my videos have the high quality option, others recorded "exactly" the same way and within minutes of each other do not.
ReplyDeleteWhat gives?
Why was ExtantDodo suspended? There was NO reason whatsoever. He was criticizing Creationism with his videos. SO WHAT? IS YOUTUBE BECOMING A POLICE STATE??
ReplyDeleteWhy was ExtantDodo suspended? There was NO reason whatsoever. He was criticizing Creationism with his videos. SO WHAT? IS YOUTUBE BECOMING A POLICE STATE??
ReplyDeleteWe demand ExtantDodo's account be restored. This is not the first time creationists have used bogus copyright claims to silence their critics on youtube. You should be aware of this tactic by now, and the fact you have yet to reverse this absurd decision shows something is rotten on fair youtube.
ReplyDeleteExtandDodo was expelled from YouTube, but I keep receiving spam from davidmabus accounts. He's moking me and YouTube («go hide your head in the sand, pedroac or better yet go report me to the utube authorities»), and I need to write down a report to punish him. I bet he will do again. Make the flaggers write the reasons to remove a video or suspend an account, instead of making hard to suspended the real transgressors.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the creationists are at it again with bogus copyright claims to supress people exposing the lies in their videos. ExtantDodo should be reinstated as his critical analysis videos of this genre is completely within the bounds of comment and criticism Fair Use section 107 of copyright act.
ReplyDeletei did what you said, but i dont see my videos on high quality tho D=
ReplyDeletesome of my videos I uploaded are high quality, yet the others aren't, even though I used the same settings for all of them.
ReplyDeletewhat's wrong?
My older videos are high quality, and around 20-40mb in size.
ReplyDeleteMy newer ones are around 75mb in size, yet the quality isn't just bad, it's terrible. What's more is that the high quality option isn't available any more!
Why is this happening? They are all produced in exactly the same way using the same settings, so why are some high quality and others not? they're just not watchable in their current state.
how do you upload with the high quality option?! We're apraschoch productions, and we make pretty time consuming videos, and i want our videos to fulfill the quality that theyre capable of! but i dont know how! anyone wanna help us out? tahtd be great
ReplyDeletePlease, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
ReplyDeletePlease, please hurry the mac uploader release, all this money and time spent and I'm reduced to borrowing my old pc laptop with the low speed usb port, the house is unnaturally clean.
ReplyDeletei never get that stupid high quality option on my videos, whatever i do, and i can't even post comments at forums, to ask for help about that... i even made a new account here, linked to my google account, to ask for help at forums, BUT IT ALL DOESN'T HELP!!! HOW DO I GET THAT HIGH QUALITY OPTION ON MY VIDEOS??!!
ReplyDeletei never get that stupid high quality option on my videos, whatever i do, and i can't even post comments at forums, to ask for help about that... i even made a new account here, linked to my google account, to ask for help at forums, BUT IT ALL DOESN'T HELP!!! HOW DO I GET THAT HIGH QUALITY OPTION ON MY VIDEOS??!!
ReplyDeleteI can't get the HQ options to work either. Same problems as most people have listed below. There's a site better than youtube that instantly works with hq videos. I can't get mine to work, though I follow all the steps and tutorials people post. That site is vimeo.
ReplyDeleteTo get the HQ option, encode video in Xvid/Divx 480x360 or 640x480 (as recommended by youtube), and 4:3 aspect ratio. If your clip is widescreen, you must add black bars to the top and bottom of the video screen to make it 4:3. After upload, it could take up to 1-2 hours (depending on video length) for the HQ option to actually appear under the video window. I've been doing this for the last 6 months with no problem.
ReplyDelete"If your clip is widescreen, you must add black bars to the top and bottom of the video screen to make it 4:3"
ReplyDeleteThank you, that was the step I was missing.
"If your clip is widescreen, you must add black bars to the top and bottom of the video screen to make it 4:3"
ReplyDeleteThank you, that was the step I was missing.
Thanks.I have finally found you.
ReplyDeleteWhy not provide a stereo button, and a HQ audio button and if they want it a HQ or LQ video option, since these seems to be available if you know the Youtube secrets.
Hi Guys,
ReplyDeleteI am not trying to plug here but I was having trouble working out how to watch, create and embed high quality video in Youtube. I found out the easist ways and have recently put up a website that explains it all. Totally free. I have even included a script that generates the high quality embed code for you with different options. So it's even easier.
You can take a look at; www.youtubehq.info
Please don't flame me, its free and I'm trying to help the guys that don't know. Thanks.
Hi Guys,
ReplyDeleteI am not trying to plug here but I was having trouble working out how to watch, create and embed high quality video in Youtube. I found out the easist ways and have recently put up a website that explains it all. Totally free. I have even included a script that generates the high quality embed code for you with different options. So it's even easier.
You can take a look at; www.youtubehq.info
Please don't flame me, its free and I'm trying to help the guys that don't know. Thanks.
Restore ExtantDodo please. Like, now. Unless he did something horribly heinous, I'm pretty sure he got a false DMCA'd.
ReplyDeleteNone of my videos are avalible in high quality :(
ReplyDeleteHi, off topic, but i was wondering why Youtube has started taking away award titles such as 'Most Viewed' and 'Most Discussed' from obviously very popular atheist videos.
ReplyDeleteThis seems highly discriminatory, don't you think?
Hi, off topic, but i was wondering why Youtube has started taking away award titles such as 'Most Viewed' and 'Most Discussed' from obviously very popular atheist videos.
ReplyDeleteThis seems highly discriminatory, don't you think?
Hey dudes Uh go to my videos click on no bravery if you want or any video look at the top of the screen you somthing like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_NpzCo9UuE just add fmt=18 or if that dosnt work fmt=6
ReplyDeleteive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
ReplyDeleteive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
ReplyDeleteive set the always show me higher quality when available setting and it works till i log off or close the browser then it resets back to never show...why?
ReplyDeleteCould you please give my Videos the High quality option.
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