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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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  1. gabman6February 12, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    Sorry this is unrelated, but could you please add a feature when you get a response to a comment made on a video, that it would redirect you to the comment you made?

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  2. HarmfulGravemindFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    thats really good, i was really hoping for that :)

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  3. KOHPelordFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    The HQ option was already available for a couple weeks, and the widescreen option was available at one point, but was somewhat hidden for a few weeks. The HD embeds are good in some cases though.

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  4. ScenicVideosFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    takes too long to load in HD, does youtube have plans to fix this?

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  5. ScenicVideosFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    also to add ... why even have low quality, in my opinion it should be all or nothing. is anyone still using dial up?

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  6. RMdharRvsFebruary 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    Why iam unable to get youtube downloader?

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  7. GroverKentFebruary 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    "As always, let us know how you find using this new feature. We'll use your feedback to make improvements as we roll out new features for embeds."

    Why bother? You never listen to our feedback anyway, otherwise, we'd have options to switch back to fullscreen players.

    Oh, AND ScenicVideos, believe or not, yes some people actually do still use dial-up, usually in rural places where they can't get cable, and the phone company doesn't offer DSL.

    Some people still use IE6 too *cough*like me*cough*

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  8. jsparakovFebruary 13, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    When I resume any video in HD, the video is choppy. I have to start the video all over again in HD to get a smooth video. I'm running a dual core desktop with the most current stable version of firefox.

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  9. RandomCastaaFebruary 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Nice. Now can we get a HQ middle level quality version. The default quality version of HD video is horrible.

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  10. Heb1228February 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    There seems to be a problem with the High Quality option on new videos being uploaded. A video I uploaded does not have the High Quality option, even though it should.

    The problem is also documented here: http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-issues/browse_thread/thread/133af69c8ff3a5f5

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  11. FlippyCatFebruary 13, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Make HQ on HD videos where it matters...the video page itself.

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  12. SockseeFebruary 14, 2009 at 5:47 AM

    For me HD isn't worth the time or trouble. It's slow and really choppy.

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  13. TackyRackyComixNEOFebruary 14, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    gabman--- YouTube used to do that for the e-mailed notifications of comment responses, but they eventually abandonded that.

    Also, if YouTube could make it so widescreen is only on widescreen videos, that would be mucho appreciated.

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  14. anakin1814February 14, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    I'm amazed at how horrible the whole HD process is. They take forever to upload and rarely play back without being choppy. I can go full screen on many other sites in HD and it's a beautiful streaming experience on a 42 minute show. Why is the experience so lousy on YT for a 5 minute video? I have a fast computer with a lot of RAM. It's not worth my time to watch or create them.

    Btw, is it me, or are videos not processing this weekend? I've bee waiting for a video to process for over 5 hours today. Is this the new norm? I could care less about HD, I just want the standard videos to upload.

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  15. moneyquickeasyFebruary 14, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Could you please add a feature when you get a response to a comment made on a video, that it would redirect you to the comment you made?

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  16. Jiayuan999February 14, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    hello

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  17. beachdude042February 14, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    Same here, anakin1814. HD videos are always choppy until they finish loading for some reason. And I've been waiting for a 2-minute, standard-def video to process forever. What exactly does YouTube do when it processes videos, anyway?

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  18. beachdude042February 14, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    By the way, YouTube still e-mails you when you get a response to your comments.

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  19. KousukeTsujiFebruary 15, 2009 at 5:23 AM

    Yep, the HD feature does not work well, and....please stop showing this popular video list, it's so annoying to click '' most viewed'' every time. I normaly want to check most viewed videos becuase it's more timely.

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  20. Debonair73February 16, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    With video link annotations is there a way to make the link open another browser window instead of go to the link in the same window. I think when a video is embedded the browser launches another window. You do this when links are in the video description.

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  21. MattPyrchFebruary 20, 2009 at 7:24 AM

    I think this is great! It is about time the feature to get HQ/HD and full screen playback are now on embedded players as this is a feature I have been hoping for. This change has prompted me to remove the embedded players I have from another video sharing site and replace it with the one from YouTube. Now we just need the annotations to work on embedded players too! Great Job YouTube!

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  22. gonnawFebruary 21, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    guys, i found a way for us not to experience choppy playback in HD.

    the streaming must start at the very beginning of the clip, not in any point afterwards.

    simply speaking, just move the slider to the very beginning of the clip so it will stream the very first second of the clip.

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  23. FountainHillsGuideMarch 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    It would be great to be able to set embedded videos to start in HQ rather than requiring the user to start the video and THEN click the HQ button.

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  24. farinheit2celsiusMarch 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    What is the difference between HD and HQ?

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  25. fridayman99April 6, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    How do you get the embedded YouTube video to start in HD format rather than forcing user to click HD after it's already started? Thanks.

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  26. hbsjcd3May 20, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    HD and HQ should be explained better. I am clueles

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  27. autoinsurancequotes1May 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    to see in HD, you still need and HD compatible monitor and HDMI cables attached to the monitor? or is that not needed?

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  28. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2009 at 12:23 AM

    I think the widescreen option was available at one point, but was somewhat hidden for a few weeks. The HD embeds are good in some cases though.

    muskel

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  29. KristannaSeptember 29, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    If an embed video is not in HQ or HD my suggestion is that you still make the embed player 480 wide and 295 high by default so i don't have to keep choosing embed code size options.
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