Caxis Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 It seems that Youtube has been working on improving video quality, and people have found out that Youtube is testing this on some videos. http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/How_To%3A ... p_HD_Glory This is really awesome :mrgreen:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzs Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Too bad I won't get to enjoy it considering my [cabbage] internet plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Good news. Some people already knew the "high quality" trick, but after watching some of the 720p widescreen examples.. The stream quality is amazing, indistinguishable from HD-TV. Like eggzs pointed out in his own way though, playing the videos smoothly will take a more or less powerful connection, preferably 5-10mb/s with an unlimited data plan. It's good to see that YouTube is very likely utilizing the massive hard-drive storages of Google (heck, they even offer 7gb for Gmail, most of which is hardly in use) for high quality videos. Maybe in a few years time, those grainy YT videos with horrible sound will be history, like 8-bit Nintendos with their funny, but cute beeping synthetic sounds :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkofDeath Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 So should we try out &fmt=36 some time soon? This is nice though, especially for FF/Chrome users who can manipulate this further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathmath Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Good news. Some people already knew the "high quality" trick, but after watching some of the 720p widescreen examples.. The stream quality is amazing, indistinguishable from HD-TV. Like eggzs pointed out in his own way though, playing the videos smoothly will take a more or less powerful connection, preferably 5-10mb/s with an unlimited data plan. It's good to see that YouTube is very likely utilizing the massive hard-drive storages of Google (heck, they even offer 7gb for Gmail, most of which is hardly in use) for high quality videos. Maybe in a few years time, those grainy YT videos with horrible sound will be history, like 8-bit Nintendos with their funny, but cute beeping synthetic sounds :lol: Yeah, same htought here. I have basic dsl, so it's probly not for me :P Thoroughly retired, may still write now and again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Those examples are very nice. The top quality HD takes quite a while to load though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I've been trying to convince my dad to upgrade our connection, I'm not sure that this is something that would tip him over. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkofDeath Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 It's annoying to try and find a video that can play 720p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Probably wont be common for maybe another 2 years, internet speeds in general aren't *that* fast even in western countries. Japan and South Korea will likely get the first HD-on demand streaming vids from sites like Youtube, because their average consumer connections near the 30mb/s mark with up to 250mb/s available. Most europeans and americans browse with 1-5mb/s which is actually pretty horrible for high-quality content. General rule of thumb: If it takes you longer to load a video than to actually play it, you don't have enough speed for enjoyable viewing (it will pause every 10 seconds to buffer which disrupts the playback and is annoying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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