Youtube goes high def

[rpm]

Youtube goes high definition

High-definition video is coming to YouTube.

 

[killadoob]

I thought they had hi def for a few months already.

 

[Zyzzyva]

I thought they had hi def for a few months already.

They're going full HD. 1080P.

 

[Mercurious]

Wonder if it's going to be possible to stream it without buffering.

 

[Tjoker]

SA will always suck on the back tit when it comes to HD and broadband speed/caps

 

[blaaislaai]

Will take a while to load in SA, even on a 4mb line.

In the end its nice watching hi-def videos.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Wonder if it's going to be possible to stream it without buffering.

On unshaped 4 meg it should stream fine.

 

[I am Penguin]

Oh fsuck, there goes our "caps", Thanks SA. Now i wonder of some will still think 250GB is plenty of cap. No more U-Tubes!

 

[Kosmik]

On unshaped 4 meg it should stream fine.

Hell no. Try watching Eve's latest alliance tournament via high def, still buffered in a few places.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Hell no. Try watching Eve's latest alliance tournament via high def, still buffered in a few places.

Are you using unshaped?

 

[Zyzzyva]

This is supposedly a test clip at 1080P.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUM1284TqFc&fmt=37[/ame]

It supposedly plays horribly in flash.

Download it directly, then play with media player to get a better idea of the quality.

http://v11.nonxt8.c.youtube.com/vid...CC16FC&id=0d4335dbce13a857&redirect_counter=1

Still a horrible clip, though.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Here is a better clip showing off 1080P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-MYl-HzNw&fmt=37

 

[I am Penguin]

Here is a better clip showing off 1080P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-MYl-HzNw&fmt=37

Once you press the HD button the stutters begins to be prominent!

 

[Zyzzyva]

Once you press the HD button the stutters begins to be prominent!

Its sounds as if it more flash related than line speed related.

 

[Just_Ice]

I wont even try the test with my 384 line!!

 

[Flashgear]

1mbps on Youtube with Neotel. Slight stutter here and there but otherwise it seems fine.

 

[Kosmik]

Are you using unshaped?

yep.

 

[milomak]

still needs people to upload HD content. But I guess internationally that's nto such an issue.

 

[Ivork]

HD my ass.!
I'm clearly missing the the HD plot somewhere.

Looks "OK" on notebook screen, but still totally sucks on a 32" TV.
Nowhere NEAR HD, more like a 30 year old betamax tape quality.

I also don't understand how a 3min .mp4 file can only be 100 odd megs if it's in HD!

What have I missed here???

 

[Ivork]

I think I know what they doing:

They just up scaling their already poor quality to 1080p and calling it HD the liars!

Considering my tv is 720p CRT and therefore not even limited by “pixels” like a digital display, I can only imagine how bad some of those vids must look on them!