We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
matter most to you.
Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
browse videos uploaded in the HD format: http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
The YouTube Team
Awesome stuff YouTube. Here are some more suggestions:
-Has the YouTube "Quick Capture" feature been updated so people can
record their video in widescreen 16:9 format? If it hasn't then it
should. Detect if the webcam supports 16:9 then record in this mode
and if the webcam doesn't support 16:9 then record in non-widescreen.
-Make videos HD 1080p because currently HD videos are only 720p.
-Upgrade YouTube streams to use the 16:9 widescreen player.
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
I like the quality in the "High quality" more. It just plays it in
High quality with a higher resolution... Please also make an option
between HD and the previous High Quality settings. One of the reasons
is that not every internet system can handle that much bandwidth.
(internet of other people's computer in our network is very slow for
example), I asked more people and they had a similar case.
Anyway, wow pretty nice!
(BTW: another thing, first time I streamed the "where the hell is
matt?" video, it ran with an framerate of 1 per second. After
refreshing after few minutes it was normal framerate, just so you know
it. :). )
I think videos that have the Watch in HD option should also have a
watch in High Quality option because some computers can't candle HD
videos, but can handle High Quality Videos.
Thanks this would be very good if this was added
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
Please make an option to "Always play HD video when it's available",
or force the player to play HD when it's available under the "Always
play higher-quality video when it's available" option.
I see some good suggestions, We'd really appriciate it if you make the
2 suggestions:
- Option that if a HD video also has option for High Quality.
- Always play HD video when avaible.
Arguments:
- Not all computers and connection can handle HD, most of them can
handle High Quality
- Quite logical if there's also an option for "Always play in High
Quality if avaible".
I do not like the fact that everything gets pushed down and its not
aligned right when viewing videos in HD. I think you guys should have
worked on a new page design before adding HD. This way, the HD will
work more with the new page design.
Good job though, but the design of the site still despreatly needs
help
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
Here's the thing YouTube.I can't upload videos. And that is because
the audio becomes out of sync in HD. I have noticed it happens when
there is pure black on the screen - maybe that has something to do
with it. Or some other bug.
If you are going to offer this service at all, it should be wrinkle
free. I believe it would be in YouTube's best interest to fix this bug
ASAP in order not to lose a great deal of HD filmmakers to VIMEO. You
don't want to be the MySpace to the Facebook of VIMEO.
:) I'm just trying to help, as well as getting my videos up. PLEASE
WORK ON THIS PROBLEM!
I had the same problems with the out of sync audio in HD on youtube.
If you are using a Mac, then I've solved the problem. Check out my
HowTo video at:
The solution is in still producing a quicktime movie (*.mov) using
MPEG4 encoding and AAC audio at 44.1kb/sec. My YouTube video makes it
clear. Hope this helps... take care.
I like the new HD view but I've noticed already a bug. When you're
using Dolby instead of MPEG for the audio then you will only hear
weird beeps in the video (only at the HD view ... at the standard view
and the High Quality view (&fmt=18) everything's alright). Please also
support the same audio codecs for HD. Thank you!
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
When I try to watch in HD, I basically get a glorified slideshow.
YouTube never manages to load the video.....I get the audio just fine,
which entertains me as I get various screenshots rather than a moving
video.
Yes, please make High Quality an option for HD videos, My videos are
HD but sadly the Normal Quality looks absolutely dismal for HD
uploads.. You really should address that as well, please make the
encoder for HD uploads do a better job on the Normal Quality..
So better "normal quality" for HD uploads AND/OR a "high quality"
viewing option in addition to the "normal" and "HD" for HD uploads.
One alternative to these solutions is to just do away with the
"normal" option on HD uploads and only have "high quality" or "HD" for
those vids.. People uploading in HD obviously want their vids to look
good, but what many viewers see is the horrible "normal" quality which
looks 100 times worse on the HD vids than on regular 'lower quality'
uploads.
I would love if this dreadful "normal" was not even possible on my
vids.. HQ or HD should be the 2 options on HD uploads.
Finally, switching video quality SHOULD restart the video. Most videos
are not hours long, but rather minutes. Changing quality a few seconds
into the video and having it pick up where it left off really destroys
the continuity of many short films. It is not enough that we must beg
viewers to watch in HD but now we must beg them to restart the video
from the beginning after switching to HD? I am sure that I'm not alone
in wanting people to view my entire video the way it was meant to be
viewed, not just the last half.
Having it so that if you are more than 5 minutes into the video it
will pick up where you left off would be alright I guess.
Your example of being halfway through an hour long video really
doesn't make much sense.. Most of YT's content is less than 10
minutes, and besides; who gets halfway through an hour long show and
THEN decides to switch to high quality? Basing a change on that sort
of extreme minority viewing experience when said change will be bad
for the vast majority of YT content just seems silly to me.
> We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> matter most to you.
> Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team
> Yes, please make High Quality an option for HD videos, My videos are
> HD but sadly the Normal Quality looks absolutely dismal for HD
> uploads.. You really should address that as well, please make the
> encoder for HD uploads do a better job on the Normal Quality..
> So better "normal quality" for HD uploads AND/OR a "high quality"
> viewing option in addition to the "normal" and "HD" for HD uploads.
> One alternative to these solutions is to just do away with the
> "normal" option on HD uploads and only have "high quality" or "HD" for
> those vids.. People uploading in HD obviously want their vids to look
> good, but what many viewers see is the horrible "normal" quality which
> looks 100 times worse on the HD vids than on regular 'lower quality'
> uploads.
> I would love if this dreadful "normal" was not even possible on my
> vids.. HQ or HD should be the 2 options on HD uploads.
> Finally, switching video quality SHOULD restart the video. Most videos
> are not hours long, but rather minutes. Changing quality a few seconds
> into the video and having it pick up where it left off really destroys
> the continuity of many short films. It is not enough that we must beg
> viewers to watch in HD but now we must beg them to restart the video
> from the beginning after switching to HD? I am sure that I'm not alone
> in wanting people to view my entire video the way it was meant to be
> viewed, not just the last half.
> Having it so that if you are more than 5 minutes into the video it
> will pick up where you left off would be alright I guess.
> Your example of being halfway through an hour long video really
> doesn't make much sense.. Most of YT's content is less than 10
> minutes, and besides; who gets halfway through an hour long show and
> THEN decides to switch to high quality? Basing a change on that sort
> of extreme minority viewing experience when said change will be bad
> for the vast majority of YT content just seems silly to me.
> On Dec 19 2008, 6:30 am, YouTube Timmy wrote:
> > We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the
> > expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages
> > designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that
> > matter most to you.
> > Starting today, if you click the "watch in HD" option below any HD-
> > enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen. As
> > part of this launch, we have created an HD Videos area where you can
> > browse videos uploaded in the HD format:http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mphd&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0
> > In anticipation of your questions – including how to encode your
> > videos to take advantage of this new feature and how to avoid the
> > dreaded "windowboxing" – we have prepared an FAQ in the Help Center:http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&top...
> > Hopefully you'll find any technical information you need there, but
> > feel free to post follow-up questions here or on the YouTube Blog:http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=--fMNA_lkPM
> > News, music and movies are huge categories on YouTube and as a result
> > it can sometimes be tough to find exactly what you're hoping to watch.
> > In a bid to smooth your path to the perfect video, we are testing
> > three new video landing pages:http://www.youtube.com/news,http://www.youtube.com/music, andhttp://www.youtube.com/movies.
> > The news page will be populated with breaking stories from around the
> > world as well as news drawn from the Google News service; music will
> > feature rising videos alongside playlists dedicated to different
> > genres; movies will showcase some of the most popular short and full-
> > length movies on YouTube today. We'll keep a close eye on how these
> > pages perform with a view to rolling them out in other categories.
> > With these developments we are hoping to improve your viewing
> > experience and make it easier to find the content you want to watch.
> > Leave a comment here and let us know what you think…
> > Happy holidays and, as always, have fun watching!
> > The YouTube Team
Thanks to everybody at Youtube for pushing movie quality from pretty
poor to amazing good.
After creating the divx it´just the simple upload and you´re done -
quality really rockz now.
- a line for the info wich cam was used would be nice so you could
easier search for videos taken by certain cam
