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Re: New option for uploading: formatting tags

anmoose

This is an excellent place to post this, mon ami. I'll only add that
you can also add these tags *after* uploading. So if you have a video
you've been wishing you could tweak, these tags might be just what you
need.

On Apr 30, 9:32 pm, YouTube Liz wrote:

> Hey guys,

> New options for Uploaders! :)

> In our Team's continued effort to give you ultimate control over how
> your videos are presented, uploaders can now tweak (modify) the
> appearance of their video when played on YouTube or in an embedded
> player. Just insert any of the hint tags below into the tags field of
> your video when you're uploading it, and you'll be able to format the
> video to the following specifications:

> Tag: yt:crop=16:9
> (zooms in on the 16:9 area, removes windowboxing)

> Tag: yt:stretch=16:9
> (fixes anamorphic content by scaling to 16:9)

> Tag: yt:stretch=4:3
> (fixes 720x480 content that is the wrong aspect ratio by scaling to
> 4:3)

> Tag: yt:quality=high
> (default to a high quality stream, depending on availability)

> Thought this info would be useful :) Happy uploading!

> ~ Liz