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Re: New option for uploading: formatting tags

YouTube Liz

Yes! Great point anmoose-- Thanks for providing clarity here :)

Have fun with this new option everyone... hopefully it will prove to
be useful to you all!

~ Liz

On Apr 30, 7:24 pm, anmoose wrote:

> 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