Youtube Trick - Page 2

PerritoBites · 03-17-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blumpster

Only some videos have it. Nobody knows exactly what's going on as far as what videos will have it, but I think all new videos are being encoded in both formats.

That would make more sense. Wonder if it is a new codec altogether or just better bitrate.

Blog · 03-17-2008, 01:31 PM

YouTube stores all videos at the full quality they were uploaded at. Normally it compresses them to the standard YouTube size when you stream them but this new option allows you to view the original version. If the original was shit quality though then you wont see any improvement obviously, this is why it only seems to work on some videos.

Incognitogamer · 03-17-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Blog

YouTube stores all videos at the full quality they were uploaded at. Normally it compresses them to the standard YouTube size when you stream them but this new option allows you to view the original version. If the original was shit quality though then you wont see any improvement obviously, this is why it only seems to work on some videos.

Bingo.

PerritoBites · 03-17-2008, 01:45 PM

So you are saying it encodes and stream in real time? Dunno if that is possible.

Korioni · 03-17-2008, 01:52 PM

Consider it to be 2 different pages for each video(low and high def). Comments and descriptions and so forth are just copied onto each other.

darkseid · 03-17-2008, 02:27 PM

Saw this a few weeks ago here

High def:

Suineg · 03-17-2008, 03:03 PM

High def is just a fad anyways that will go away soon.

Sealody · 03-17-2008, 03:08 PM

Like it was mentioned, On YouTube:

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My Account Settings, Video Playback Quality...

Choose the default setting for viewing videos

x Choose my video quality dynamically based on the current connection speed.
x I have a slow connection. Never play higher-quality video.
x I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available.

Be lazy and don't have to type in &fmt=18 at the end of every url. There also exist a firefox extension and greasemonkey script that does the same thing. I rather change the option tho. Some videos do not have a =18 version, but there is a =12 option which you won't get if you type in =18. There were a few videos that I tried playing using the fmt=18 option that would not play. Just hangs on 'contacting host'. Looks like it's trying to see if the video is available and it isn't, weither there is a problem with the delivery system or maybe that quality of video just doesn't exist, it does nothing.

Sheaf · 03-17-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PerritoBites

So you are saying it encodes and stream in real time? Dunno if that is possible.

It's not. Youtube is just storing multiple copies at different bitrates.

Thankfully, they aren't stupid enough to call it HD officially. It's not HD, as they would need to actually have a much higher resolution for that.

It's about time they got to this. There are quite a few other sites with much higher quality.

Occido · 03-17-2008, 04:18 PM

Don't really notice a difference using said extension on most videos... except there is quite a big difference in quality with movie trailers.

Sheaf · 03-17-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Occido

Don't really notice a difference using said extension on most videos... except there is quite a big difference in quality with movie trailers.

As others have said, it's only available on some videos. It's difficult to tell what their selection process is. Perhaps some combination of original video quality, date uploaded (recent ones seem to get preference), and length.

Gigfc · 03-17-2008, 05:08 PM

Repost.

Salshun · 03-17-2008, 06:46 PM

Yeah, despite what CSI tells us you can't really EVER make a picture or a video better than it was when it was recorded.

Zarcath · 03-17-2008, 07:55 PM

Hmm the reply I got from my tipster was

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"It is only available to those with ads in their videos. Basically... Those sponsered channels."

I toggled on the "high quality" option but it think all that does is change your streaming rate. I don't think it actually improves video quality.

Kobalt · 03-17-2008, 08:10 PM

I don't even think date has to do with it, a video posted july 2006 has a noticeable improvement.

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03-17-2008, 01:31 PM	#17 (permalink)
Blog Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 69 +0 Internets	YouTube stores all videos at the full quality they were uploaded at. Normally it compresses them to the standard YouTube size when you stream them but this new option allows you to view the original version. If the original was shit quality though then you wont see any improvement obviously, this is why it only seems to work on some videos.

03-17-2008, 01:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
Korioni Wait, is that Mythbusters!? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CakeTown Posts: 518 -3 Internets	Consider it to be 2 different pages for each video(low and high def). Comments and descriptions and so forth are just copied onto each other.

03-17-2008, 02:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
darkseid Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 21 +0 Internets	Saw this a few weeks ago here High def:

03-17-2008, 05:08 PM	#27 (permalink)
Gigfc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,181	Repost.

03-17-2008, 06:46 PM	#28 (permalink)
Salshun Sometimes the voice of FOH reason Join Date: May 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,210 -6 Internets	Yeah, despite what CSI tells us you can't really EVER make a picture or a video better than it was when it was recorded.

03-17-2008, 08:10 PM	#30 (permalink)
Kobalt Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 740 +15 Internets	I don't even think date has to do with it, a video posted july 2006 has a noticeable improvement.