Comments on: YouTube HD Coming Soon

By: Monday 11-26 links | News Videographer

Monday 11-26 links | News Videographer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:28:23 +0000

[...] YouTube is testing out HD, but keeping things in perspective. ” … the bandwidth required for HD is at a level which automatically limits audience based on Internet access speed.” Link via Will Sullivan. [...]

By: t2st » Blog Archive » YouTube HD を試してみる(テスト投稿)

t2st » Blog Archive » YouTube HD を試してみる(テスト投稿) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:16:18 +0000

[...] もうすでに一部サイトで話題に上がっている『 YouTube HD 』ですが、実際に試してみてなかなか期待の持てるものだと思いました。先月いっぱいで Stage6 が閉鎖となってしまい、高画質の映像を求める足が彷徨いがちでしたから、これを利用しない手はありません。YouTube HD Coming Soon（原文） YouTube HD 間もなく実現（日本語訳）言うよりまず、実際に見て比較。ある映画予告編のワンシーンで新聞のアップがありました。画像は実寸ですが、右の標準画質に比べて左の HD バージョンは文字がハッキリとしているのがすぐにわかります。この画像も右が標準画質、左が HD バージョンで差は歴然、これなら安心してムービーに集中できます。しかしこの YouTube の高画質版については、過去よりさまざまな手法でアプローチをかける人がいました。エンコードを YouTube 任せにするのではなくて、自分でやってからアップロードすることで高画質に加え、ステレオ音声で視聴することのできるムービーも数多く存在します。参考 → YouTubeにHDサイズのムービーをアップする裏技ただ、そういった裏技的な手法でなく YouTube 側が高画質版に対応したのがいい話ですが、まだまだちゃんと切り替えリンクが表示されるわけではありません。たとえば、標準画質サンプル → Batman - The Dark Knight Trailer HD を観たとき、普通であれば上記右側の画像程度の解像度しかありません。コントロール下部に『 Watch this video in higher quality. 』と出ているわけでもありませんが、実はこれを高画質版で視聴することができます。高画質サンプル → Batman - The Dark Knight Trailer HD 同じリンク先ですが、今度は URI の最後に『 &fmt=18 』と付け加えてあります。これで、上記の画像左側と同じ状態になっているはずで、コントロール下部に『 Watch this video in lower quality for faster playback. 』と出ていますね。これを毎回やるのは非常に面倒なので、ブラウザの URI アクションで javascript にやらせてしまうのがスマートです。実はいろいろとあって現在メインで使っているのが Opera なので、これで使えるものを探しました。 YouTube HD( for Opera)を無駄に改造 - 0x集積蔵ここで『 youtubehd.js 』を拝借します。あとは適当なフォルダに放り込んだこの js ファイルを、各サイト別設定で指定するだけです。わかっているとは思いますが、ファイル名までしっかり指定してやらないと動かないようです。 [...]

By: eric

eric — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:39:20 +0000

It doesn’t need to be HD, it just needs to be a codec other than poxy Flash. Look at the quality of some of the videos on apple’s version of youTube (on a iphone or Apple TV) where the videos are encoded to h.264. The bitrate is the same or lower and the quality is much better. True HD on the web is a few years away but there are many steps in between.

By: Rafe Needleman

Rafe Needleman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:24:22 +0000

Chen never said HD, and I never said HD in my post. He said *higher quality*. Big difference.

See also this Twitter I posted live from the event:
Steve: Our goal is to make the content available to EVERYBODY. Secondary is higher qual for some people. (http://twitter.com/WWNTV/statuses/415317942)

By: Avus Jorgen

Avus Jorgen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:13:17 +0000

If Youtube buys Ustream, gets HD, they then have live AND recorded– Total package.

Why will we need Fox, CBS, Abc?

By: UTube

UTube — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:13:01 +0000

Great news. Now, we call all watch high quality pirated videos/movies for free. The only complaint I had with YouTube so far was that the videos were of low quality. I’ll toss my TiVo out. Long live YouTube.

By: www.carversation.com

www.carversation.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:04:10 +0000

about time, i’ve seen other sites that already had this a while ago.

By: Radar

Radar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:49:17 +0000

Great News, im sick of watching pixelated full screen videos

By: Emon

Emon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:12:10 +0000

High speed internet connection is an issue stateside. But other countries have way better connection speed and will rejoice!

By: Steve Elbows

Steve Elbows — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:23:29 +0000

Maybe this HQ thing will be driven by h.264 versions of the videos, once the flash player that support h264 is out of beta?

I beg TechCrunch to pay attention to the detail, comments here clearly suggest you’ve got the story wrong, so you need more Tech and less Crunch if you ask me!

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:26:45 +0000

re: Amerikhan

They won’t need more / new routers or switches, they’ll need to upgrade their connection to the internet. OC48(s) anyone?

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:04 +0000

Hi Duncan — I interviewed Steve on stage at the conference yesterday, and I would say your post doesn’t really reflect his comments (as well as what he told Rafe, based on Rafe’s post). He did announce YouTube will test sending higher *quality* video to viewers whose bandwidth can support it, but he definitely shied away from any mention of HD. What I got out of his comments was that YouTube’s first priority is making sure everyone, everywhere, on any device, could view every video on the site. Steve actually said himself, as the commenters above are saying, that HD really doesn’t make sense for the short, silly clips that are YouTube’s bread and butter.

Liz Gannes, NewTeeVee

By: Amerikhan

Amerikhan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:57:59 +0000

About time, I wonder how they are going to provide all the bandwith? Time to put more money into CSCO? I love watching NBA plays of the day, but with the current quality i can barely see the ball on the court. HD is the way.

By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:55:10 +0000

Well they have increased the file size, so the next step would be HD.

By: Tyler Levens

Tyler Levens — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:35:30 +0000

Any truth to the rumor about Youtube buying Ustream??

By: Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:51:09 +0000

This would be great. Some of the video on there could definitely use an HD boost.

Brian Wilson, Zolve.com

By: MST 1948

MST 1948 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:39:42 +0000

HD or HQ (high quality)…call me a linguists freak, but there is a difference…did they specifically mention HD somewhere?

@monkeyleader HD on YouTube, or Vimeo or where ever is awesome…especially now with TakeTV handy

By: monkeyleader

monkeyleader — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:26:37 +0000

Why do I need an HD version of some idiot hitting himself in the nuts with a jack hammer ?

Youtube is successfull because the solutions meets the requirements … lets not break it by adding something the majority dont necessarily need !

Nige

By: damon

damon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:11:46 +0000

Yes, now all the video startups that cling to HD as there big YouTube differentiator are now SOL.

By: smoMashup

smoMashup — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:48:12 +0000

How about they just come out with a “D” version first? Just a slight upgrade to the quality that some other sites have would be fine. You know, so I don’t have to sit there and be like, “Is that really Jon Stewart, or a really well made hand puppet?”

By: Jurado

Jurado — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:41:50 +0000

I don’t quite focus on the difference?

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:27:31 +0000

Indian Videos
I didn’t add this, but if you follow the two links basically YouTube keeps every video in its original format on its servers…so if it was HD on upload they’ve got access to it

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Turulcsirip - DuDe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:22:50 +0000

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By: Vijay Veerachandran

Vijay Veerachandran — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:21:38 +0000

I know one guys who will be happy to hear this move. Mark Cuban.

By: Indian Videos

Indian Videos — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:19:19 +0000

That means users will have to record their stuff in HD also before uploading. Bling Bling time for Canon and Sony.