Comments on: YouTube Adds High Quality, Stereo Audio Videos; My Plugin Updated

By: jorge

jorge — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:38:19 +0000

Makes me want to dance!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:21:47 +0000

Thanks for continuing development for this plugin!

By: DOLL MYFACE

DOLL MYFACE — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:49:31 +0000

wow, the quality difference is amazing. I can only imagine Youtube’s bandwith costs.

By: Rhyde

Rhyde — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:17:54 +0000

I dont know, I was checking some HD videos from youtube and comparing? Not sure what to think. The download is longer….im on a quick connection and I still see myself saying…Hurry up already and load….as compared to loading the regular videos. I dont think they can get it close to blue ray which, if you read some peoples comments, they are trying to do. They just need to resize the video (which they have done ) have it load at a descent rate for everyone and leave it alone. Most videos on youtube dont need HD and stereo anyway??

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:47:21 +0000

Gary LaPointe on January 18th, 2009 at 10:12 PM wrote:

Weren’t the other HD videos smaller too?

YouTube didn’t have HD video before, only a higher bitrate/resolution version (480×360). It’d be played back in the same sized player (the standard YouTube size you’ve seen for years), but it looked a lot better than the standard absolutely horrid default that they started out with (super pixelated, etc.).

This new video resolution is about 720p (whatever x 720 pixels) and has stereo audio. Takes a lot, lot longer to download, but it’s worth it if you have a very fast connection (unlike me).

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By: Gary LaPointe

Gary LaPointe — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:12:12 +0000

I knew something changed, I was just mentioning that YouTube quality had changed the other day but I was talking more about about the size. Weren't the other HD videos smaller too?