Do you love great quality video content, and hate the low quality video that YouTube offers? You’re in luck.
The notion of a High Definition YouTube has been batted about on the internet many a time, with reports of the California-based company planning, cancelling, and testing a higher definition service.
Well, YouTube HD has indeed now arrived, and anyone can access, upload, and view HD content on YouTube.
This is apparently due to a small niche bug in YouTube’s video conversion software.
Right now, uploading a video with these specs:
- 640 x 480 size
- An (Audio) framerate of 44100
- A (Video) framerate of 25 fps
- A bitrate of 320 kbit/s
- Video bitrate varies:
- 2000 kbps for a 1:00 minute video
- 1000 kbps for a 2:15 minute video
- 512 kbps for a 4:00 minute video
- 4:3 Aspect ratio or your chosen ratio (4:3 is for widescreen)
Some users have already uploaded examples of YouTube Higher definition content, some examples:
- ‘YouTube HD Upload trick’ - demonstrating that this method has it’s flaws
- ‘Emperor: Battle for Dune Teaser’
November 30, 2007 at 5:59 pm
[...] Graham send me an email just a few minutes ago informing me that Youtube users could finally upload high definition videos to Youtube which have the benefit of a much sharper, clearer image and the negative side effect (for some users) of a size increase of the videos. [...]
November 30, 2007 at 11:15 pm
[...] de subir vídeos en alta definición a Youtube. Gracias a esta noticia, anunciada ayer en el blog de Graham Bailey, dispondremos cada vez de vídeos de calidad para visualizar y no “sufrir” la penosa [...]
November 30, 2007 at 11:39 pm
[...] Graham send me an email just a few minutes ago informing me that Youtube users could finally upload high definition videos to Youtube which have the benefit of a much sharper, clearer image and the negative side effect (for some users) of a size increase of the videos. [...]
December 2, 2007 at 12:06 pm
[...] reopened) demonstrates that there’s obviously a work-around at the moment, best described by Graham Bailey’s blog. Found through: gizmodo > CNET > Webware > NewTeeVee [...]
December 3, 2007 at 3:15 pm
[...] Graham发给我一封邮件告诉我有关Youtube用户可以上传高清晰度视频到该服务器上，这样你就可以在Youtube看到画面质量比较高的视频。 [...]
December 3, 2007 at 11:29 pm
[...] Fuente | Graham Bailey Blog [...]
December 5, 2007 at 9:24 pm
[...] entanto, já se podem ver versões de alta qualidade no portal, este, por exemplo. Via HD Spefications * 640 x 480 size * An (Audio) framerate of 44100 * A (Video) framerate of 25 fps * A bitrate of [...]
February 26, 2008 at 9:07 am
[...] is cheaper, I expect a similar system will come around, maybe even YouTube will start officially hosting HD content itself. In the meantime, there’s always [...]
July 2, 2008 at 9:47 am
[...] finally playing HD content Nov.30, 2007 in Music & Video Graham send me an email just a few minutes ago informing me that Youtube users could finally upload high [...]