Comments on DerekForPresident.com: YouTube Update (March 2, 2009)

HQ is in fact still alive. I've been conducting t...

2009-03-05T20:09:00.000-08:00

HQ is in fact still alive. I've been conducting tests all week. Yesterday YouTube phased out the blue text link for HD/HQ and incorporated into their player.

I've been experimenting with going from from Final Cut/Avid/Motion/After Effects and then either uploading 720x480 h264, mp4 or avc and also the same codecs at 640x480.

Visit http://www.youtube.com/theconceptfarm and review some of our spots for AHA. You can see when they were uploaded and you can see the HQ. Also, review the GMA segement. I am currently converting some more right now. I am actually finding trouble getting it right with another video so I am curious if the content is being gauged as well. Frame rate, key frame or some other trick. I am getting a bit obsessed really.

Thanks for the link. It seems they've added back H...

2009-03-04T20:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the link. It seems they've added back HQ capability to the player itself. Time to run more tests!

And I forgot about this trick as well of adding &q...

2009-03-04T16:32:00.000-08:00

And I forgot about this trick as well of adding "&fmt=18" to the end of the video's URL, which actually makes it high quality.

Thanks again for all the help and great posts.

See below. Maybe because it's a 4:3 aspect ratio? ...

2009-03-04T15:43:00.000-08:00

See below. Maybe because it's a 4:3 aspect ratio? I agree though, trail and error could get a bit maddening if there isn't any hard fast rules. Seems like they would be wise to give the user three options, normal, high and HD when applicable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9C5KHvJOE

I'm leaning away from that because even if it's po...

2009-03-04T09:11:00.000-08:00

I'm leaning away from that because even if it's possible to get the link, it's very difficult to have a sure-fire way of doing it, and it can be maddening. I try to be happy they've upgraded to AVC - bitrate ain't everything. But do you have a link to a very recent high quality video?

Yea I recently saw a video posted a day ago with t...

2009-03-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

Yea I recently saw a video posted a day ago with the "high quality" option. Almost like that better, as it is more accessible. But you don't know how to get the high quality function anymore?

No; "watch in high quality" is phased out, "watch ...

2009-03-04T07:41:00.000-08:00

No; "watch in high quality" is phased out, "watch in HD" remains the same.

i just managed to upload a video for "watch in HD"...

2009-03-04T06:17:00.000-08:00

i just managed to upload a video for "watch in HD" thanks to your previous tutorial. But i don't understand, is that it that's phased out now? thanks!