Youtube HD test - Better than Vimeo?

[manglerBMX]

wow, i haven't put anything on youtube in almost 2 years... i almost forgot my account info, but i'm uploading a 720p video right now.

 

[Douglas Villalba]

You tube HD plays smoother on my computer than Vimeo.

I can watch Youtube HD fullscreen with no problems... Vimeo i was getting 5 FPS.

For me is the other way around.

I am on a MAC G5 Quad, What are you on?

 

[Humanwire]

I'm really liking the quality boost on Youtube. I'd go as far as saying it beats Vimeo. Anyone else have HVX clips in HD on Youtube yet?

I put one of my old videos up as a test. I think I'm going to reupload everything again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-qf0PGCnxg&fmt=22

This Youtube HD video runs at 5fps on my work computer. I really love these HD streaming videos from Vimeo, and now Youtube, but you need a good computer to see anything above a photo slideshow.

 

[manglerBMX]

here's a video that i have on both youtube and vimeo. for me, its better on youtube. if you watch it, you'll see the shot of the truck pulling into the parking lot while i pan over to the sign(@ ~0:30). in vimeo it blocks up for a couple of frames. in youtube it doesn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSEytYGQCAE
http://vimeo.com/1551949

 

[potipherswife]

For me is the other way around.

I am on a MAC G5 Quad, What are you on?

Youtube stutters for me too on my G5. Vimeo is a ton smoother...

 

[boomstrikevideo]

For those clips I have on both sites, Vimeo looks noticeably better on both my PC and Mac.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Vimeo looks darker and more blocky for me, weird.

 

[El Gato Negro]

i will still go with vimeo. its sharper and loads up faster. besides the interface for youtube hd still looks plain.

 

[TimurCivan]

For me is the other way around.

I am on a MAC G5 Quad, What are you on?

p4 3 year old crappy laptop....

 

[averan]

youtube looks better

youtube looks better

youtube seems a little sharper as well as having more contrast.

as far as playback rates go, i believe that's really a matter of server specs, load and available bandwidth.

 

[ChristianScott]

hey if i have footage in 1080i 24p, and want to upload to youtube in hd what export settings do i use ? h.264? what settings though ?

Heres an example of something uploaded in hd i think i had the wrong settings.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cyPjwc6hFmo

if anyone has an idea let me know
thanks

 

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

So, here's a comparison between Vimeo's FLV On2 codec and Youtube's h.264:
http://hv20.info/yopu/comparison.png

The same file was uploaded for both, but this is a pretty static frame. In fact, it's about 1-2 frames apart, as I don't have exact control over the two streams to grab the same frame.

So, it seems that youtube's stream is softer, and it has more contrast. Vimeo's stream is more noisy. However, it terms of actual detail, they are on par, IMHO.