Youtube HD test - Better than Vimeo?

[Jarek Zabczynski]

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

 

[Chance White]

Looks great. It's about time.

 

[Jay Rodriguez]

Yeah man, it looks good as hell.... When did they start hosting HD?

 

[stinkpot]

First... nice camera work on your video.

Second... it's about time but YouTube should default to show HD. Are they trying to cater to people still on dial-up?

:beer:

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

First... nice camera work on your video.

Second... it's about time but YouTube should default to show HD. Are they trying to cater to people still on dial-up?

:beer:

Yeah man, it looks good as hell.... When did they start hosting HD?

Thanks!

They defaulted to widescreen this past week. The HD is still a hack. There's no "view in HD" button or anything. You need to upload a 720p file for it to work. Then you add &fmt=22 to the end of the link to see it at high quality. Sound is also stereo now too.

I'm actually thinking of just using Youtube to host my video contend for my site now. Quality is great and you can embed the files with the HD setting on.

 

[DanHD]

Looks real compressed to me. i prefer vimeo. Less macro blocking and noise

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Looks real compressed to me. i prefer vimeo. Less macro blocking and noise

Are we seeing the same things? Mine's clear as a bell and super crisp.

 

[DanHD]

Hm. prob my monitor

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

I just re-uploaded another one. I see a huge difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hloIgAU6I0o&fmt=22

 

[DM_rider]

I'm having a hard time seeing the difference now between vimeo and youtube HD. Can't wait to see who can beat both of them next

 

[Douglas Villalba]

How can you see it at full 720 like Vimeo or ExposureRoom?

 

[DM_rider]

How can you see it at full 720 like Vimeo or ExposureRoom?

I don't think Youtube has the scaling option yet.

 

[Bertholt4]

Hello, great video - I have one question.
How can you embed it with the HD option on???

 

[potipherswife]

Here's one of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UM89vGPUuQ&fmt=22

and the same on vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/2346669

shot with the HVX200 in 720p.

edit: I can't get the HD youtube ones to play smoothly.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Here's one of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UM89vGPUuQ&fmt=22

and the same on vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/2346669

shot with the HVX200 in 720p.

edit: I can't get the HD youtube ones to play smoothly.

Oddly enough I get the opposite, the Vimeo link stutters for me.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Hello, great video - I have one question.
How can you embed it with the HD option on???

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/...gh-definition-youtube-videos-fmt22-code-hack/

How can you see it at full 720 like Vimeo or ExposureRoom?

You can go full screen with it. It doesn't look all that bad on my 23" ACD.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Sweet! They just added the "Watch in HD" links! :beer:

 

[Bertholt4]

Is this also available for 25fps? Which in which file format did you upload?

I uploaded this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1qXI9ZZT4 but the HD - trick does not work - uploaded as 720p mpeg file (123Mb).

Or does it take a long time until the HD-Version is convertet?

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Is this also available for 25fps? Which in which file format did you upload?

I uploaded this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1qXI9ZZT4 but the HD - trick does not work - uploaded as 720p mpeg file (123Mb).

Or does it take a long time until the HD-Version is convertet?

Yeah...the HD version take a little longer to process after you upload. Seems to be working now. I uploaded h.264, 24p with a bitrate of 10000. Overkill, but hey!

 

[TimurCivan]

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.