According to a CNET report, YouTube officials confirmed that high-quality YouTube video streams are coming soon. The most interesting tidbit comes at the end:
. . . in YouTube’s internal archive, all video is stored at the native resolution in which it was sent in.
Well, that WILL be interesting. I prefer to upload h.264 encoded films at 480px and they look really crappy on You Tube and not elsewhere.
Let’s compare two clips of an HD documentary clip that was recently made with David Dunkley Gyimah in Cairo.
Note: I have uploaded the same 22.8 MB file at 480×270 (h.264-encoded) to Blip.tv and You Tube.
So, I guess the real test will be to revisit this blog in three months times to see if the quality in the YouTube version improves.
BLIP
YOUTUBE
I am pleased to learn that I will not have to re-upload to get my vids looking sharper on YouTube. Time will tell, of course. Check this post in three months to see if the quality is closer to the original.
Does this signal broader support for h.264 delivery on YouTube?
YouTube, on the iPhone, as you may recall does not use the Flash player to stream videos. Flash is not at all supported on the iPhone. The You Tube vids that play on the iPhone are h.264 encoded. So I will be curious to see how this higher-res delivery scheme will play out on Web browsers and other mobiles.
Thoughts?
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