ArmsOfSorrow
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Youtube announces support for 60fps videos
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AllIsOneIsNone
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I just did a quick check on the titanfall video, it looks like it uses a bitrate at around 3800 to 4000, basically the same as their current 1080p30 videos. The difference being of course that it uses VP9 instead of H.264. Since the codec is supposed to be about twice as efficient (a bit less in my experience, but whatever), it should yield the same image quality as before at twice the framerate.
I think Youtube's main issue will be the insane encoding requirements for these new generation of codecs (from my experience with x264 and x265, it's around 8 times slower). Unless they have a huge farm of dedicated hardware (which is of course absolutely possible), they are definitely going to only allow a select few to use this in the beginning.
I think Youtube's main issue will be the insane encoding requirements for these new generation of codecs (from my experience with x264 and x265, it's around 8 times slower). Unless they have a huge farm of dedicated hardware (which is of course absolutely possible), they are definitely going to only allow a select few to use this in the beginning.
boneso
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Hard to tell with text, but i really hope this ^ isn't a serious post...
So that video definitely looks like 30fps to me (@1080p) do I need to do something to make it work?
Only works with Chrome (and some say IE) for the moment.
Sorry if discussed in the thread but what about the YouTube app either for Android or iOS?
Nizz
Member
I'd like to know this also. Tried it on my S5 but it was the same old thing.
nelsonroyale
Member
Good IQ is all I am fussed about. Youtube does atrocious things to IQ...
SuperEpicGuy
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I've found out that shifting to 1440p for 1080p monitors makes the quality look significantly better. The problem is getting the people to upload in such resolutions.
Since their video decoding hardware doesn't support VP9 (at least, I never heard of any current system that has something like that) they would have to fall back to their CPU, and I doubt they are powerful enough to decode these new and very complex codecs.
Edit: From what I found, a Nexus 5 could handle VP9 up to 1080p30, not 60:
https://groups.google.com/a/webmproject.org/forum/m/?fromgroups#!topic/webm-discuss/4qFBHpthG3Q
Why does this look sped up to me? I play 60fps games all of the time but something seemed off on this video.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Not sure, maybe you're not used to seeing the glory of 60fps on youtube? I know I'm sure as hell not, looks pretty great to me. IQ isn't great but it looks as good as any other youtube video.
Maybe? I watch 60fps videos on Giant Bomb and Gamersyde but yea maybe my head can't get around Youtube actually having smooth video playback.
KojiKnight
Member
Sweet now I can take twice as long to record and encode my videos and still not have people watch them... *cries*
Much 60... such wow.
Much 60... such wow.
Sweet now I can take twice as long to record and encode my videos and still not have people watch them... *cries*
Much 60... such wow.
60 fps is only for 1080p.
It's also one of the worst for those who care about image quality. Youtube is great for many things, but for game videos it's (or was, we'll see) simply not good enough, especially with the new generation of consoles where small details matter even more than before.
But I know I'm in the minority
It's also one of the worst for those who care about image quality. Youtube is great for many things, but for game videos it's (or was, we'll see) simply not good enough, especially with the new generation of consoles where small details matter even more than before.
But I know I'm in the minority
HEVC to the rescue.
EDIT: or VP9 cause you know.. it's Google.
For the love of god let that meme die, PLEASE
YES!!!!!
Dat bandwidth though.
If the three demo videos are any indications, bandwidth requirements are the same.
Do you see them raising bitrates in the near future?
On Firefox (and because my processor is older, probably) the 720p stream reports 40FPS and fluctuates.
Nintendojitsu
Banned
Taken from the fireworks with the drone thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI&sns=em Watch in 1080p for maximum results.
I've had a theory for a while that Youtube not supporting 60fps is a major reason for lower framerate games, especially now that Youtube is the go to source for game media and screenshots tend to get ignored. We'll see if it plays out over the next few years. It'll certainly be easier to market the benefits of 60.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
It's in the testing phase as we speak, some youtubers like TotalBiscuit are doing some test videos for it.
fuck I love that song
I haven't seen one TB video that is 60FPS, as of now. Or did he say something about this subject matter on Twitter?
Sapphire Dreams
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sixteen-bit
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I remember back in the 240p days, youtube supported 60fps. I remember seeing GGPO matches of SF33S at 60 fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYUACtfGvE
A friend of mine linked to that. That looks like 60fps to me. Is the 60fps support finally going live? I tried uploading a 60fps video myself right now, but it processed into a 30fps video.
A friend of mine linked to that. That looks like 60fps to me. Is the 60fps support finally going live? I tried uploading a 60fps video myself right now, but it processed into a 30fps video.
Tainted
Member
Definitely 60fps and the stats for nerds confirms that. Im not sure how it is rolling out and to whom, but I don't think it is widespread yet
It looks 30 on my firefox. edit: 60ish on Chrome. Weird.
De-mon
Member
60 fps on HD version, yes (at least on Chrome).
Mr. Smiley
Member
60 fps in 720P and 1080p (On Chrome)
60fps on fighter vids, here we come
60fps on fighter vids, here we come
Ol No Bones
Banned
And the PS4! Yay YouTube!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I can't wait for the GGXrd videos.