QUICK youtube HD Question? at DVinfo.net

David Carter · January 11th, 2009, 04:10 PM

Hey guys. How long does it normally take for the "view in HD" option to come up on youtube with your vid after an upload? I've waited about an hour but no sign yet and the standard def version is shocking... Thanks

Ken Diewert · January 11th, 2009, 04:56 PM

give it a couple of hours and you should be good. It seems to vary a little.

David Carter · January 11th, 2009, 05:02 PM

Thanks Ken, its appeared now. It took about an hour and 20 mins. Pretty choppy playback at first but another 15 mins later all seems to have settled down and be playing ok.

Ken Diewert · January 11th, 2009, 10:29 PM

I didn't know about the delay at first, so I spent (wasted) many more hours re-encoding using different settings before realizing there was the delay.

Maybe we can save someone else some grief by posting this.

David Carter · January 12th, 2009, 05:44 AM

I hope so - I did the same thing, 3 uploads wasted. I'm still not happy with the playback and may delete the HD version due to choppy playback about half the time. It's important to discuss this in a public forum to help others in the same position. It's still new technology so will have issues I reckon.

View my film THE WAY on this link

YouTube - THE WAY

ps let me know how it plays back, thanks

Gary Brun · January 12th, 2009, 07:07 AM

Hi David.
Its very choppy in HD playback for me.
Great production though..

David Carter · January 12th, 2009, 07:41 AM

I'll upload a new one youtube HD sadly aint quite good enough yet. I used the settings suggested in another thread but will revisit them with a new upload later today. Thanks for the feedback!

David Carter · January 12th, 2009, 05:42 PM

Speed of HD download still exceptionally poor at this end. So much so that i've disabled the video.

I've gone for a high quality version of the film and dumped the HD version. The playback was simply too unreliable. View the new version here.

YouTube - THE WAY

Ken Campbell · January 13th, 2009, 02:45 AM

Hi David, great quality stuff there! You could try putting it on Vimeo in HD to see if playback is better there. FYI, the HQ version played back flawlessly on my 1.5 year old E6600 system. Of course I still have my screen tear problem but it doesn't seem to bother me when watching other people's stuff, but still drives me out of my friggin' mind on my stuff!

David Carter · January 13th, 2009, 02:48 AM

Hey Ken, I will visit Vimeo with this one and see how it goes there. You Tube's first port of call as it's got such a huge number of hits. Small issues do drive you mad on things like this, it's such a long process to see if it actually works. Thanks for the feeback. Check it out fiolks, oh and rate me on you tube. Need to get the hits up now!

January 11th, 2009, 04:10 PM	#1
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	QUICK youtube HD Question? Hey guys. How long does it normally take for the "view in HD" option to come up on youtube with your vid after an upload? I've waited about an hour but no sign yet and the standard def version is shocking... Thanks

January 11th, 2009, 04:56 PM	#2
Ken Diewert Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 1,200	give it a couple of hours and you should be good. It seems to vary a little. __________________ C100, 5DMk2, FCPX

January 11th, 2009, 10:29 PM	#4
Ken Diewert Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 1,200	I didn't know about the delay at first, so I spent (wasted) many more hours re-encoding using different settings before realizing there was the delay. Maybe we can save someone else some grief by posting this. __________________ C100, 5DMk2, FCPX

January 12th, 2009, 07:07 AM	#6
Gary Brun Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kråkstad Norway. Posts: 229	Hi David. Its very choppy in HD playback for me. Great production though.. __________________ http://www.mlotv.com

January 12th, 2009, 07:41 AM	#7
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	I'll upload a new one youtube HD sadly aint quite good enough yet. I used the settings suggested in another thread but will revisit them with a new upload later today. Thanks for the feedback! Last edited by David Carter; January 12th, 2009 at 09:04 AM.

January 11th, 2009, 05:02 PM	#3
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	Thanks Ken, its appeared now. It took about an hour and 20 mins. Pretty choppy playback at first but another 15 mins later all seems to have settled down and be playing ok.

January 12th, 2009, 05:44 AM	#5
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	I hope so - I did the same thing, 3 uploads wasted. I'm still not happy with the playback and may delete the HD version due to choppy playback about half the time. It's important to discuss this in a public forum to help others in the same position. It's still new technology so will have issues I reckon. View my film THE WAY on this link YouTube - THE WAY ps let me know how it plays back, thanks

January 12th, 2009, 05:42 PM	#8
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	Speed of HD download still exceptionally poor at this end. So much so that i've disabled the video. I've gone for a high quality version of the film and dumped the HD version. The playback was simply too unreliable. View the new version here. YouTube - THE WAY Last edited by David Carter; January 12th, 2009 at 06:37 PM.

January 13th, 2009, 02:45 AM	#9
Ken Campbell Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 140	Hi David, great quality stuff there! You could try putting it on Vimeo in HD to see if playback is better there. FYI, the HQ version played back flawlessly on my 1.5 year old E6600 system. Of course I still have my screen tear problem but it doesn't seem to bother me when watching other people's stuff, but still drives me out of my friggin' mind on my stuff!

January 13th, 2009, 02:48 AM	#10
David Carter Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 170	Hey Ken, I will visit Vimeo with this one and see how it goes there. You Tube's first port of call as it's got such a huge number of hits. Small issues do drive you mad on things like this, it's such a long process to see if it actually works. Thanks for the feeback. Check it out fiolks, oh and rate me on you tube. Need to get the hits up now!