Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Have YouTube moved the goalposts again? I post my videos at 1080p — however I posted one a few days ago (not aviation related) but when I came to view it I found that clicking on the 'gear wheel' gave me only three options — 720p, 360p, or "Auto". Furthermore, I have just noticed that my previous videos have now also been reduced to the same three options (and 1080p was definitely available as an option previously). Did I miss some sort of announcement, or was this a "silent update"? Or is 1080p available via some other route, perhaps?? (A Baldrick-style "cunning plan" comes to mind, for some reason). Cheers, bruce a.k.a. Confused of Church Crookham Link to post Share on other sites
MyPC8MyBrain 273 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 i think it depends on the region your physically in while watching; it has to do with copyrights and broadcasting restrictions in some countries, Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Thanks, Chris! But I haven't moved my region, my area, or even my house - yet the change has still happened. Cheers, B. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I never get an option to view my vids at anything over 720. My recording software ScreencastOmatic only records up to a max screen size of 2000x1014 (I scale it down to 1900x1000 to fit my monitor and FSX window), but I don't think YouTube is playing them at that size If there is anyway to increase the resolution I sure would be happy to learn it. Link to post Share on other sites
CaptCWGAllen 10 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Mine are still showing 1080. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I still get many different options when viewing but maybe when posting you must have a paid subscription to upload anything above 720. Best to check their official forum https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/youtube for any new info if you can't get a positive answer here. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks, guys, but the situation is: a) I have always uploaded my videos at 1080p, including the latest one. b) All of them are now subject to the restriction of 720p/360p/"Auto", which was not the case before. c) Internet searches have not been helpful, except to confirm that others are now suffering from similar problems. I have also heard that YouTube is shortly to be divorced from Google (+?), so maybe that has something to do with it.... <sigh>. Cheers, B. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Maybe they are having server problems and don't want folks to know. I looked all over the place for an answer for you and came up empty. Link to post Share on other sites
IZ0JUB 162 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I checked my YT uploads and it is strange that the last two are restricted to a maximum of 480 all the other videos prior to this can select up to 1080 HD................... Something odd going on at YT. Hope this may help. Cheers, Mike. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thank you, gentlemen. It seems that, sadly, something is indeed afoot at YT. I guess there's nothing that mere users like ourselves can do, then.... 8-\ Cheers and thanks, B. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I must try an upload, I've just looked at some of my older videos and they are still 1080 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 I would imagine that cutting the resolution of uploads and therefore the file size of those uploads will save them a shed load of storage space, and, given the scale of YT, a shed load of money. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner 69 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Bruce, post a link of one of your videos. Let's see , if there is the 1080 option for others. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Eddie! Great idea! OK, here you go (this is a preliminary rough cut that I posted about ten days ago — I know for sure that it was 1080p when I posted it...): link removed The options I get when I click the "gearwheel" icon: Incidentally, I've also checked a vid that I posted two or three years ago, and I get the same options on that, too (the vid even has a request at the start asking people to watch it in 1080p, but I now see only the options shown above so I can't): link removed Cheers, B. [Later edit: links removed — no longer relevant]. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner 69 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I can watch it in 1080. Nice editing, btw. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Many thanks, Eddie! Hmm, so it's a problem that's local to me (or my ISP — I'm on 100Mb cable broadband from VirginMedia).... Er.... Not sure where I'll start with that one. But many thanks indeed for verifying that it's not a generic YouTube thing. Cheers, B. P.S. I've just found this: http://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/2014/sep/08/youtube-borked-some-virgin-media-users-again-customers-get-restless/ I'm not sure whether it's entirely relevant, but I'll follow it up. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Further to the above.... SUCCESS! I followed the link in the article I mentioned in the PS above to this VirginMedia page: https://www.youtube.com/html5 where I activated the HTML5 video player. I then tried again — Internet Explorer still shows the limited range of options, but in Chrome I see them all, and 1080p is selectable: Many thanks to Eddie, and to everyone else who contributed to the thread! Another success for the Hangar. Cheers, B. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Brian, I am so pleased the guys helped you to resolve this for you, I was doing some testing and managed to upload at 5K Cheers.. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Joe! With this, YouTube (in Chrome) offered me the option of 1080p, and also 1440p, and 2160p (4K). It's looking great at that resolution, I have to say. IE still can't manage anything better than 720p, but that's IE I guess.... Many thanks for that, Cheers, B. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 That's odd, the 5K option is no longer there in Chrome byt the 4K looks good, IE did give me 4K but crashed half way through the video (*sigh* I don't really know why I bothered!) Link to post Share on other sites
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