YouTube Uploads Doubled To 2GB, HD Embeds And Linking Added
If you upload videos to YouTube and feel restricted by the 1GB limit, YouTube now offers 2GB of wiggle room as well as the ability to directly link to and embed high definition video.
To share a link that points directly to the HD version of a video, tack on “&hd=1″ to the end of the URL. To embed a high-def video on a website or blog, click the ‘customize’ button (located to the right of the embed box), then check ‘play in HD’. YouTube recommends embedding HD videos at 853×505 for “maximum enjoyment”. My customise field had yet to show the “play in HD” option, but the feature should roll out to all users soon.
And while you’re YouTubing, be sure to browse our top 10 YouTube hacks for other ways to enhance your streaming experience.
Upload Size Doubles + HD Tips [YouTube Blog]
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I have tried all kinds of settings and I still can't get my HD youTube uploads to look decent. Vimeo on the other hand is just easy.
macrumpton
Jeez, 2GB and still a 10 minute limit? Good job, Youtube, now I can directly upload my raw videos which you don't support anyway.
Just raise that limit, will ya? It's 15 minutes of fame after all, not 10. You got it all wrong!!!
Joshiii-Kun
@Adrianb:
Yeah, I think that's the point as well. It just doesn't work, because watching in parts is not a problem at all :P
Joshiii-Kun
@Adrianb:
I think you're right. We may not even see the limit raised to 15 minutes anytime soon: most of Adult Swim's shows run just 11 minutes.
thewriteguy
@weirdalfan27: ... Because some user would upload a movie to the site and share it with their friends...
Er3s
@GldRush98: Exactly. What's the point of having 2 GB to upload 10:59.99 of video?
Better hope you can get by with 10 minutes, splitting up into chunks be damned.
They probably enforce a time limit to please the makers of certain series. With a ten minute limit, a single Family Guy or Simpsons or whatever episode would need to be cut up into two or three parts.
Or am i missing the boat here?
Adrianb
@hpiguy:
argh, no kidding. 10 minute limit is rediculous. I have many ligit videos that cross that and cannot upload them. but copyright infringers have no problem getting around it by breaking stuff into parts.
I'm hardly going to break up a 12 minute interview/film review into two parts.
so GOB would say... COME ON!
+ Watch video
Adam Schoales
@beekerstudios: YouTube still has that "99% of the internet has heard of it" factor, and while vimeo (or indeed 90% of similar sites) are better, uploading to youtube will still get more hits :(
Upload to both!
@GldRush98: or just use VIMEO, it's way, way, way better, and I am probably saying this in the wrong arena, but you don't get the snark and BS comments and feedback you get on youtube, you get constructive criticism of your work. It's more of an artists place to share your video, instead of a shitstorm blackhole, that youtube is.
beekerstudios
Why can't they just take away the time limit? IT is so annoying to download videos in parts and combine them in some program and lose more quality.
weirdalfan27
Why can't they not have a time limit and just have a size limit?
For example, if I had a video that was 15 minutes but under 2GB, why couldn't I put it up?
guitargraham
@Phoshi: Or Youtube Partners, they can do it too. You need a certain number of subscribers then you can upload vids of any length and even sell them.
@Christian Velasquez: Multiupload? Check this:
[www.youtube.com]
I signed up for an account before that 10-min. time limit. I wonder why it's still in place; I preemptively know the "Gotta protect copyright" argument comes up, but there's a lot of indie filmmakers out there who'll look towards, say, Vimeo for that.
@Christian YouTube does have a batch uploader. It's not the prettiest interface and needs Google Gears, but [www.youtube.com]
"Play in HD" has been available for awhile now, but understanding this was mottled. On the whole, YouTube isn't good at documenting subtle changes; they recently allowed HQ (not quite HD but between that and SD) embeds silently - which was good because I didn't have to use a 3rd-party code generator workaround anymore, but frustrating because it wasn't communicated clearly.
A number of those "Top 10 YouTube Hacks" are indeed very useful (and even those of non-legal-dubiosity), but YouTube themselves didn't really share them, so it was up to Lifehacker and other intrepids to spread the word.
Vimeo's standard video quality is still visibly better than YouTube's, but YouTube offers free embedded HD, whereas Vimeo charges in blocks of 1,000s.
Still a 10 minute time limit, and still removes my music from my vids half the time even it's legit. No thanks
hpiguy
Wow 2GB, I remember the days that youtube would only allow to you upload 100MB, so you would have to scramble around and find a good codec to compress your videos in or else it won't fit lol.
lbrtdy
Damn... Two gigabytes... That 10-minute limit is the only thing holding people back now.
AtomFury
Nice, but I want me some mass uploadin'. Which YouTube still does not yet have.
Christian Velasquez
@ADiSH: If one had a director account a while back, one can still upload videos > 10 minutes, however that's it. Nobody else.
@GldRush98:
ive seen plenty of video's with more than 10 minutes
@GldRush98: Yeah, extension of that would be my priority.
Lyrian
And still a 10 minute time limit :(
GldRush98