November 17, 2007 at 10:14HD video will appear on YouTube
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen at NewTeeVee confirmed rumors that YouTube is experiencing high-definition video. However, he noted that YouTube videos should be accessible to everyone (i.e., have a low bit rate), and HD content does not meet this condition.
Chen listed the difficulties in delivering HD video, including the time taken to buffer the data, because of which users may not wait for the video to load and simply leave the site. But at the same time, he told Cnet that HD content on YouTube will appear in three months. Now the YouTube team is testing a system that determines the width of the user's channel and, depending on it, gives the network viewer the right to choose the quality of the video.
Chen also said that YouTube stores original videos uploaded by users, but most of them have poor quality and a resolution of 320x240 pixels, so converting them to HD does not improve the picture.
Chen listed the difficulties in delivering HD video, including the time taken to buffer the data, because of which users may not wait for the video to load and simply leave the site. But at the same time, he told Cnet that HD content on YouTube will appear in three months. Now the YouTube team is testing a system that determines the width of the user's channel and, depending on it, gives the network viewer the right to choose the quality of the video.
Chen also said that YouTube stores original videos uploaded by users, but most of them have poor quality and a resolution of 320x240 pixels, so converting them to HD does not improve the picture.