HD YouTube - Quality is OMG!

[Lavos^]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JWgW3ogaV84

Click Watch in HD.

Quality is amazing. O.O

[Lethargy]

the 2008 release of that "where the hell is matt" fad thing is another prime example of the amazing level of quality that youtube has become capable of

[Pyritie]

...wow

[Lethargy]

they actually stream mp4's now for very high quality videos, guess that's how they got over the limitations of flv

[Emoking]

/not impressed

[St1ckman]

You may have noticed this already... Me, I love it, here's a couple tunes for you to watch...

Audiosurf vs Sonic the Hedgehog
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhQg9FBaS0&fmt=22

Audiosurf vs Subfocus
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4IeAExLVwYQ&fmt=22

Had to share

Got any to share? get them up here, I love to see how well people can play in awesome quality.

[Laserrobotics]

/not impressed

Meaning, you've stopped being unimpressed?  Good call.

[TombRaiser]

Those are cool videos, St1ckman. How do you record in HD? Do you have an HD recording program?

I have an HD video card, I just installed it a few days ago... so I would love to know how to record something like that and share it here.

[St1ckman]

Those are cool videos, St1ckman. How do you record in HD? Do you have an HD recording program?

I have an HD video card, I just installed it a few days ago... so I would love to know how to record something like that and share it here.

Nah it's just that you need an in-game recording program, I use fraps, but then you'll need something else to compress it... I record at 1280x1024 ( max resolution for me )I don't have a widescreen monitor, so, I can't record at 1280x720, I have to resize it in a video editing program. In the end you'll not just need a good video card, but the rest of the compy to back it up.

Have a search around for tutorials and such, there might be some free software out there that's as good as fraps, but I'm yet to find it.

[TombRaiser]

Oh... I already use Fraps and I recorded myself. I recorded it in 1280x720 res. but when I put it through VDub the file didn't come out looking very HD Or maybe it just doesn't look HD to me.

In the end you'll not just need a good video card, but the rest of the compy to back it up.

Trust me my computer kicks ass! I would post the specs but don't want to make it appear as if I'm a show off I just built a new comp a couple days ago. 

[TheNGTV]

Audiosurf doesn't really show that much of a difference between HD and non.

Captures with more details (aka video from DSLRs like the Nikon D90 or Canon 5DMkII) will leave you breathless, though.


For games, UT3, Mirror's Edge and Prince of Persia captures should look great. Granted you'd be using a 2-PC system to do captures in order not to stall framerate (1 PC playing the game and outputting to HDMI, captured by a Black Magic Intensity card. Blah.  )

[TombRaiser]

By any chance... do you have to have an HD computer screen to be able to upload an HD quality video? Because when I upload mine, it only says "Watch in high quality"... which is not what I wanted.    ...and I do see a difference between High Quality video and HD video.

[St1ckman]

By any chance... do you have to have an HD computer screen to be able to upload an HD quality video? Because when I upload mine, it only says "Watch in high quality"... which is not what I wanted.    ...and I do see a difference between High Quality video and HD video.

you have to make a .mp4 of the file, H.264 codec works, also make sure you have it set to output the full size of 1280x720. it's not high definition, just better quality, to me anyway haha

The size of my compressions when converting to mp4 usually end up at around 150-300mb for a 3-5 minute video, just a little info to help you

[TombRaiser]

Eeee! It worked! Thanks 

I just did a quick run to test it out... it's only a little less than 2 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o__OqdHf8M&fmt=22

[nhex]

Cool - nice to see some videos.