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EEVblog&some other YouTube channels, no longer free, at best (HD) quality levels
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langwadt:

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--- Quote from: thm_w on August 10, 2023, 09:21:41 pm ---Sponsor block: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone
I don't watch ads or sponsor spots. If you want you can just get it to highlight the timeline and not skip the segment as well.

I think my patreon bill is $50/month or so though.

edit: someone measured the difference here
"not being able to edit comments is annoying.. its actually 10.9MB for regular 1080p and 25.6MB for premium 1080p"
So for that specific video it was about 141kB/s vs 332kB/s ?

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Thanks, that is amazing.

I didn't even realize, sponsored ad removal, was a thing, so wouldn't have sought it out.  Now that I know it exists, it is food for thought, to use it.

On the other hand.  Sometimes, because a particular YouTube video, is so relevant to ones own interests.  A well considered (by the YouTube creator) sponsorship section or product placement, can actually be useful, interesting and helpful.

That bitrate increase sounds significant to me.  Some content, doesn't really matter that much, if the bitrate is not as high as it can be, but other content types, can be noticeably nicer, to have the vibrant, detailed, high bit rate version.

E.g. A teardown video, where you want to see as clear as possible, views of the internal PCBs, components and things.  Rather than a slightly fuzzy, lower bit rate version of the same video, making it harder to see component markings on ICs, and less eye candy, when seeing the original device in operation.

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as long as the camera isn't moving much does the extra bit rate add anything?
thm_w:
It does sound significant.
But it also sounds like "1080p regular" is the same bitrate its always been.

It would be useful for people who don't have 4k screens, don't have hardware capable of processing 4k video.

More measurements here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/14xl8au/youtube_rolling_out_1080p_enhanced_bitrate_for/jro1ihw/
thm_w:

--- Quote from: langwadt on August 10, 2023, 10:40:37 pm ---as long as the camera isn't moving much does the extra bit rate add anything?

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Yeah you won't really notice much if its a mailbag video.
If its a football match or an action cam video, it is very noticeable.
Psi:
I decided to pay for YT premium mostly for the feature of being able to turn off the phone screen and have the video keep playing. Or rather than audio keep playing without data cost of video.  Love that feature so much, i use it on the train every day.  And YouTube gives content creates way more money per view from a premium person vs an ad person. The lack of ads is of course great too. But i've not had YT ads in so long i've probably forgot how bad it is.

HD on youtube is a pretty low bitrate.  Comparing high bitrate HD or 4K to YouTube HD of 4K is a huge difference.   It's why HD videos on floatplane look so much nicer than Youtube.

So I'm all for YT premium allowing higher bitrates.  But i'm worried they will efficiently just lower the bit rate for non-premium and keep it the same for YT premium  :( or probably make it 1% higher just so they can 'say' it's higher.
AndyBeez:
What do they mean by enhanced bitrate? YT explain :-//

Seems rather like sticking a silver bow on a box of chocolates and calling it extra luxury delux chocolates. What benefit does the customer derive? By enhanced bit rate do they really mean, not rate limited?
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