Your pet peeve, technical or otherwise.

[paulca]

These young Dilbert “creators” all seem to blindly copy one another’s style, with barely any tangible original ideas. Did I NEED to see that shot of your ball falling, THREE TIMES? It’s always the SAME PATTERN.

I used to be impressed by the effort some went to for effect shots.

Then I installed a demo version of  a few modern video editors and effect packs.

The reason they all seem to copy each other is because they are all using the same demo effect pack from the same video editor.

[james_s]

I used to be impressed by the effort some went to for effect shots.

Then I installed a demo version of  a few modern video editors and effect packs.

The reason they all seem to copy each other is because they are all using the same demo effect pack from the same video editor.

You used to see this same thing all the time back in the 90s, the Amiga based Video Toaster was widely used, practically universal in low budget production and stuff like music videos. Since the effects themselves were all part of a library that was not customizable you'd start to recognize the Video Toaster effects all over.

[tooki]

Star wipe! 🤣

[eti]

Don’t forget the obligatory “What’s up gaazzzzzzz? It’s ya boy <insert_wannabe_gangsta_sounding_silly_username> blah blah blah blah”

Minutes and minutes of waffle preamble before getting to the VERY THINLY SPREAD minute portion of the video, which is probably parroted, copy/pasted topic.

[RJSV]

   Google likes variety, when a person might want to go back and view some video, again.
   Seems like various searches will repeat a results list fairly consistently, but if I've viewed something it, often, will not be easily brought back up, for another view...(a repetitive activity often called 'study', when I've not absorbed the new stuff adequately.)

   All I wished to do today (but noooo), is re-watch a nature and animal skills video...NOT something similar.
Seems like Google missed the ball on that one.
   Hard to deal with a monopoly...especially with flaws (theirs).  Suppose might be a settings, somewhere.

   (Sigh!).  Trudging out my, handy (NOT), 'Android for Dummies'...maybe there's a smarter way (to search / study).

[Kim Christensen]

All I wished to do today (but noooo), is re-watch a nature and animal skills video...NOT something similar.

That's what your browser's history function is for.

[armandine2]

.. a little early to fail (under 2 years I think) - but 220 degrees C on bake my convection fan let out a 1 second growl and stopped 

It's one of those jobs with consequences - or just use without fan dilemma

[AndyBeez]

This incredibly tedious modern trend that video editors (usually “YouTubers”) have of showing us a “triple replay” of some mundane aspect of the video from different angles (and we get to hear the audio 3x too, talk about grating) - it’s ALWAYS, ALWAYS done in threes.

I feel your pain. Even the over 30 bloggers now feel the need to FX the hell out of their productions.
My peeve is the use of crop zoom. That's when every other word being said requires the frame to crop by 25% to create a sudden zoomy emphasis effect.

Don’t forget the obligatory “What’s up gaazzzzzzz? It’s ya boy <insert_wannabe_gangsta_sounding_silly_username> blah blah blah blah”

This is when I click out. A rule for these drongo influencers; the bigger the microphone the smaller the content.

 

[IDEngineer]

Speaking of effects: How about the recent practice of having out-of-focus sidebars? Literally throwing away 66% of the usable frame space. Who in the world thinks that's a net positive? It looks ugly, it conveys zero additional content, it's just stupid on every level.

The ONLY "reason" I can think of is as a replacement for black rectangles when a portrait-oriented video is displayed in landscape format. But that just calls attention to the fact that the person was stupid enough to take video in portrait format in the first place. Seriously, unless you have original footage of the Kennedy assassination or something of similar historical value, just have the integrity to discard your past mistakes and commit to using proper landscape orientation in the future.

[TimFox]

The annoying out-of-focus sidebars have been around for a while, but maybe they are becoming less frequent, replaced by neutral colors.
The neutral colors are less annoying than black, but the out-of-focus repeat of the context is pernicious!
People who insist on holding their phones vertical (resulting in portrait orientation) when taking video are the reason for this, but even with a real camera the aspect ratio of a landscape shot probably disagrees with the aspect ratio on current television formats.

[IDEngineer]

even with a real camera the aspect ratio of a landscape shot probably disagrees with the aspect ratio on current television formats.

Sheesh, I have that problem with live feeds TODAY. My local news stations don't match my (rather recent Samsung) TV so their sides disappear. They also didn't fit the Samsung TV this one replaced, and it too was a different aspect ratio. Meanwhile older TV programs shot in 4:3 have big black bars. And how many different aspect ratios has Hollywood used over the years, sometimes within the same year? I can't remember the last time something "just fit" on my screen.

[PlainName]

Meanwhile older TV programs shot in 4:3 have big black bars

Unavoidable if you have widescreen TV. The only solution is to either crop the top and bottom or stretch the sides, ignoring the aspect ratio. I'd rather have the black bars and see it in proper aspect ration (and, in fact, I do) rather than have it stretched so circles are oval and everyone looks fat.

[AndyBeez]

For fuzzy side bars read, the TikTokization of social media.

What I really want to know is, if people hold their phones in portrait format, why are device manufacturers unable to make a camera that record in landscape format? Would it kill them to make a square CCD that does all formats from 16:9 through 1:1 to 19:6? I don't want TEN lenses on the back of my book sized smart phone, just logic that knows you always hold your camera this way <------->

[james_s]

Sheesh, I have that problem with live feeds TODAY. My local news stations don't match my (rather recent Samsung) TV so their sides disappear. They also didn't fit the Samsung TV this one replaced, and it too was a different aspect ratio. Meanwhile older TV programs shot in 4:3 have big black bars. And how many different aspect ratios has Hollywood used over the years, sometimes within the same year? I can't remember the last time something "just fit" on my screen.

Black bars are the correct way to display content that is of a different aspect ratio than the display. One of my pet peeves is when 4:3 content is cropped or stretched to fit a 16:9 display or the other way around. Movies that have been reformatted to 4:3 are missing significant portions of the content. I don't know why a modern news station would have a live feed in an odd aspect ratio but I absolutely hate it when 4:3 content *doesn't* have black bars because it means the image is distorted. I never understood why the bars bother some people, it's the only way to display the content without distorting or cutting part of it off.

[mendip_discovery]

Don’t forget the obligatory “What’s up gaazzzzzzz? It’s ya boy <insert_wannabe_gangsta_sounding_silly_username> blah blah blah blah”

This is when I click out. A rule for these drongo influencers; the bigger the microphone the smaller the content.

Sadly the yoof of today doesn't know how to use their kit. Have you watched them trying to use a phone they seem to use it in any other way than it was designed to be used.

Oh and don't get me started on the ones who have to try and outdo Dave and AvE on stupid ways to open a box. Daft idiots trying to use a hammer to open a box.

[unknownparticle]

Car and bike themed video's with music either replacing the sound of the engines or almost covering it!!!   Grrrrrrrr!!  Especially when it's some utterly cr4p heavy metal guitar!!!   Why would petrol heads want to listen to some sh1t music instead of a howling V12 or thundering V twin??!!

[paulca]

When a whisp of blue smoke wanders almost romantically across the circuit board from the last voltage regulator to be cooked and you don't even react, almost expecting it.

I apologise to 3.3V regulators.  Especially those that took the hit and saved the circuit.

[IDEngineer]

Yes, I understand that black bars preserve the aspect ratio. It's just maddening that there are so many different aspect ratios out there. Nothing ever fits properly.

And that's when the portrait vs. landscape IS matched. When someone takes a vertical video... grrrrrrrrrr.

[paulca]

I'm part of the problem currently.

I have 21:9.  When you upload 16:9 content and you specify it as 16:9 content, I get black bars left and right.

If however someone uploads 29:1 content but it default to 16:9, I get a 16:9 image with black bars top and bottom, inside a 21:9 image with black bars left and right.

Even when I uploaded 21:9 content to YouTube it was that way if I made a tiniest mistake... with all settings tending to default to the HD 16:9 standard res, it's easy to miss one.

I'm switching between wanting to replace 2x21:9 with 1x55" 4K TV.  That or 2x4k 28" monitors.

[SiliconWizard]

Yes, I understand that black bars preserve the aspect ratio. It's just maddening that there are so many different aspect ratios out there. Nothing ever fits properly.

And that's when the portrait vs. landscape IS matched. When someone takes a vertical video... grrrrrrrrrr.

Well, FullHD and 4K are both pretty much standard.
But anything else, sure everything goes.

[coppice]

Yes, I understand that black bars preserve the aspect ratio. It's just maddening that there are so many different aspect ratios out there. Nothing ever fits properly.

And that's when the portrait vs. landscape IS matched. When someone takes a vertical video... grrrrrrrrrr.

If you watch services like Netflix, and note the material which was made specifically by or for them, most of it is no longer 16:9. There is usually some black space at the top and bottom. Does Netflix management use those ultra wide screens the gamers love?

[paulca]

Don't go down this rabbit hole or you'll find that pixels do not necessarily match the aspect of the screen.

Worse.  Pixels in the camera do not necessarily relate linearly to the pixels on the screen.

[Bud]

A rule for these drongo influencers; the bigger the microphone the smaller the content.

So true! 
The bigger and the more expensive.

[Circlotron]

If however someone uploads 29:1 content

Like when looking under the bottom of a door with a spy camera. 🙂

[james_s]

Car and bike themed video's with music either replacing the sound of the engines or almost covering it!!!   Grrrrrrrr!!  Especially when it's some utterly cr4p heavy metal guitar!!!   Why would petrol heads want to listen to some sh1t music instead of a howling V12 or thundering V twin??!!

It's even worse with aircraft. Unless your video is directly related to music, just say no to music in your video. If I wanted to listen to music while watching videos I'd put on my own music.