HD video test shot (outside CNET)

[TheDanielHolt]

The cars are moonwalking! O_O

[geemet]

holy fucking shit it looks great on this new pc 5/5 great tester

[proximxr]

The computer its self could hardly mean anything as far as playing the video, although it did get you here, but anyways it all depends on your video card. I have an 8mb video card with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit edition and I can play 720p videos just fine. As for the 1080p videos, around 1.6 frames per second (horribly laggy). So if you want to watch great quality videos, go with a greater video card, example: A 512mb video card would more than likely handle a 1080p video. Hope I helped.

[thesuperfilms]

it looks horrible unless you press the HD button.

[divinegodx]

wow this is very clear. What kind of camcorder did you use?

[Q3o5]

nice hd! click on watch in hd to make it hd -.-

[zaemxx]

to me both the HD version of clicking and adding the &fmt=22, looks great. heh

[ziomek9011]

&fmt=22

[xarinatan]

smooth. awesome i've been looking for that url addition for a while.

also thanks for mentioning that it's shot on a flip mino HD, cause i wanted to buy that cam, but didn't know it's quality, now i know it's all good :>

[ustoube]

WOOOWW.. wooww.. what are these encoding settings? I NEED THEM :D

[heliocuervos]

wow!

[Filender]

You can even see the sign in the bar that says budwiser

[llxjcxll]

it looks pretty bad on frame rate... cant tell if thats just youtube or the camera though

[Jaden539]

You were probably watching in SD

[vaughnscheunemann]

Its youtube/your CPU

[132mikle]

its your pc actually...

in HD it looks great

My laptop is 1080 HD ready so, it looks great :D

[jook00]

is it just me or does the cars passing by look very choppy

[zialte]

HD is so much better too watch .. I love it!

[skillzdatkillzy]

San Francisco is an awesome town but very expensive.

[sliskigt]

meh, money is just paper

[krypekeeper]

actually its cotton

lol

[sliskigt]

it's a mix

[xflarex54321]

looks so nice on hd guys i am gonna save up for one of these and get it online and get it customized with a css picture xD

[smokenz]

i tested uploading a few 1080 videos i had, a fighter jet racing along the beach and a duck in a pond. just small ones as they take up some space. i notice the quality gets dropped no matter what, so no use uploading the best quality stuff. i also see it doesn't handle my PAL region HD camera that well and puts audio out of sync and framerate seems to be slow.

[GupperNZ]

haha thats nice

[smokenz]

i just showed this video to some guys at work on my 22" monitor, and noticed the quality is not as impressive once full screened due to being 720p and lower bitrate. has anyone tested uploading a 1080 video to youtube? i have a 1080 camera and could test this, although i have no idea what format to convert the video to from MTS container file. any ideas guys, and gals ??

[iMachuno]

"what are ya doin?" lol.

it actually does look alot better than the other mino hd footages.

[Robinmovies]

at &fmt=22 for real HD :)

[kkevinC]

&fmt=22 = clicking watch in HD

[smokenz]

i'm impressed how im in australia and yet the streaming of this played back flawlessly. im not sure how big the file is. but this could definitely lead the way to streaming movies quicker than people first imagined.

[Pezmc]

HD is really high quality you just need a REALLY good pc to play it, I get 50% CPU time taken by flash player.

How do you upload a hd video?

[mitz1315]

why the heck does this footage look much better than the other mino hd test footages?

[miezu]

it was shot by CNET and they know what they are doing

[JoshLowensohn]

Hah thanks, although if I had known what I was doing I would have brought a tripod :D

[omhuz]

it drops hella frames

[lordwitus]

On my Athlon 1,4ghz and 512MB RAM I cannot watch this film fluently. Windows Task Manager while watching the movie, which loads the whole show 100% CPU usage. The initiative is good, but for users with less equipment - redundant.

[bcrt2000]

lordwitus: your computer was never meant for playing HD (need a dual core) which is why normal quality is still available for you :)

[streetballs]

I find the "normal" version of clips uploaded in 1280x720 to be of even worse quality than before... HD is cool, but I'd like to get a good picture in normal version too. If anyone has tips on encoding to share, msg me :)

[TreAldMatVideo3]

Try Convert HD On High Moving Onjech. Taking Video High Colour Area With Fast Moving Thing. Test HD IT Limit.

[TreAldMatVideo3]

Not Smoot A Lot Skip Frame On HD.

[SuperKezia]

you guys should clicl "watch in HD" under this video. and you will see the REAL quality

[DiannesLife]

^

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^

[Z4ckK10]

looks good on the standard 640 X 360 youtube player...ehh....

[tyronnarito]

i wish i knew how to get that automatic h.264 format in my YouTube videos... do you know how?

[maddogza]

hot shit! holy hell!

[grazida0276]

Make sure you hit watch in hd button right under the bottom right corner of video

THIS IS GREAT QUALITY

[zell2u]

Wow! What did you do to make the "play in HD" option available to everyone?? I'm getting ready to load up some Flip Mino Hd footage. does it automatically give the option to play back in hd?? or does everyone have to copy and paste that crazy code EVERY TIME you want to watch it in hd??

[kevinmauzey]

It's automatic, make sure you use the Youtube uploader on the site and not the Flip software direct uploader.

[TrollBot3000]

They fixed it. High-res video that isn't 16:9 has the option to play in High Quality. HD content that is in 16:9 gives the option to play in HD. Hooray

[zell2u]

So you're saying i can load footage straight to Youtube using the flip camera software and it will give the "HD" option without having to load it in the youtube uploader?

[Padgham]

Yep. It's filmed in 16:9, so the "watch in HD" option automatically appears.

[johnnyphelan75]

The problem I'm having is when I upload video to YT from my Flip Mino HD using the FlipShare software, it looks crap! During playback on YT, the video appears grainy, pixelated, and not fluid. There's no 'HD' option or 'High Quality' option. Flip's Tech Support gave me the brush-off. Any thoughts?

[mlee92907]

u used 2 know u dont but make sure u upload in hd nd in h.264 format

[breakdown2218]

Looks great in full screen even on my 1680x1050

[notheoneyouknow]

looks fine in my 60 inch too ¬¬.

[counterkilla92893]

also looks good on my 61 inch...Good fight Good fight

[Th3PrinceOfDarkness]

looks good on my 62 inch... lol

[counterkilla92893]

just bought an infinity inch yesterday.....yep! looks super fine

[breakdown2218]

lol I was talking about resolution, not size. (res matters more)

[iHackYourTech]

I need one of these things!

[AlexanderPoho]

beautiful!

[migps2]

nice. hope this is standard very soon! thanks for uploading this and putting the article on cnet!

[KakkoiGranXiongmao]

awesome but it's very annoying to be adding &fmt=22 to every video that is in HD.

[arkv2]

This is insane...

[shibbysmg]

..................

[MovieTrailersHQ]

Add &fmt=22 to the end of the video URL to play this video in TRUE high quality!

Trust me, it looks a lot better!

[Sk3pT1kaL]

Insane quality for youtube. Gotta love HD.

[qbMedia2008]

laaaaaaag a lot! (at the moment, I hope)

[tashboard]

Add &fmt=22 to the end of the url!

[kschanaman]

I have a Vimeo account with true HD upload and play. Sorry to say, they have the "one-upmanship" in the wide-screen smooth-play department. YouTube should take some lessons from Vimeo even though it is a paid hosting service.

This video is extremely choppy on my system also, yet similar videos on Vimeo are butter-smooth and look great.

It's all in how it's streamed from my perspective

[YoureMyPuppet]

Let the video load up completely and then play it. Streaming of HD video won't ever be perfect. But yes, Vimeo is ahead of Youtube in terms of quality.

[ThaNsaneOne]

Video card has nothing to do with Video replay tho. They said you need to upgrade your chip on motherboard.

[SmileyMan45]

Yes it does. The video card has *everything* to do with *everything* you see. That's why its other name is "display adapter" or "display card". Without it or integrated graphics (one or the other), nothing will ever be displayed on your screen.

[sanshinron]

I really love those changes on youtube, but I wonder if they are going to introduce 5.1 sound...

[djExprice]

Looks great on my MacBook. I'd love to see YouTube like this from now on =D

[LoRdEmiLiuS]

choppy but still cool. hopefully they'll improve it soon.

[hs3m2i3]

It's choppy for me too with the &fmt=22 and I've got tons of RAM and a good video card

[Markiash]

how much ram and what card?

[hs3m2i3]

3 gig and a 8600GT. I know thats all pretty standard nowadays but I thought it would have been sufficient for this.

[SmileyMan45]

Try closing down programs in the background and closing any programs that are currently downloading something. The video may've streamed corrupted or your system could be working hard. (Also, try to view it in another browser. (Chrome or Safari))

[JKDesignss]

Im on a 8600GT and 2gb and its fine, that has to be another issue, a 8600 should easy run HD even thoe it is a very low end graphics card in ranks of perfomance

[Markiash]

It's not choppy for me at all, however I think that graphics card is what you need to upgrade.

[CronoDAS]

I get a choppy framerate when I use &fmt=22. What part of my computer should I upgrade to fix this?

[nakenftw]

Needing more RAM'd be my initial guess. It's choppy for me as well, and my PC's been long demanding a RAM upgrade.

[GargantulaKon]

I have 4GB and it is choppy for me too. I think a CPU upgrade would help.

[Wolfman9999]

Wow unreal but my computer don't like it still cool &fmt=22.

[colintje3]

WOW!

[iRSMV]

i don't get it..

[480p]

This looks quite good, but I've noticed that while the resolution is good, the bitrates are still too low so if there's a lot of movement you will get very noticeable blocking artifacts.

[kHovsT]

HD ownz! *-*

[Chiszle]

Some1 on this page high five me, this looks expensive

[R0cketrock88]

*High Five*

Could you do this for any video?

[evos5000]

Ｗｏｗ　Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ａｍａｚｉｎｇ！

[leparkourpoa]

AMAZING! I want to watch more like this!

[awsomenesscaleb]

Finally! Real HD!

[Yil2201]

AWESOME :D YouTube HD is gonna rock

[Mikkis930]

Wou...with &fmt=22....it's so amazing.

[swiftlegend]

thats really good

[wazigbe]

adding &fmt=22 doesn't work for me :(

[azara95062]

the problem is that FLV slows down the computer when it plays back in higher quality, thats why I really don't mind the youtube compression. that would be great if adobe would find a way to make the video stable.

[nrox653]

It's your computer. I'm running a newer PC with a GeForce 8600 GTS and it's perfectly fluid. Just loads slow though.

So the only way to fix it is to upgrade your computer.

[Cheiz87]

"normal" quality: mwah

"high" quality: a bit better

add &fmt=22 to the URL: AWESOME!!!

[mariafernandagx]

this flip mino hd

just looks good when u press the

watch in high quality option

above the video

D:

i hate how youtube compress videos!

how do i get that option?

the.. watch in hq!?

[panier2crabes]

Vimeo d o t com ;)