[OT] Uploading DConf videos

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 03:37:37 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 7/18/14, 5:31 PM, Joakim wrote:
>> Do you increase the resolution of your Youtube videos when you 
>> don't
>> like the quality that it's streaming?
>
> I streamed at maximum resolution (720p) when taking those 
> screenshots.

Sorry, I hadn't looked at the screenshots from your original post 
when I responded, I see that the HD icon is there.  As others 
have said, I have noticed that if the Youtube video is initially 
downloading as 360p/480p and then you change it to 720p, it will 
sometimes keep playing whatever it's buffered so far in the lower 
resolution before switching to the higher res, even though it 
says HD.  The other reason might be transcoding errors.

>> Have you looked at Vimeo?  They're probably the second-biggest 
>> video
>> site after Youtube and are sticklers for quality resolution, 
>> as they
>> used to focus on the indie filmmaker community, and they 
>> officially
>> support downloading videos, if the uploader chooses to enable 
>> that option.
>
> Yes, I have, and rejected it last year (forgot the reason why). 
> Maybe the reason has disappeared in the meantime.

They're pretty good but their flash video player has some weird 
behavior when buffering, sometimes pausing the video even when 
it's buffered way ahead.  Every video site has its own problems, 
but maybe you'll like the video quality better on Vimeo.