[OT] Uploading DConf videos

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 7/18/14, 5:31 PM, Joakim wrote:
> On Friday, 18 July 2014 at 22:39:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 7/18/14, 12:53 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> On 2014-07-18 17:44, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Somehow the same DConf videos are of better quality on archive.org than
>>>> on youtube.com. Could you explain that? -- Andrei
>>>
>>> You're streaming and not downloading from Youtube. I always download
>>> longer video clips from Youtube. I don't want any buffering while
>>> watching.
>>
>> Is there an easy way to download off of youtube one of DConf talks at
>> the same quality as the archive.org content? -- Andrei
>
> 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.

> It's not clear if you are
> complaining about the quality because you're on a slow network and
> Youtube is giving you the low-quality encode, or if you don't like their
> higher-quality encodes also.

I'm not complaining about anything, just trying to find the best solution.

> If you click on the Settings icon that looks like a gear below the
> video, you can force the quality as high as the original video uploaded,
> by changing the default "Auto" resolution mode. I can't complain about
> their HD encodes.  As for downloading from Youtube, that's not really
> officially supported, but scripts/apps like the one linked earlier will
> do it.
>
> 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.


Andrei