blog.jimmyr.com - 11/14/2008
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Youtube adds high quality. Here's the specifications and details.
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/14/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
By Jose Antonio Vargas The White House has
gone YouTube. Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly...
Democratic address not just on radio but also on video -- a first. The address, typically four minutes long, will be turned into a YouTube ...
(more)
The YouTube Presidency
kottke.org - 11/13/2008
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kottke.org —
You may have noticed that the video of
Burn-E I embedded looked a bit better than a...
normal YouTube video. YouTube has been quietly offering high-quality versions of some of their videos for quite some time via a "watch in high quality" link just ...
(more)
● High quality YouTube video hack
techcrunch.com - 11/13/2008
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techcrunch.com —
Here is the stark reality of online video:
nobody is making much money and the enthusiastic projections...
for online video advertising going from $500 million in 2008 to more than $5 billion in five years will undoubtedly be pared back in the coming ...
(more)
Online Video: Where’s The Money?
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Embed high-res Youtube videos
MAKE Magazine: hacks —
... allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="475"></embed></object>
And here's the result:
The still frame before the video is played is the exact same over-compressed image, but when a user clicks play, they will get a nice surprise. Instead of 320x240 video encoded with the Sorenson codec, the video will come in at a resolution of 480x360, encoded with the superior H.264 codec.
Embedding High Quality Youtube Videos [via Kottke]
View YouTube in high-res
Embed high-res Youtube videos
MAKE Magazine —
... allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="475"></embed></object>
And here's the result:
The still frame before the video is played is the exact same over-compressed image, but when a user clicks play, they will get a nice surprise. Instead of 320x240 video encoded with the Sorenson codec, the video will come in at a resolution of 480x360, encoded with the superior H.264 codec.
Embedding High Quality Youtube Videos [via Kottke]
View YouTube in high-res ...
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