Well, it finally got done! At about 1am, the video I meant to post yesterday was finally uploaded to YouTube, which then was going to take another hour to process it, in three different quality options. I waited until the lowest quality one was done, so I could select a thumbnail, then went to bed!
The question is, was it worth it?
I’ve watched the video myself, selecting the highest quality option, but I really can’t see much of a different.
Here is the video in question.
Could I ask a huge favour?
Could you please watch this video on YouTube, selecting the highest quality option, then compare it to this one…
… also on highest quality option?
Then let me know in the comments how you watched it, and if you could see any difference in quality or play.
I’m using my new desktop to watch these, and the YouTube settings for both allow me to watch them at 2160p/4K.
When exporting the older video in my software, I used the default “good” quality setting. There is little difference in file size with either “good” or “high” options, so it should not have taken so very long to upload. I don’t know if it was an issue with our internet, or with YouTube itself. Or both. I’ve had this happen before where the upload took so long. it was basically stopped. I gave up and started over again. The problem with doing that is, no matter how far along the upload was, trying again starts at the beginning, not from where you left off. In that case, when I tried it again, it uploaded much faster and without any problems the second time around. I seriously considered doing that again with this one, and probably should have.
Please feel free to let me know what you think!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
You’re not going to see any difference in the truly high def stuff unless you have an equally capable monitor. Mine is 32 inch and low end 4K. Most monitors are still 1080p though. I used to laugh at people bragging they had Skyrim heavily modded to make the game all 8K graphics. At that resolution, you’re not going to notice anything different unless you’re playing on an 80 inch TV. :D
Long story short, you’re probably fine capping your video at 1K or 2K resolution, doubly so given how many people surf youtube on their phone, LOL
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Yup; that’s why I’m asking for feedback! I can only see as much as my own software and equipment can handle. I also pretty much never watch my own videos on my phone, but I know for a lot of people, they use only their phones!
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I go med res for stuff I’m uploading to YT, figuring most people won’t stream high. Plus, it’s just amusing (to me) stuff… there’s nothing extra to be seen via high res.
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Having a large monitor just for watching videos and gaming, I strongly prefer videos that are at least 1080p. 720p is tolerable, anything below that I often pass on. I can certainly understand not wanting to fight with uploading ultra HD with an internet connection as slow as Refarmer has though. Return on Investment spending forever uploading one video is… low (to put it mildly)
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I guess I have old skool eyes… even with a 4K tv, I stream in SD most of yhe time. Yeah, uktra HD looks good – but not good enough for me to care.
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Thanks. The feedback helps a lot.
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have watched the best part of both – too fascinated by the subject to be able to comment on technicalities I am afraid though.
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed them. 😊
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On my phone, zero visible difference between viewing highest res (2160?) and lowest (480)
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That’s a frustration of mine when it comes to how things look on a phone! I’ve gotten into posting photos from my phone, choosing the one that looks the best, because WP compressed the files, whereas if I upload the photos from my desktop, even after editing the photo to reduce file size, those files are larger, taking up more storage space. Then I’d upload the photos onto my desktop and look at them, only to realize I posts a photo where it focused in the wrong area, or just not a good photo at all.
It’s looking like there’s no real benefit to exporting the video files as high quality, vs merely “good” quality.
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I’d agree.
For pics, I know compression rayes vary a LOT. Saving a jpg in one app will have a totally different file size than the same settings through another app, because they embed different info. Ihot used to that when I was doing office graphics. Now I can’t re all what did what.
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Well, as said, (since I can’t reply to any chains now, LOL); the big factor is the size of the screen you’re watching on. For a phone of tablet, 480 or 720p is OK. The average laptop or desktop monitor 1080p. Bigger monitors or small TVs look best in 4k and a big TV needs 8K or that image starts to look like an 8 bit video game, LOL.
Still, considering the percentage of views from phones, tablets and laptops, I think I wouldn’t upload in higher than 1080p, especially given your connection speed.
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Yeah, definitely doesn’t seem to be worth it!
Thanks for the feedback.
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