YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users

Re:YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some And... by Wowfunhappy on Friday April 19, 2024 @05:18PM (#40092007)

I agree, but with an important caveat: Youtube's 1080p streams are over-compressed. I have a 1080p projector, but 4K Youtube videos still look noticeably better due to the higher bitrate.

Admittedly this is on a huge projector and not a phone. I don't watch enough Youtube videos on my phone to know if it would matter there.

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Re:YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some And... by sp332 on Friday April 19, 2024 @05:27PM (#40092098)

They added a high-bitrate 1080p option on some videos for YouTube Premium subscribers.

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Re:YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some And... by Wowfunhappy on Friday April 19, 2024 @07:36PM (#40093054)

That's nice, but a little odd that it's paywalled when the 4K option is not.

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Re:YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some And... by kevincox on Friday April 19, 2024 @10:37PM (#40094208)

There is a small benefit as some videos have "enhanced 1080” but no higher resolutions.

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Re:YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some And... by rasz on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:33PM (#40093800)

Afair Apple users also get those higher bitrates by default, for free.

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