Are you happy with Youtube etc's video quality for game videos?

V4NT0M · 14 Oct 2012 at 14:15

It's something that has come to mind recently, there are plenty of game videos all over the web but with graphics getting better and sharper (especially on PC) a lot of the smaller, sharp details and effects are just lost in compression.

Is there a service or website around where I can reliably download higher quality trailers/videos?

The major problem is that the data has to be streamed and therefore low bitrate. I have been thinking of a few alternatives and maybe setting up some kind of community.

How would you guys feel about downloading larger game trailers of much higher quality like 500mb-1gb+ rather than streaming? If high res/quality videos were available would you be interested in waiting for a big download or possibly a torrent?

Personally I would love some much higher quality videos and torrents may be the answer. Is this even something other people are interested in?

arc@css · 14 Oct 2012 at 14:27

Yes I am, however, I wouldn't say no to even higher resolutions / features.

Chris-.- · 14 Oct 2012 at 14:28

Buffering... please wait.

R.P.L · 14 Oct 2012 at 14:40

Yeah I think that as long as they're recorded at decent quality and uploaded in 1080p, they're acceptable. I like the convenience of streaming, so I don't think I'd want to mess around downloading or anything like that.

BluSky · 14 Oct 2012 at 14:48

As long as it is viewable, I really don't care if the video is slightly pixellated or whatever. Fast buffering times are more important to me than playback quality on something like a game trailer

Psyoletic · 14 Oct 2012 at 15:11

I don't want to have to download everything I watch just for a few extra pixels.

Most of the trailers are in 1080p on YouTube is more then enough and they're plenty of websites that stream game trailers at high enough quality.

~>Dg<~ · 14 Oct 2012 at 15:19

tbh yes im all for this . i upload at highest possible normally 60 fps 1080p but youtube then messes it up lowers and for certain games like racing for eg it can make it look laggy and so on

with better internet speeds coming through hopefully they can raise the bar a bit soon

Gazanimal · 14 Oct 2012 at 15:21

I stream at 720p for convenience & so that it doesn't hit me massively in the FPS department while playing but sometimes YouTube screws up the upload & it doesn't get uploading in 720p. That really narks me as I think 720p is still a good decent res, although I do like to watch in 1080p as well.

ArnieRambo · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:06

you can go higher than 1080p on youtube...Original anyone

Rroff · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:11

Yes its fine however you do need to know what your doing a bit in terms of capturing, processing (if any) and uploading (format, resolution/quality, etc.) to get the best out of it - its not fire and forget for video game footage.

ChrisJSY · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:20

To be honest, there's only so much detail required to get the point of how a game looks or to enjoy it for what it is. It depends on the person recording/encoding in the end really.

yashiro · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:44

When uploading game footage to youtube it gets mangled beyond belief compared to your local copy of the movie. In addition, youtube does not do 60fps video which is beneficial for some games.

Malevolence · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:50

Soya · 14 Oct 2012 at 16:51

Not particularly but not much alternative choice. I use it for my Flight sim videos, I use WMC 90% single pass encoding to reduce the video to a manageable size vs quality but when I finish UL it to youtube, the quality has reduced to, what I feel, is well below my level of quality. But what can you do, its free, so...

KIA · 14 Oct 2012 at 17:37

YT 1080p is pretty good.

RoXoRz · 14 Oct 2012 at 21:15

Malevolence said:
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WHY OH WHY?!

Defy Belief · 14 Oct 2012 at 21:19

KIA said:
YT 1080p is pretty good.

I agree, never had a problem with it, I don't really watch game videos anymore though but it's not something i'd be bothered about, it's at a good standard.

Neil79 · 14 Oct 2012 at 21:25

Chris-.- said:
Buffering... please wait.

.:MBK:. · 14 Oct 2012 at 21:29

its good enough for me, but then again any higher and it'd end up quicker downloading it from a decent hosting source. the joy of living in a village

V4NT0M · 14 Oct 2012 at 22:34

I gathered there would be mixed response.

I guess for me, it would just be for certain trailers, the ones I would usually watch two or three times anyway. I wouldn't mind waiting for a torrent to come down as long as I knew the quality was good.

Sadly the only way I could get this to work on the torrent side is if there was a big need for such a thing and I don't have the time or money to host said files even if streamed at very high quality.

Not to mention sourcing these videos from publishers/developers in the first place. I feel it is something that could be done but given the bandwidth involved not particularly attractive to web developers.