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I've often wondered if youtube should abandon the fight and allow for portrait videos. After all, a lot of viewers are probably on mobile where they'd rather v

by jewel 11y ago

I've often wondered if youtube should abandon the fight and allow for portrait videos. After all, a lot of viewers are probably on mobile where they'd rather view it in portrait orientation anyway.

dublinben 11y ago
Portrait videos don't work properly on mobile though. When you fullscreen the video, it forces your screen horizontal leaving massive black bars on either side.
- lcswi 11y ago
  Which is a trivial, minor symptom of stupid services and stupid software. There is no reason to hate portrait video at all.
- Andrex 11y ago
  Not anymore: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/21/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over-youtube-on-android-now-shows-vertical-videos-properly-in-full-screen/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/21/our-long-national-ni...
signaler 11y ago
I think this is what Periscope tries to solve. You might want to watch the the Vertical Video Syndrome PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA Periscope https://www.periscope.tv/ https://www.periscope.tv/
pjbrunet 11y ago
I didn't realize there was a fight. As far as I remember, YouTube allows uploading any aspect ratio you can dream of and they automatically add the black bars for you. Maybe you're comparing to Vimeo? YouTube's video player is annoying, but I don't see them as biased against portrait videos.
- jewel 11y ago
  What I mean is that it shouldn't have those black bars if I view on mobile in portrait orientation. It should fill the whole screen, just like it does for landscape videos if the phone is rotated to landscape. Also, the web interface could rearrange itself to better fit the description, comments, and related videos to the right of the video if the video is portrait instead of black bars. I don't want to have to go full screen just to be able to see what is happening. Finally, taking a 1080x1920 video and fitting it to 1920x1080 means that there's a loss of data.
  - nemothekid 11y ago
    IIRC The android version of YouTube supports this http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/22/you-can-now-watch-vertical-videos-in-full-screen-on-youtubes-android-app/ http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/22/you-can-now-watch-vert...

by jewel 11y ago

I've often wondered if youtube should abandon the fight and allow for portrait videos. After all, a lot of viewers are probably on mobile where they'd rather view it in portrait orientation anyway.

dublinben 11y ago

Portrait videos don't work properly on mobile though. When you fullscreen the video, it forces your screen horizontal leaving massive black bars on either side.

lcswi 11y ago
Which is a trivial, minor symptom of stupid services and stupid software. There is no reason to hate portrait video at all.
Andrex 11y ago
Not anymore: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/21/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over-youtube-on-android-now-shows-vertical-videos-properly-in-full-screen/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/21/our-long-national-ni...

signaler 11y ago

I think this is what Periscope tries to solve. You might want to watch the the Vertical Video Syndrome PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA Periscope https://www.periscope.tv/ https://www.periscope.tv/

pjbrunet 11y ago

I didn't realize there was a fight. As far as I remember, YouTube allows uploading any aspect ratio you can dream of and they automatically add the black bars for you. Maybe you're comparing to Vimeo? YouTube's video player is annoying, but I don't see them as biased against portrait videos.

jewel 11y ago
What I mean is that it shouldn't have those black bars if I view on mobile in portrait orientation. It should fill the whole screen, just like it does for landscape videos if the phone is rotated to landscape. Also, the web interface could rearrange itself to better fit the description, comments, and related videos to the right of the video if the video is portrait instead of black bars. I don't want to have to go full screen just to be able to see what is happening. Finally, taking a 1080x1920 video and fitting it to 1920x1080 means that there's a loss of data.
- nemothekid 11y ago
  IIRC The android version of YouTube supports this http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/22/you-can-now-watch-vertical-videos-in-full-screen-on-youtubes-android-app/ http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/22/you-can-now-watch-vert...