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You do understand why they are doing this right?

• xiphias2 7y ago
  I do, but I usually can't read any of the code examples and small text slides when I don't set the videos to the highest definition :( I wish they would use special compression for text that's not moving. Do you have a better suggestion?
  • cbhl 7y ago
    It's totally okay to manually set the YouTube player to 4K for this use case. For low-motion static content like a slideshow or console window, a ultra-low frame rate usually results in acceptable fidelity while minimizing bandwidth, but not all hardware decoders (think Chromecasts, TVs) play well with them, so it wasn't possible to go down this road in general. (Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.)
• Hamuko 7y ago
  I understand that this isn't a problem where I live. The traffic and communications ministry has already stated that the networks are going to be fine. The peak is just shifting towards daytime and our networks are built so that there's still ample room on top of the peak.