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> YouTube doesn't want inexpensive hardware to negatively affect the experience of consuming higher (video) quality YouTube content. Someone should inform thei

> YouTube doesn't want inexpensive hardware to negatively affect the experience of consuming higher (video) quality YouTube content. Someone should inform their apps team then, as that recent "quality menu" change has all my devices bumping down to 240/480... On a network and devices that up until that point had flawlessly delivered 720/1080 without a hitch.

londons_explore 5y ago
As the codebase gets bigger and more complex, performance on identical hardware will necessarily get worse. There is only a certain amount of RAM, and when it's all used up by thousands of coders writing new UI toolkits, there isn't enough RAM left and you're forced to have smaller video buffers and lower resolutions to prevent the app running out of RAM.
- tehbeard 5y ago
  This is the most drek response I've ever seen. If I switch it back to 720/1080, There. Is. No. Issue. No app crashes, no stalling out buffering, it works fine, just like last month, just like last year, and the year before that. But now video starts in "potato quality" and nessecitates button mashing to get back to being watchable.
  - londons_explore 5y ago
    There are parts of this system you can't see... Imagine the connection from your ISP to youtube is 1 Gbit. Thats 200 HD AV1 streams, or 100 MP4 streams, or 1000 Low quality streams. If your device only supports MP4, then by you selecting HD, 5 other people have to watch in SD. Youtube autoselects the quality to maximize overall enjoyment, but lets individuals override it. But by overriding it, you probably hurt other viewers experience (they will get auto-defaulted to lower quality).
Jabbles 5y ago
Are you in Europe? https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21187930/youtube-reduces-streaming-quality-european-union-coronavirus-bandwidth-internet-traffic https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21187930/youtube-reduces-...
- tehbeard 5y ago
  Yes but as that article points out, BT and other ISPs aren't anywhere near their network capacity. Honestly with how the UI of the menu is designed it reeks of one of the Googlers wanting to "be bold" to get a promotion/side transfer. changes for changes sake and nice padding on their CV.
ErikVandeWater 5y ago
This works if you use Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-quality-for-youtube/iaddfgegjgjelgkanamleadckkpnjpjc?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-quality-for-y...

londons_explore 5y ago

As the codebase gets bigger and more complex, performance on identical hardware will necessarily get worse. There is only a certain amount of RAM, and when it's all used up by thousands of coders writing new UI toolkits, there isn't enough RAM left and you're forced to have smaller video buffers and lower resolutions to prevent the app running out of RAM.

tehbeard 5y ago
This is the most drek response I've ever seen. If I switch it back to 720/1080, There. Is. No. Issue. No app crashes, no stalling out buffering, it works fine, just like last month, just like last year, and the year before that. But now video starts in "potato quality" and nessecitates button mashing to get back to being watchable.
- londons_explore 5y ago
  There are parts of this system you can't see... Imagine the connection from your ISP to youtube is 1 Gbit. Thats 200 HD AV1 streams, or 100 MP4 streams, or 1000 Low quality streams. If your device only supports MP4, then by you selecting HD, 5 other people have to watch in SD. Youtube autoselects the quality to maximize overall enjoyment, but lets individuals override it. But by overriding it, you probably hurt other viewers experience (they will get auto-defaulted to lower quality).

Jabbles 5y ago

Are you in Europe? https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21187930/youtube-reduces-streaming-quality-european-union-coronavirus-bandwidth-internet-traffic https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21187930/youtube-reduces-...

tehbeard 5y ago
Yes but as that article points out, BT and other ISPs aren't anywhere near their network capacity. Honestly with how the UI of the menu is designed it reeks of one of the Googlers wanting to "be bold" to get a promotion/side transfer. changes for changes sake and nice padding on their CV.

ErikVandeWater 5y ago

This works if you use Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-quality-for-youtube/iaddfgegjgjelgkanamleadckkpnjpjc?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-quality-for-y...