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Is this different from selecting a higher resolution stream (with increased bitrate) and downscaling it on a 1080p display? If not, will they hide 1440+p option
by praash 3y ago
Is this different from selecting a higher resolution stream (with increased bitrate) and downscaling it on a 1080p display? If not, will they hide 1440+p options behind a paywall as well?
Most creators upload at 1080p, and YouTube has always given bitrate recommendations to match their service. Even with updated documentation, I'm expecting lots of people using their existing encoding presets for future 1080p uploads that can't benefit from this paywalled upgrade.
- SirMaster 3y agoYou can grab the enhanced bitrate 1080p option with yt-dlp. It's not better than the 1440p or 4K downscaled. The main use I see for it is for videos that were only uploaded in 1080p in the first place, and so they don't have a 1440p or 4K option. But even then, I am not seeing a very big difference at all between the regular 1080p and enhanced 1080p.
- kevincox 3y agoMostly no. It will be better in some scenarios. 1. If you are bandwidth limited the high bitrate version should be a bit more efficient than the higher resolution (as it isn't wasting space on details that will be lost in the downscaling). 2. For videos that are uploaded in 1080p it will be the best quality available. So it does seem like a pretty niche benefit. Maybe if you have a 1080p phone it can be worth it for the reduced resource usage and better battery life? But with many channels starting to upload in 4k it does seem like a very minor improvement in most cases.