About Youtube HD

[Mark.]

Has anyone got troubles viewing youtube videos in HD? Cuz they don't run smoothly for me.

That's my connection:

I made a subscription with my internet provider for 4mbps download and 256kbps upload, yet I can go above those speeds.

[poehalcho]

yeah i have the problem too :/ too run smoothly i gotta lets it load to the end and perhaps view it 2x
however i'm tihnking it's more likely to be a problem from youtube. youtube is fairly simplstic, they've never really specialized in video quality. so even their HD isn't much. probably the signal isn't as good as it can be and if you've got an older computer it may have trouble processing it.

[Azilius]

I've got only a tad better speeds than you and I run them perfectly fine.

[Gaigemasta]

probaly not ur net speed but your computer, running at that quality requires a lot ram so probaly for that reason

[MonstaH]

Youtube used to be totally awful for me in the past, alot of the mirrors were at 56k niveau while I have a 16MBit connection... but now since they got the HD vids, and when switching to HQ / HD mode your stream usually coming from a ***.googlevideo.com mirror, I get decent speeds. That's why often my vid in HD buffers faster than if I view it in normal quality from one of the shit mirrors.

Check this one out in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8nv5KlKJk4

IMO Youtube HD looks quite good already

[Rival]

I have problem too..

slow buffering of the HD Videos in Redtube and hentaitube

[NuclearSilo]

it's not about your connection but graphic card performance

[strangelove]

I doubt the issue is hardware related. If you have not upgraded your Flash player, try upgrading. If your Flash player is up to date, try downgrading. The point is to try another version. Also, try YouTube in another browser.

[BlackFox898]

while were on the topic, how do you upload an HD video too youtube, anyone know? also how big would the file be?

[Snoopy]

probaly not ur net speed but your computer, running at that quality requires a lot ram so probaly for that reason

+1. If I used to try run HD Youtube video with Silkroad open, it was slow. Without it open, it's fine.

[Rival]

it's not about your connection but graphic card performance

graphic card is 1gb..

why..

[DarkJackal]

It sometimes doesn't run smooth for me but I think it's my pc, but sometimes I pause it until its fully loaded and it will run better.

My video Card is a brand new Hd 4850, so I don't think it's just the video card.

[NuclearSilo]

it's not about your connection but graphic card performance

graphic card is 1gb..

why..

Well, in summary it's about pc's performance. Each HD vid is like >1Gb size. Downloading at the speed 2Mb/s and reading 10Mb/s obviously cause lag

[Mark.]

Well,if I remember correctly, those HD videos used to run smoothly when they were just implemented.
My pc is 2 years and half old (2.8x2 Ghz, 2gb ram, nvidia 7300 512mb), so it's probably that <.<

[Happy30]

to run them smoothly you'll have to restart the movie after you press the HD button

it works for me ...

[CrimsonNuker]

It means you has a virus.

[locko]

i have same problem,also with HQ,and my internet is very good,dl with 10mb always at any hour from romanian tracker,outside..idk 4+
oh and my pc is dual core 4gb ram,8600 gt bla bla...

[user]

probaly not ur net speed but your computer, running at that quality requires a lot ram so probaly for that reason

+1

i had to change my power setting to max performance to watch those vids

[Reise]

Well, in summary it's about pc's performance. Each HD vid is like >1Gb size. Downloading at the speed 2Mb/s and reading 10Mb/s obviously cause lag

Youtube's HD mode is just a fancy term they use for videos without compression. They're usually around the same size as the regular Youtube video minus the shitty quality we were so used to Youtube having before their little change. If they don't load quick it could be those particular videos, or you just got stuck with a slow download. I've had the same videos load slow and fast depending on when I view them.