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In July 2010, YouTube announced that it had launched a range of videos in 4K format, which allows a resolution of up to 4096×3072 pixels. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] In July 2010, support for 2160p UHD was added, with the videos playing at 3840 × 2160 pixels. [ 37 ]
In November 2013, YouTube began to use the VP9 video compression standard, saying that it was more suitable for 4K than High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). Google, which owns YouTube, developed VP9. [78] Theaters began projecting movies at 4K resolution in 2011. [80] Sony was offering 4K projectors as early as 2004. [81]
On December 25, 2013, YouTube added a "2160p 4K" option to its videoplayer. Previously, a visitor had to select the "original" setting in the video quality menu to watch a video in 4K resolution. With the new setting, YouTube users can much more easily identify and play 4K videos. [149]
In September 2022, YouTube tested paywalling 4K resolution streaming of any YouTube video behind YouTube Premium. Amid criticism, this pilot ended in mid-October 2022. [ 31 ] In April 2023, YouTube began to pilot a variant of this concept under which some videos offer an enhanced bitrate 1080p option.
A YouTube video statistics with AVC (H.264) video codec and Opus audio format In 2009, the HTML5 working group was split between supporters of Ogg Theora , a free video format which is thought to be unencumbered by patents, and H.264, which contains patented technology.
The price of some add-on packages, like its 4K feature, was reduced to account for the price increase. On May 17, 2023, YouTube TV received backlash after a glitch that made many channels unavailable for several hours, including TNT, who were airing an NBA playoff game between the Boston Celtics & Miami Heat. The glitch made subscribers unable ...
That is the case with some video file formats, such as WebM (.webm), Windows Media Video (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv), and Ogg Video (.ogv), each of which can only contain a few well-defined subtypes of video and audio coding formats, making it relatively easy to know which codec will play the file.
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