YouTube Compression Experiment Part I

Written on December 4, 2007 – 4:01 am | by Morten Rand-Hendriksen |

I’ve always been curious what makes for a good YouTube video and what makes for a bad one. There are literally thousands of tutorials and recipes out there that claim to have the perfect solution but they all differ greatly. To see if I could find out what format actually works best I uploaded the same video in a multitude of different formats for side-by-side comparison.

An in-depth analysis with screen grabs of original files vs. YouTube compression will be up shortly but for now you can take a look and leave your comments in the comments.

Candidate 1: WMV9 - 640×480 px

Candidate 2: WMV9 - 320×240 px

Candidate 3: QuickTime H.264 - 640×480 px

Candidate 4: QuickTime H.264 - 320×240 px

Candidate 5: FLV8 On2 VP6 - 640×480 px

Candidate 6: FLV8 On2 VP6 - 320×240 px

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Put your related posts code here

About WebIsTheNewTV.com

The broadcast industry is facing a paradigm shift - a scientific revolution of sorts. We no longer watch our entertainment the way we used to. And the industry is facing a major challenge: Evolve or get left behind. The future is interactive, it is user-controlled, it is the internet.

In this blog we will try to make order out of the chaos created by the war between TV and the web and give you news, tips, tutorials and information about what is going on and how you can get the most out of the time you spend in front of the boob tube.

Want to subscribe?

Subscribe in a reader Or, subscribe via email:

Web is the new TV