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Anyone else having YouTube say it's streaming in HD but it looks off? Is this an internet issue, or am I just too first world?

 

 

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1. Youtube quality == crap

2. 1080p > Auto 1080p for some reason.

3. It could just be the video. Would you mind sharing the link?

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1 minute ago, sazrocks said:

1. Youtube quality == crap

2. 1080p > Auto 1080p for some reason.

3. It could just be the video. Would you mind sharing the link?

I specifically changed from Auto, on mobile, ect, it sets my auto to lower than expected for my internet. It also seems to happen with Netflix and Amazon Video.

 

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Poor bitrate from YouTube and the video doesn't look like it was shot in native 1080p.

Here's how the video looks at 1080p on a 1920x1080 monitor.

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2 minutes ago, jman116 said:

I specifically changed from Auto, on mobile, ect, it sets my auto to lower than expected for my internet. It also seems to happen with Netflix and Amazon Video.

 

Looks like it's that guy's camera more than anything.

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It's a bug, click 1080p again and it should load it at the proper resolution.

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Auto 1080P is likely at an automatically set bit rate which may be lower than desired.

 

1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

it looks like the video/youtuber not youtbe

Your profile picture. Who/where is that from?

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My camera lens sees the present…

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1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Chloe Elizabeth Price from Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Ah, ok. I really need to get that game, just haven't gotten around to it. Living my own strange life here.

My eyes see the past…

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