4K, Utub & LinusTT

[Don Kotlos]

Yeah they are not comparing "real life" footage, but at least he shares a well known secret among other things. 

 

[AaronChicago]

Couldn't get past 0:20. That guy is seriously annoying.

[Greg Padgett]

 I get that content designated for youtube or Vimeo will be limited by the bitrate those services stream at. Even the 4k streaming looks only marginally better than 1080p when viewed on a 60" 4k flatscreen. I just haven't found a youtube video that holds up well on the big screen. But what about content destined for Blueray? Wouldn't blueray benefit from a 4k pipeline throughout? At least until the final rendering? I'm sure wedding professionals could answer this.

This video seems to be saying that if you're using anything less than professional gear that you might as well just shoot in 1080p and then render to 4k to get youtube's highest bitrate. Makes sense if all you're doing is making youtube content. Makes you wonder if youtube's 4k is even really 4k or only 1080 at a higher bitrate.

Sometimes I ramble too much.

[Don Kotlos]

 I get that content designated for youtube or Vimeo will be limited by the bitrate those services stream at. Even the 4k streaming looks only marginally better than 1080p when viewed on a 60" 4k flatscreen. I just haven't found a youtube video that holds up well on the big screen. But what about content destined for Blueray? Wouldn't blueray benefit from a 4k pipeline throughout? At least until the final rendering? I'm sure wedding professionals could answer this.

This video seems to be saying that if you're using anything less than professional gear that you might as well just shoot in 1080p and then render to 4k to get youtube's highest bitrate. Makes sense if all you're doing is making youtube content. Makes you wonder if youtube's 4k is even really 4k or only 1080 at a higher bitrate.

Sometimes I ramble too much.

If you upload 4K then it uses a higher bitrate for the 1080p versus uploading in 1080p directly. 

That is because when you upload in 1080p it is stored for free whereas in 4K it counts against your storage limit. 

I haven't really compared the 1080p from 4K of the youtube with the 1080p of the Vimeo but they should use very similar bitrate. 

[sunyata]

not to be too cryptic but i couldn't care less about 4k digital, other than when a major client tells everyone that all shows going forward are going to be DCI P3 and UHD delivery.. which just happened unfortunately.