YouTube Format IDs

25 points | by ksec 2 hours ago

6 comments

  • throw0101d 29 minutes ago

    > HFR stands for "High Framerate", which means up to 60 FPS, whereas non-HFR is limited to 30 FPS

    Personally I find most ((almost?) all?) >30fps generally unnecessary and just chews through bandwidth, monthly (mobile) data caps, and processing/batteries.

    Are there specific cases where "HFR" videos are really improving the viewing experience of particular (types of) content?

    (Note: in the table it's about support for HFR content, and does not necessarily mean that content is HFR.)

      noir_lord 15 minutes ago

      Gaming footage/videos, some games are so fast they are noticeably better to play at (and watch at) 60fps over 30fps.

        throw0101d 11 minutes ago

        I don't watch too many of those, and those few that I do are more 4X (Civ, Stellaris, etc), so that maybe that's why I don't notice it as an advantage for most of the content I see.

  • RankingMember 35 minutes ago

    I feel like I'm missing some context. Cool that there's someone cataloging this though.

      floam 21 minutes ago

      Same id numbers you use when downloading them. While you might know what a particular URL is available in, I’m not sure I’ve seen an encyclopedic enumeration of the possibilities

  • throw0101d 33 minutes ago