Resolution : 1080 vs 1072 for Youtube

[prosaplayer1]

I have seen some videos in Youtube with horizontal pixel number of 1072 better than 1080 version. This is due to some encoding with multiples of 16, some complex mechanics which I am not aware of.

So, should a video be converted to 1072 for Youtube? Is 1080 the better choice everywhere else, such as in WMP? Or someone can point me to the correct forum for further details.

[newpball]

I have seen some videos in Youtube with horizontal pixel number of 1072 better than 1080 version. This is due to some encoding with multiples of 16, some complex mechanics which I am not aware of.

I am sure if you claim that to be the case you have some examples ready, could you link them please?

[Cornucopia]

Doesn't matter what YOU or anybody else attempts to provide Youtube with, as they re-encode everything to their own specs. Also, "1072" is not one of their encoded settings, so I don't know where you THINK you are seeing this, but it is an error on your part.

Youtube allows many input format sizes, but prefers standard ones.

For output, YT provides:
144p
240p
360p
480p
720p
1080p
...possibly higher (2160p)

Note that 1072 is NOT in that list.

The option for seeing which of these are available is primarily dependent upon your internet download bandwidth capability.

Scott

[newpball]

For output, YT provides:
144p
240p
360p
480p
720p
1080p
...possibly higher (2160p)

They also provide QHD (e.g. 1440p).

[prosaplayer1]

I am sure if you claim that to be the case you have some examples ready, could you link them please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05EcAaQ3i7A

[smrpix]

I am sure if you claim that to be the case you have some examples ready, could you link them please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05EcAaQ3i7A

That video is uploaded at 1080.

[Mr.Delusional]

It looks to me that Youtube allows a little fudging of numbers. If you check the "stats for nerds". The video is shown as 1920x1072, or 1280x714 and so forth. I went ahead and downloaded the video and it is, 1920x1072.

Video
ID : 1
ID : 1 Format : AVC
Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0
Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 30s 67ms
Duration : 30s 67ms Bit rate : 4 030 Kbps
Bit rate : 4 030 Kbps Width : 1 920 pixels
Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 072 pixels
Height : 1 072 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 30.033 fps
Frame rate : 30.033 fps Minimum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Minimum frame rate : 30.000 fps Maximum frame rate : 3 000.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 3 000.000 fps Color space : YUV
Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits
Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive
Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.065
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.065 Stream size : 14.4 MiB (97%)
Stream size : 14.4 MiB (97%)

[racer-x]

No it's actually 1920 x 1072. Don't know how he managed to keep it at that resolution without youtube resizing it. Don't know if I would trust the results either. I doubt any improvements.