Screen resolution settings go from 480p straight to 720p, with no 576p. I kept wondering why for years.
Because America and NTSC use instead of PAL would be my guess.
Why are videos in 576p resolution not supported by YouTube?
Submitted 9 months ago by Resol@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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kobra@lemm.ee 9 months ago
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Never The Same Colour
Resol@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Valid guess, I guess.
laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Every additional resolution they support is another copy of every single video in their library. 576p is already a European standard not an American one so that is why they probably never supported it to begin with and they’ll probably never supported it in the future.
Resol@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good point
Knusper@feddit.de 9 months ago
Interesting. I saw 576p a few times on PeerTube, but never knew that was a common format…
Resol@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I live in a country severely close to Europe, and when looking at the screen res of some channels on my telly, I noticed it was all 576p for the most part (standard definition broadcasting is still really common where I’m from).
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Honestly, as someone else said, US based company, US based standards. Plus, youtube is really designed to show content designed for youtube, not old media from other platforms.
Even the BBC uploads old 576 content to iplayer as 720.
Because if you’re going to do the de-interlace etc before uploading, you might as well put it in a format that everyone is expecting.
It’s weird though, I swear I had a memory of 576 content being an option at some point…Maybe it was just some content being 50Hz.
Resol@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This kinda makes sense.