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Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades...
Friday, August 6, 2010
What's new on YouTube since
we last met
? Let us count the things...
"Playlist Bar" launch:
Last week, we introduced the "Playlist Bar": when you view a playlist, recommended videos (from the homepage), your subscriptions or your favorites, you'll see a control bar at the bottom of the page, displaying the videos from those categories. The goal is to keep you from having to jumping back and forth to different pages to select which videos you'd like to watch next. Autoplay (which is no longer on by default) and the ability to select specific videos from your playlists without ever leaving the page are intended to make your viewing experience more seamless. We're continuing to monitor your feedback
here
as we plan improvements to this feature.
Local music listings:
A new addition to
our revamped music page
is the "Events Near You" section, provided by Songkick. Discover an artist you like on the page? "Events Near You" will let you know if he or she is headed your way.
Annotations upgrades:
We now offer fully transparent annotations with black or white text, a new default color (half-transparent black, replacing red), a new default position for new annotations (off-center), and a cleaner look for tooltips.
Redesigned video manager:
The
My_Videos page
has been reworked to offer streamlined ways of managing and reviewing videos you've uploaded, including options to sort your videos alphabetically, by length, by recency and by views. You can also browse the content you've viewed, purchased and liked, and there's access right here to Insight and Promoted Videos information (to the right of "Edit" button). For feedback on these changes, please chime in
here
.
Promotional badges:
Take a look at the
badges
created to help you better promote your YouTube channel on site and off. Find the asset you like and click on it to generate handy embed code for your blog or website (you'll have to sign in at the prompt).
New way to embed videos:
A new embed code style enables you to view embedded videos in one of our Flash or HTML5 players, depending on your viewing environment and preferences. For more information, see
this blog post
from our API blog.
Buzz videos on your homepage:
As with
the Facebook feed import
, the YouTube videos your friends are sharing on Google Buzz are now be pulled into your YouTube homepage if you're
connected to Buzz
(e.g. to AutoShare your activity).
HQ Webcam uploads:
That's right: You can now upload high quality video from your Webcam! All webcam recordings will be done at 360p.
Free previews on rentals:
All rental videos in the U.S. will show a free preview or movie trailer automatically so you can decide if you want to watch it before buying it. If you're over 18 and live in the U.S., you can check this out right here on the movie
Kick-Ass
.
The YouTube Team
New Default Size for Embedded Videos
Thursday, March 4, 2010
A video's life on YouTube is just the beginning; embedding gives it a life off of the site. Just look at your favorite blogger and they're likely to be embedding YouTube content in their posts. In fact, almost every popular video on the site is first made famous by embeds on the Web. That number can be as high as 50% of views in the first 48 hours, kicking off a great cycle.
We offer a few size choices when you grab a video's embed code. The default size used to be on the smaller side -- smaller than the size displayed on YouTube.com -- but as of today, we're defaulting to a larger size, one that's the same size of a video on YouTube.com (either 480x385 if 4:3 video, or 640x385 for 16:9 content). These new defaults were selected because they will give the majority of people the best possible viewing experience and because they better match our current video encoding sizes.
When you click on the embed code, the space below it will expand and reveal customization options, like so:
You can choose the following for your embedded player:
The color and size
Whether or not to include related videos
Whether or not to display the player border
Whether or not to play in HD by default -- triggers video resolutions of 1280x720 (720p) or 1920x1080 (1080p)
When using the "Play in HD" option, it's best to embed the player at a very large size (at least 1280x745) in order to accommodate the large size of the video. If you play HD video in a small player, the user's computer will have to scale down the video to fit within the player, costing the user extra CPU cycles and bandwidth, which may result in choppy playback. It's always best to play the video size that best fits the size of the video player. And if you want even better performance when watching HD content, you can choose to watch it in full-screen.
Geoff Stearns, Senior Web Developer, recently embedded "
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - RGM version
."
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