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Last night I get a notification that @HippoDrone was perplexed why my 26 minute video was only playing at 360 res.
So first thing was the video was not supposed to go live yet but that was not why it was only playing low res.
I found that even when I upload a 4k video, YouTube has a lag in processing the data. It first processes at low res then higher one level at a time.
Here is the kicker, I reuploaded the video starting at 10 pm. It showed 360. At 5 am it showed at 1080. Now at 8:30 am it is showing at full 4K.
So lesson is, if you want your audience to have the full resolution, it may be best to schedule for it to go live a day or so after you upload.
And @HippoDrone thank you for catching that. Tune in Thursday for the full res.
So first thing was the video was not supposed to go live yet but that was not why it was only playing low res.
I found that even when I upload a 4k video, YouTube has a lag in processing the data. It first processes at low res then higher one level at a time.
Here is the kicker, I reuploaded the video starting at 10 pm. It showed 360. At 5 am it showed at 1080. Now at 8:30 am it is showing at full 4K.
So lesson is, if you want your audience to have the full resolution, it may be best to schedule for it to go live a day or so after you upload.
And @HippoDrone thank you for catching that. Tune in Thursday for the full res.