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YouTube increases maximum size of video uploads from 1GB to 2GB

by Parm Mann on 2 July 2009, 13:11

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YouTube has announced that following numerous requests from its users, it has doubled the maximum size of uploads from 1GB to 2GB.

YouTube product manager Ryan Junee, speaking on the official YouTube Blog, states that "the increase means you can upload longer videos at a higher resolution as well as large HD files directly from your camera".

Despite Junee's claims, we're dubious about the ability to upload longer videos, as the 10 minute duration limit remains in place.

In addition to the increase in upload size, YouTube has also made it easier to share HD videos. A new "&hd=1" command has been issued, and when appended to the link of a HD video, it allows for shared videos to play immediately in HD.

For those longing for the ability to embed HD videos, your calls have also been answered. When embedding a video, an option to "Play in HD" is now available. We're giving the new embedding trick a whirl with this HD clip of the first trailer for 2006 movie Superman Returns:

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Posted by 3dcandy - Thu 02 Jul 2009 13:28
The 10 minute limit is more restricting than the 2gb limit if you ask me….however, it's a step in the right direction methinks
Posted by aidanjt - Thu 02 Jul 2009 14:03
Why they even care how long a clip is, is well beyond me, all they're doing is force people to upload fragmented clips, creating a bigger mess of their database, and increasing bandwidth and resource consumption.
Posted by Arthran - Thu 02 Jul 2009 14:07
aidanjt
Why they even care how long a clip is, is well beyond me, all they're doing is force people to upload fragmented clips, creating a bigger mess of their database, and increasing bandwidth and resource consumption.

Its because people like Universal studio's don't want people uploading full films, which as we all know come in at less that a gig in the right format
Posted by pauldarkside - Thu 02 Jul 2009 14:23
Higher definition content or longer videos? So do you want the extended version of 2G1C, or would you prefer to see it in more detail? ;)

I can imagine a lot of regular users will soon fall foul of their ISP's capping; all Sky Mid users (soon to be Sky Everyday) are facing a cap reduction from 40GB to 10GB per month. This move, along with higher quality content elsewhere will generate a nice profit for ISP's forcing more expensive options (or asking customers to change their habits). I wonder how much of that revenue will be used to improve the quality of the network infrastructure or line pockets.

I'll have to upgrade my connection purely for the cap limits - I won't benefit from any speed increase as the landline quality prevents it (too much intermittent noise which 3 BT engineers have failed to resolve - now into my 3rd year with it).

Sorry about the whinge, this possibly beneficial offering only exacerbates my frustrations with Sky's recent actions.
Posted by aidanjt - Thu 02 Jul 2009 14:26
Arthran
Its because people like Universal studio's don't want people uploading full films, which as we all know come in at less that a gig in the right format

Meh, they've a right to issue a take-down notice, YouTube T&C's also specifically state not to upload copyright protected content. That's more than sufficient to appease our DRM overlords.