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YouTube boosts file size limits

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

One benefit of being owned by Google has to be the mind-boggling amounts of server space they have available, with something like 45 or 50 massive data centres located around the world and an estimated 500,000 servers or so in total (you can find them quite easily — look for the fo ... Continue reading »

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  • Richard Budman

    1 year ago

    Yeah, YouTube boosting file size to a GB is impressive. In theory, it should mean you could upload almost uncompressed DV footage without having to go through an extra encode step - might give you slightly better quality. But this I wonder? Who's got the time and computer resources to tie up for 3-4 hour uploads for a single videos. As long the providers continue to CAP UPLOAD SPEEDS, YouTube could goto 10GB limits... and I'm not sure we Canadians could really take efficient advantage.
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    That's a good point, Richard.
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  • Over the Ocean

    1 year ago

    Internet speeds are increasing. Our internet provider does not offer 1M/1M speeds anymore, the slowest speed is now 10M/10M. And of course, no monthly limits. Price for 10M/10M? 14€ per month.
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