Youtube/Vimeo

[mesa]

I'm a bit puzzled as to why so many folks do their recording on youtube rather than Vimeo. It seems to me the audio is better on Vimeo, no?

[Doug Young]

Originally Posted by mesa

I'm a bit puzzled as to why so many folks do their recording on youtube rather than Vimeo. It seems to me the audio is better on Vimeo, no?

The listeners/watchers are on You Tube. Also more content, so more watchers, so more content....

After You Tube initially had bad audio (low bandwidth mono) and bad video, these days, the quality seems fine to me now.

[mesa]

Originally Posted by Doug Young

The listeners/watchers are on You Tube. Also more content, so more watchers, so more content....

After You Tube initially had bad audio (low bandwidth mono) and bad video, these days, the quality seems fine to me now.

Vimeo sounds pretty good too, Doug!

https://vimeo.com/5115050

[Doug Young]

Originally Posted by mesa

Vimeo sounds pretty good too, Doug!

https://vimeo.com/5115050

For sure, I have some things on vimeo, and I first posted there out of frustration over you tube's quality. (I just went to see if my videos are still there - they seem to have disappeared). But vimeo has limits on how much you can post without paying, if I recall. And more importantly, I'm not sure I got so much as a single view there. I do see that Fran has a video - same video - on both Vimeo and You Tube. He has 744 views on vimeo, over 8000 on You Tube. So I suspect most people want to post where they have a better chance of being seen.

[Trevor B.]

Originally Posted by mesa

I'm a bit puzzled as to why so many folks do their recording on youtube rather than Vimeo. It seems to me the audio is better on Vimeo, no?

Not only that, but many people using macs with either Yosemite or El Capitan as their 0S and Safari for internet connectivity are having trouble getting the fullscreen button on youtube videos to work. There are several workarounds that add extra steps or the Safari window can be reduced. The fullscreen button works fine on Vimeo videos regardless of Safari window size. It may be a small thing but it is annoying. Here's a link that explains the issue.
https://productforums.google.com/for...be/wKnIFyuqhUk

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Trevor B.

Not only that, but many people using macs with either Yosemite or El Capitan as their 0S and Safari for internet connectivity are having trouble getting the fullscreen button on youtube videos to work. There are several workarounds that add extra steps or the Safari window can be reduced. The fullscreen button works fine on Vimeo videos regardless of Safari window size. It may be a small thing but it is annoying. Here's a link that explains the issue.
https://productforums.google.com/for...be/wKnIFyuqhUk

Interesting, I did not realize Safari was having an issue. I use El Cap and Chrome on this mac and have no problem

[Trevor B.]

Originally Posted by KevWind

Interesting, I did not realize Safari was having an issue. I use El Cap and Chrome on this mac and have no problem

The weird thing is that it suddenly started happening to me a couple of weeks ago. My OS is Yosemite (came installed on the 2015, 15" MBP I bought in the summer and haven't upgraded yet). There was no problem for several months and then one day I clicked the youtube fullscreen button and got a thick black border around an upper left hand view of the video. You can see what I'm talking about if you click the link I included. (Ignore this last sentence if you've already done that).
This problem does not occur on any other video hosting websites I visit.

[Fran Guidry]

Originally Posted by Doug Young

For sure, I have some things on vimeo, and I first posted there out of frustration over you tube's quality. (I just went to see if my videos are still there - they seem to have disappeared). But vimeo has limits on how much you can post without paying, if I recall. And more importantly, I'm not sure I got so much as a single view there. I do see that Fran has a video - same video - on both Vimeo and You Tube. He has 744 views on vimeo, over 8000 on You Tube. So I suspect most people want to post where they have a better chance of being seen.

I tried Vimeo because the content creators at the video forums I visited seemed to prefer it. As Doug says, at that time Vimeo seemed slightly ahead in the quality of their streaming.

But Vimeo had/has limits on HD content uploads unless one paid for an upgraded membership. Then YouTube upgraded their audio and video quality and have continued to do so, to the point that they have surpassed Vimeo. And Vimeo streaming seemed to have more issues than YouTube, which seems to be the case even today.

Fran

[Trevor B.]

Originally Posted by Fran Guidry

I tried Vimeo because the content creators at the video forums I visited seemed to prefer it. As Doug says, at that time Vimeo seemed slightly ahead in the quality of their streaming.

But Vimeo had/has limits on HD content uploads unless one paid for an upgraded membership. Then YouTube upgraded their audio and video quality and have continued to do so, to the point that they have surpassed Vimeo. And Vimeo streaming seemed to have more issues than YouTube, which seems to be the case even today.

Fran

Fullscreen mode for at least some Mac/Safari users notwithstanding.