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[rjc571]

This trick has been getting a lot of positive feedback in the Yoshi's Island thread, so I'd like to make it more well-known.

1. Record footage of your game at 60 fps
2. Use a video editor to slow it down to 30 fps by making it run at half-speed
3. Make sure it is compatible with the HTML5 player (should happen automatically?) and upload it
4. Instruct viewers to view it with the HTML5 player, and increase the playback speed to 2x. The HTML5 player can be enabled by going to http://www.youtube.com/html5

Here are some examples of youtube videos that are viewable in 60 fps (all thanks to Nintendomination):
Yoshi's New Island: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3VYsP_321g
Kirby Triple Deluxe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oX1PWAYVy0
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkiY13LHYXw
Mario 3D World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ukHG6AgiE
Bayonetta 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP21RW0MiSM
Mario Kart 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKECn7TxkU

I'd like to see this catch on, because youtube's 30 fps limit is downright archaic, and it would be great if Lets Players and even publishers had an easy way to share 60 fps footage of their games!

 

[brandonh83]

God, DKC looks awesome.

 

[Quadraphonic]

That's going to lead to a lot of complaints about slow videos.

 

[Frodo]

God, DKC looks awesome.

The animation work is fantastic. You can't see that on screens-shots.

On topic: This does't work for me on FireFox. I mean, it works, but the video will run super super slow. On Chrome it works okay, though.

 

[zewone]

Pretty cool. Would be great if you didn't have to jump through all these hoops.

 

[nictron]

God, DKC looks awesome.

DKC is awesome

 

[brandonh83]

The animation work is fantastic. You can't see that on screens-shots.

Watching more of it, I'm beginning to believe that my post is full of shit because awesome is too low-key of a term for it.

DKC is awesome

It's like feeding my eyeballs Reese's Pieces.

 

[FuriousDark]

I really need to just toss my pride out the window, speak in a ridiculously stupid voice, record myself playing games, and hope the profit just rolls in

 

[Tablo]

Oh my, that is quite nice.

 

[Chuck]

Why can't youtube just support 60fps? It's pretty ridiculous the video player everyone uses is still so fucking old.

 

[Salex_]

Damn, Mario Kart looks SOOOO GOOD in 60 FPS. That beautiful artstyle and smooth gameplay is amazing.

 

[Coolade]

This is absolutely fantastic. I seriously hope this catches on. So buttery smooth

 

[infinityBCRT]

Awesome. I'd love to see people start to upload stuff like this until Youtube supports it natively.

 

[Blackthorn]

This is really cool. Hopefully a step towards them allowing it by default.

 

[KojiKnight]

Not working, at least not in Firefox... 2x speed is working but it's clearly not 60fps. The DKTF video looks a bit smoother but frame skips are definitely there and I doubt my hardware is causing the drops.

 

[Gavarms]

That is a great trick

 

[Omega]

Normal speed on Bayonetta 2 looks and sounds like slow motion after watching it 2x speed

 

[civilstrife]

I don't get the option to increase the speed when I click the cog. What gives?

edit: oops, didn't have it in html5 mode

 

[Mlatador]

Watching that MK8 video in 30 fps (yes, 30) is factinating. Leaves you enough time to see how fucking amazing it looks.

 

[OryoN]

Does this work on the Wii U?

I know the browser is HTML5 compatible, but not sure what other requirement are necessary. I tried it before(a couple months ago), but didn't spend enough time and comparisons to determin whether the framerate increased. Won't be able to confirm either way. Without 2x speed, it run in slow motion, so it was hard to tell if the 2x speed-up did anything else besides just that.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Youtube's 30fps limit isn't archaic, it's the bandwidth infrastructure of the world that's archaic. Youtube's 30fps limitation is a consequence of this.

 

[Azull]

That's going to lead to a lot of complaints about slow videos.

This.

I mean I guess could put in the instructions in the description of my videos but most of my viewers probably wont read it and just complain. Pretty cool trick though, hopefully youtube just makes it standard.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I remember back in the 240p days they allowed native 60fps uploads. Resolution was crap tho, lol

 

[Hero of Legend]

Do it my way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q5hoFsOFFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN1OM85tocI

I had to use VDub to blend the frames after forcing interlacing and downsizing the vids from 1080 to 720, but it works as a work around. Download the vids as the browser might not play them at perfect speed if it's being bogged down.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Why can't youtube just support 60fps? It's pretty ridiculous the video player everyone uses is still so fucking old.

It probably has to be due to the limitations of Flash. The question should be why can't Flash be updated to allow 60fps? Maybe YT should abandon Flash (eventually).

 

[btkadams]

for some reason my browser (mac safari) won't show the html5 version of the videos unless i click the special html5 video link that is included in some of the video descriptions. i went to youtube.com/html5 and set it to use html5 when available. does anyone know what the issue is?

 

[Hylian7]

This kind of leaves mobile users high and dry.

 

[kmax]

dat 60 fps. Glorious stuff. Thanks

 

[Terbinator]

Team BlimBlim 4lyf.

 

[antibolo]

I never watch YouTube on my computer. Can you increase playback speed on the iOS, Android and PS3 clients?

If your answer is "no" then your workaround is worthless, please don't encourage people to do it.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

for some reason my browser (mac safari) won't show the html5 version of the videos unless i click the special html5 video link that is included in some of the video descriptions. i went to youtube.com/html5 and set it to use html5 when available. does anyone know what the issue is?

I could not get Firefox or IE to give me the HTML versions. Chrome worked, tho. I didn't want to fool with plug-ins so I didn't try those but I'm okay with using Chrome to view these videos as needed.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Oh damn, this is really nice. Thank you!

 

[Tathanen]

When I enable the HTML5 player I can't drag the progress indicator on videos any more. Any time I click it or click ahead of it the video restarts. In Firefox and Chrome. I literally cannot make it through Tillman's fucking intro without killing myself so without being able to skip through a video I guess I will never see these 60fps.

 

[69wpm]

for some reason my browser (mac safari) won't show the html5 version of the videos unless i click the special html5 video link that is included in some of the video descriptions. i went to youtube.com/html5 and set it to use html5 when available. does anyone know what the issue is?

HTML5 is still crap on Youtube, sadly. The way I do it is to replace "watch?v=" in the url with "embed/" because most videos will not play otherwise.

When I enable the HTML5 player I can't drag the progress indicator on videos any more. Any time I click it or click ahead of it the video restarts. In Firefox and Chrome. I literally cannot make it through Tillman's fucking intro without killing myself so without being able to skip through a video I guess I will never see these 60fps.

I have that bug, too. It comes and goes, you can't really fix it, very annoying. Sometimes the audios doesn't even start and I have to drag the progress indicator bag to the start.

I never watch YouTube on my computer. Can you increase playback speed on the iOS, Android and PS3 clients?

If your answer is "no" then your workaround is worthless, please don't encourage people to do it.

Wow.

 

[cm osi]

If your answer is "no" then your workaround is worthless, please don't encourage people to do it.

what the hell?
anyway, i switched to html5 but i don't have the speed control. i have the "Media Source Extensions " signed with the red exclamation mark


edit: nevermind fixed it

 

[greg400]

I never watch YouTube on my computer. Can you increase playback speed on the iOS, Android and PS3 clients?

If your answer is "no" then your workaround is worthless, please don't encourage people to do it.

The answer is no, which is why if people want to use this method they should also upload a regular version.

 

[Disguises]

I'm still absolutely astonished that Youtube supports 1440p, 2K but STILL not 60fps. Come on!

 

[Ogawa-san]

Youtube's HTML5 player is awful, I use the extension instead.

 

[Alo81]

Is this the slow down your footage thi-yep it is forget it.

 

[cpp_is_king]

I'm still absolutely astonished that Youtube supports 1440p, 2K but STILL not 60fps. Come on!

Larger frames compress better than more frames. Blame Comcast next time you see them parading around that fiber infrastructure isn't necessary.

 

[injurai]

this is magical

 

[Disguises]

Larger frames compress better than more frames. Blame Comcast next time you see them parading around that fiber infrastructure isn't necessary.

Fair enough, but there's plenty of other 60fps solutions. I guess it's just a matter of time before they allow it. What's stopping them? Server storage?...

Edit: Any more videos NOT from this guy?

 

[jabuseika]

Neat trick, I can definitely spot the difference.

 

[Kinsei]

Nice trick. I'll be using it when I record videos of games that run at 60 FPS.

Mario Kart looks mouth watering good.

 

[dragonlife]

Is this the slow down your footage thi-yep it is forget it.

No bueno?

 

[Taker666]

It's a real shame the big gaming sites don't allow for all their playthroughs to be recorded in 60fps...it's every bit as important as resolution. It really makes the visuals shine.

They're doing 60fps software a major disservice (the same goes for the publishers as well).

 

[sykoex]

It probably has to be due to the limitations of Flash. The question should be why can't Flash be updated to allow 60fps? Maybe YT should abandon Flash (eventually).

Nah Flash can do 60fps fine. See Twitch and Eurogamer.

 

[RoboPlato]

It's a real shame the big gaming sites don't allow for all their playthroughs to be recorded in 60fps...it's every bit as important as resolution. It really makes the visuals shine.

They're doing 60fps software a major disservice (the same goes for the publishers as well).

I actually think that the lack of ability to display 60fps video leads to a lot of games not being 60fps because no one can really see the quality until they have it in their hands.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Fair enough, but there's plenty of other 60fps solutions. I guess it's just a matter of time before they allow it. What's stopping them? Server storage?...

Edit: Any more videos NOT from this guy?

As mentioned earlier, the bandwidth of the internet. Not their servers, and perhaps not your internet connection at home. I'm talking about the entire internet. There is only so much data that a given network infrastructure can push. Youtube accounts for a huge portion of that. Some people point to the fact that Netflix accounts for a higher portion of bandwidth than Youtube, but keep in mind that Netflix is only in a handful of countries. Youtube streams all over the world, and it's responsible for a staggering amount of internet traffic.

You have to understand that on this scale, where literally billions of people are using your service, there is no such thing as a simple change. Yes, Youtube offers poorer streaming quality than many other services. It's a victim of its own success. It is precisely because of how widely used it that making a "simple change" like adding support for 60fps is not possible.

It's not that they can't do it or don't want to do it. It's that the internet can't handle it.

 

[HarrisonSBA]

My eyes hurt from all the awesomeness.