Tell HN: Check your old YouTube videos

11 points

a year ago

If you're someone who has uploaded videos to youtube in the past, and don't want to lose them, give them a quick look now.

Many older videos on YouTube have been re-transcoded to a abysmal bitrate that throws away 90% of the video content.

This is especially important if your videos contain text content.

(Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22lfCWA43Q8 )

Just a friendly PSA to re-check your old videos, check your backups, re-upload or leave them bit rotted forever.

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