Quote Originally Posted by ChinaV View Post
Thanks td_ref,

I'm still not sure I understand youku, I was told that the HD videos posted on youku come from Chinese media sources (TV stations, advertisers, etc.) and I have not been able to find examples of regular users that can upload a 960X720 video.

What is more interesting, is the bizarre way youku is referring to HD.

600X480 and 960X720 = WTF is that shit. Why are they sticking with a 4:3 aspect ratio ???

HD = 1080p or 1920X1080 pixels ----- If they want to go smaller, it should be something like 1280X720 or 960X540 to keep things in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Anyhow... regardless of what standards they have, I can create a very small 960X720 version of a video, but I don't think it will maintain its resolution when it gets uploaded to youku. I would love to be wrong about it.

Thanks for trying to help, I really appreciate it!

Cheers!
ChinaV
OK, I managed to upload a NASA HD video to youku's. The video can be view 高清 or 超清.


The result speak for itself. But for HD I have another question, is it sensible to upload a HD video to internet? I've dsl connetion but low bandwidth upload (most of we are), for this 720p 40s 50mb file, it take me 1 hour to upload. That's not include server transcoding time.
p.s. the original video is in this link http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/HD...archive_1.html, the fifth paragraph.