http://www.fierceiptv.com/tags/youtube-hd en http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/spotlight-youtube-tests-hd/2008-03-04?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FI0 <p> <br /> YouTube has been quietly upping its quality, testing a HD version on selected clips. According <a href="http://forum.videohelp.com/topic346256-120.html">VideoHelp.com</a> if you add &amp;fmt=6 or &amp;fmt=18 to the end of a video link it returns a H.264 encoded clip at 480×360 resolution with a bit-rate up to 850K. Compare the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdijIiOq14">low</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdijIiOq14&amp;fmt=6">high</a> quality versions. At the same time, owner Google has confirmed it is aiming at a live service some time this year. YouTube co-founder, Steve Chen, confirmed a 2008 timetable to pop17.com video blogger <a href="http://pop17.com/">Sarah Meyers</a>. Live HD backed by Google will scare anyone trying to make it in the video conferencing world. </p> http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/spotlight-youtube-tests-hd/2008-03-04#comments Google H.264 live video YouTube. HD Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:59:00 -0500 Tom Burton 1950 at http://www.fierceiptv.com