Not all videos can be uploaded to YouTube with 60fps

Oct 31, 2014 08:35 GMT  ·  By

It’s been a few months since YouTube promised that it would add support for videos with 60 frames per second and that day has finally come. The world’s most loved video streaming site has introduced the new video quality setting, much to everyone’s happiness.

In order to enjoy the new feature, you’ll have to use Chrome, although more browser support is certainly on the way. Then, you can go to the settings area of the video and select “720p60” or “1080p60,” which will immediately turn your video into something you didn’t think possible.

Of course, there aren’t many videos around the site to sport this feature, but there are plenty to come from here on out. This is a soft launch of the functionality and the first time the feature that’s been flaunted around several times over has made it to everyone.

For now, YouTube has control over what videos come in 60fps and says the feature will only be enabled for motion intense videos. This means that regular video blogs, some music videos and most cat videos on the site don’t really qualify.

Happy Holidays to the world's gamers

That means that, for now, YouTube’s new 60fps capabilities are a gift to gamers, who are quite certainly going to enjoy the new feature considering that they’re the most likely to need such high-quality videos.

60fps has been a benchmark in gaming for a long time. Considering that gaming is a really big sector of YouTube, with some of the most popular channels being dedicated to this, the new feature is a big gift to this huge chunk of users. PewDiePie, the man with the most subscribers on the whole of YouTube, namely over 31.8 million, does game reviews and records his playing time. It is estimated that he earns $4 million (€3.18 million) per year from his views alone.

There are people who are pointing out that the new iPhones come with 60fps recording capabilities. However, considering that YouTube only wants to allow this new feature for those videos that are extremely active, it’s doubtful that your regular phone-captured videos will make the cut.

But that doesn’t mean that YouTube won’t be expanding the feature in the months to come. It all depends on how well-received it is and what feedback the company gets.

This is, as they say, only the beginning and we should all expect more of this in the near future.

YouTube 60fps Video (2 Images)

This is the video in 360p
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