WrkrBee
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Post by WrkrBee on Jan 6, 2024 10:07:10 GMT -5
Anybody else despise videos with side bars? The way I see it, they eliminate a lot of needed side information and use data storage of no value. Especially painful on a DIY video. I have no idea how it got started or why it is even an option. Seems harder to find a video without them now.
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Post by gwinger on Jan 6, 2024 13:18:54 GMT -5
Sample of what your talking about.
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Post by WrkrBee on Jan 6, 2024 16:46:26 GMT -5
Sample of what your talking about. Video in landscape. Actual video is centered in the landscape view. One each side of the actual video, the sides are blurred images of the video. Blurred sides widths vary. The majority of these have side bars, not all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L27XnCJdSME&t=22s |
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Post by gwinger on Jan 6, 2024 16:55:57 GMT -5
Are these on your phone? That may be the reason. I have taken videos on my Iphone and never had that problem. May be a setting on your phone. Try 1080 at 30 or 60fps.
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WrkrBee
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Post by WrkrBee on Jan 6, 2024 17:57:39 GMT -5
Are these on your phone? That may be the reason. I have taken videos on my Iphone and never had that problem. May be a setting on your phone. Try 1080 at 30 or 60fps.
No. Doesn't matter if viewed on phone or computer. The videos I take, do not have side bars. Did you watch the YouTube link? |
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Post by gwinger on Jan 6, 2024 18:16:54 GMT -5
So you're talking about videos others take?
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Post by WrkrBee on Jan 6, 2024 22:03:48 GMT -5
So you're talking about videos others take? Yes. |
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Post by nvguy on Jan 6, 2024 23:12:51 GMT -5
I know what your saying, why people film things in portrait is beyond me. Maybe if you are filming the Washington Monument it makes sense, but for the Grand Canyon turn your phone 90 degrees.
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Post by WrkrBee on Jan 7, 2024 8:49:24 GMT -5
I know what your saying, why people film things in portrait is beyond me. Maybe if you are filming the Washington Monument it makes sense, but for the Grand Canyon turn your phone 90 degrees. Many of these videos are recorded in landscape. But the center of the video is a version of portrait, and each side is blurred. Guess it's a pet peeve, along with a lot of other things people do. |
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Post by jl on Feb 25, 2024 16:41:46 GMT -5
Anybody else despise videos with side bars? The way I see it, they eliminate a lot of needed side information and use data storage of no value. Especially painful on a DIY video. I have no idea how it got started or why it is even an option. Seems harder to find a video without them now. Normally, side bars are for the format in which the video pic it shot in. And, it may also be that YOUTube has put you into a 480p format for viewing. Full screen for normal viewing (i.e., tv/monitor) would be a 1080p setting on your end. A 720p (although HD) has a smaller footprint on the screen, and will either show up as black sidebars, or a completely smaller picture with black all around the video. Not sure of the vid you're talking about (as I didn't follow your link) but I'd check your settings on YT first and see that you're viewing in 1080p (Full HD) and then if you can find what the vid was shot in (*i.e., 480, 720, 1080, 4k, 16k etc) you will have to adjust your viewing settings to match what they're showing you. There are still 640/480 videos sitting on YT that will auto format to that screen size. Hope this helps a bit, and yes, it's tough after you are used to the full screen HD to see some of the other formats show up. **I'll note that file size affects the upload time / and storage on _all_ viewing formats for consumers.** 44 yrs producing tv programming as an fyi. Straight highways and pine sheltered sites. jl |
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