News - YouTube increases the maximum size of video uploads from 1GB to 2GB

[HEXUS]

YouTube's now accepting large uploads of up to 2GB, but that doesn't exactly mean you can upload longer videos.

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[3dcandy]

The 10 minute limit is more restricting than the 2gb limit if you ask me....however, it's a step in the right direction methinks

[aidanjt]

Why they even care how long a clip is, is well beyond me, all they're doing is force people to upload fragmented clips, creating a bigger mess of their database, and increasing bandwidth and resource consumption.

[Arthran]

Originally Posted by aidanjt

Why they even care how long a clip is, is well beyond me, all they're doing is force people to upload fragmented clips, creating a bigger mess of their database, and increasing bandwidth and resource consumption.

Its because people like Universal studio's don't want people uploading full films, which as we all know come in at less that a gig in the right format

[pauldarkside]

Higher definition content or longer videos? So do you want the extended version of 2G1C, or would you prefer to see it in more detail?

I can imagine a lot of regular users will soon fall foul of their ISP's capping; all Sky Mid users (soon to be Sky Everyday) are facing a cap reduction from 40GB to 10GB per month. This move, along with higher quality content elsewhere will generate a nice profit for ISP's forcing more expensive options (or asking customers to change their habits). I wonder how much of that revenue will be used to improve the quality of the network infrastructure or line pockets.

I'll have to upgrade my connection purely for the cap limits - I won't benefit from any speed increase as the landline quality prevents it (too much intermittent noise which 3 BT engineers have failed to resolve - now into my 3rd year with it).

Sorry about the whinge, this possibly beneficial offering only exacerbates my frustrations with Sky's recent actions.

[aidanjt]

Originally Posted by Arthran

Its because people like Universal studio's don't want people uploading full films, which as we all know come in at less that a gig in the right format

Meh, they've a right to issue a take-down notice, YouTube T&C's also specifically state not to upload copyright protected content. That's more than sufficient to appease our DRM overlords.