Playback on youtube may be choppy

[JM07]

I tried to view my Wabbit Wainger video and Youtube is putting out choppy. Like every one and a half second it skips. So I hope that's not hurting the integrity of my video or making it to look like no inbetweens.

[Paul Fierlinger]

It could be.

[JM07]

It is. In fact it just started getting choppy after I posted the link. Somehow, it seems that my open to link setting was changed to private and prevented you from viewing the video as well. I can't stand looking at my video now, it's just way to choppy and omitting up to half the frames there. It makes me cringe.

[Paul Fierlinger]

Can't blame you, but the piece has many other problems as well -- mostly with story telling. I too can't make any sense of the subject and it drags on for too long with not enough major changes of visuals to warrant the length ... a common problem with music videos.

[JM07]

Hi Paul, I agree with you in a way, that it has a lot of repeatable features, just like those Sat morning cartoons. This is just done to support the repeating nature of songs - like waves on a beach.

[Paul Fierlinger]

And how refreshing it would be if you actually came up with an entirely new version for every repeat; new settings, new time of day or year and set of characters for every repeat -- while the music went through its routine, like waves on a beach. But you already know this. I must say that I find your attentive attitude towards my remarks refreshing on these forums. It proves that you are sincere in your quest for constructive critiques.

[JM07]

Thanks Paul. You just gave me some inspiration on how to improve the video. I agree with you that the animation does nag on me when you see elements reoccur and people want to see new things.

[User767]

What's the original format that you're uploading? That will have an effect on how they reencode. I don't see dropped frames on my YouTube videos (all uploaded h.264). And, does it drop frames at all resolutions? That may be part of the issue.

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[JM07]

It doesn't always drop frames, just sometimes.