Why is how someone holds their phone when they record such a big deal? I think it's great that Google updated for it...
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YouTube App Updated With Fullscreen Playback for Vertical Videos
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Vertical view works well for tall things like fireworks, if you want to see it shooting up and exploding, instead of having to move the camera up and down with every firework.
Did you read what I said? Because horizontally your child does not fit. Just the face. You want me to back up and tell me kid, stay there? And frame some kind of shot to fit everything from 10 feet away? For a quick share with family?
How about I shoot vertically. Aahhhh that's easy and nice
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No need to buy new monitors - in OSX display settings you can choose to rotate the screen 90, 180 or 270 - perfect for 9:16 just like all the vertical advertising displays in shopping malls
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A vertical video is not always wrong. In most instances it is, but certain shooting scenarios make shooting vertically the better option than backing way up and getting a lot of nothing in the frame. Therefore, while too many people shoot vertically improperly, I'm not for a technological fix to make all videos horizontal.
They won't add that as it would take business away from streaming services. Sucks I know.
I can sense that you are hurting, and in pain, but unable to express your true feelings. But please, let it out - how do you really feel?
In order to login (i need to be logged in in order to view my subscribed channels) in every 3rd party youtube app you must create a youtube channel and google+ profile....
I would understand that requirement a few years ago before streaming music services were a thing, but what do you need it for now?
Yep, personally I wish they'd just make full screen work in Safari.
I agree there are some times when vertical is best, but very, very few, and your child dancing isn't one of them. Horizontal, even with sections of boring surrounding room on either side, is still better - it gives you a natural setting in a natural ration like you'd see if you were actually there watching the child - it's far less grating. And of course it's also possible your child might move sideways while dancing, necessitating rapid, blurring, disconcerting camera movement while filming in portrait.
As for having to stand ten feet back to get the child in in landscape, come on, that's just nonsense isn't it? You might need to move (or lean) back a foot.
I know this is just a matter of taste, obviously, but I'm firmly in the 'vertical is almost always a horrible viewing experience' camp, and I may be a terrible cynic but I suspect the vast, VAST majority of such uploads were because the filmer just didn't care, rather than because they made a deliberate choice. Just like people who don't take any care to make what they write easy to read, showing, you could argue, a degree of disrespect for the viewer/reader. I could be extrapolating a little too much there, though, who knows.
That's also how you avoid ads. I don't understand why anyone would willingly use the YouTube app.
The only problem with them was their hardware. They were well-known to have hardware issues. Someone I know experienced this with three of them (two replacements, touch screen failing two times, and one time the home button stopped working...) before giving up and getting an iPhone... The OS was top-notch for its time.
I think ads "still" play when using YouTube Mobile site. I ran into a couple when friends would send me links. I rarely run into them when videos are embedded in post on forums though.
I seem to remember being able to listen to YouTube videos in the background on both my S6 and Nexus 6 when I used them in the last couple months using the YouTube app. >_>
I love this video. Showed it to a friend who shots vertical videos, she now sees my point of view. Was an eye-opener for her.
Actually, since their recent change involving HTML5 (not sure what they did), I remember seeing ads a couple of times because their player somehow loaded instead of the built-in QuickTime player on iOS. It might have been on the iPad only because I still see the QuickTime player without ads on my iPhone.