What's the best things you like about Youtube?
By stevelvis
@stevelvis (394)
Philippines
March 16, 2009 10:06am CST
Video sharing is one of the best breakthrough on the internet. Now it is more possible to compress large videos to smaller sizes to allow smoother playbacks on websites. Youtube has been one of the best video sharing community which has more video archives. If you are a fan of youtube, why do you like visiting their site? Do you also have a channel where friends can view your latest videos? Do you enjoy showing your hidden talents on the internet? Who knows you could be discovered someday!
16 responses
@Bupler (92)
• Taiwan
17 Mar 09
What makes me like Youtube is that you can view videos without paying any money. Plus, you can view them immediately, not having to download it. Their loading time is also very fast, so there wont be a lot of waiting to do while the buffer loads. Basically everything is on Youtube, so whenever I want to see Music Videos or other things, I would just go on Youtube and spend hours on it.
P.S. Whenever my camera or Hypercam 2 records things, they are always very very big. Do you guys know how to compress it or make it smaller. They are really really really big.
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Hi Bupler! You can try the video recording settings for Hypercam and choose output file formats like wmv or mpeg. But for the previous files you have captured, you can try using Windows Movie Maker or other video conversion softwares to compress the video to smaller sizes, as what I mentioned, you can try output formats like WMV or Mpeg. Another good youtube capture is Orbit downloader. Hope it helps :-)
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Sorry I think Hypercam only records AVI file formats. That leaves you to select the best avi codec available on your PC. AVI files are really large in size and I don't recommend Hypercam for capturing youtube vids. Try downloading Orbit Downloader for free from its official website. It has this feature that adds a download icon on the youtube video you are watching where you can download it directly to your PC. Hypercam only captures anything that is moving on your desktop while Orbit downloads the original flv file on youtube which is smaller compared to avi.
@vaibhavbansal (427)
• India
17 Mar 09
hii there
the best thing i found about you tube is its database.
on you tube you can find out most of the rare clips which you always wanted to watch
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
You can also find many rare music on youtube that you can't find at imeem. Of course it's embedded on video but the sound quality is still great.
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
18 Jun 09
i also love the fact that what you want to learn is interactive, visual and narrated so you can just sit and relax while you learn. it's also free!
@ihearttinytim (614)
• United States
16 Mar 09
I like the fact that I can make a video and upload it for the world to see. It is a great way for my family in Australia to keep up with me, and vice versa. I also like viewing some of the videos on YouTube that interest me. The only drawback is that we can not make money with our videos unless we pay YouTube. I think it should be the other way around. I think we should be able to charge viewers to watch and respond to our videos, then perhaps YouTube could take a small percentage from that. For instance, if we all could have the option of charging YouTubers one or two dollars for viewing our videos, and ten cents to make a comment, YouTube could skim a certain percentage off our total monthly earnings for profit. This way, both parties make money, and I believe charging people a small fee to leave a comment will discourage the rude, hateful, and unwarranted comments that some people leave on videos.
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
I agree with you there that videos uploaded by owners on youtube should have some earnings because we are contributing to youtube's traffic and site visits. Youtube owes its popularity to the video owners. I think in Metacafe.com, they have this producer's award system where you can earn money from your original videos.
@eiram25 (1076)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
i think the best thing about youtube is that you get to see videos of all sorts coming from people around the world.you get to share videos with your friends and like what you said,one can get to showcase their talent online.youtube has indeed created an avenue for ordinary people to be seen and heard with the videos that they posted.my dad always checks on youtube from time to time to see interesting videos.
happy mylotting!
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
18 Jun 09
i also have a channel and have many friends on youtube from around the world. most of them are very kind and are very supportive to your talent. its really nice coz i know some people who started singing in front of their webcam and now, they are singing live on stage!
@strawberrychocodahi (4818)
• Philippines
16 Mar 09
The best thing i like most on Youtube is the Tutorial thing they have there. I learn a lot of great things from styling, makeup, some Adobe Photoshop tutorials and cooking of course.
I also like Youtube on hard to find documentaries that is readily available there. I am keen on every documentaries posted there and i appreciate people who upload this too. But the best part is i can also download them.
I don't have much video posted on my own account, maybe if we buy a new handy cam, i will be able also to share my videos to my friends there. Happy Mylotting!
@stevelvis (394)
• Philippines
18 Jun 09
i agree that we owe a lot to those people who took time to upload and share their videos for free. i also learned many tutorials on youtube especially techniques on Photoshop and computer troubleshooting.
@bennystc88 (178)
•
17 Mar 09
Yeah, I am a big fan of various things on YouTube, such as the comedy videos that some people have made and uploaded,also things such as people's music videos they have done-maybe a version of a famous pop song, maybe a song take-off-there is some real talent on YouTube!
@dropofrain (1167)
• India
17 Mar 09
I think it gives an amazing platform to everyone to showcase their talents and share their views. It is a great forum to showcase the hidden factor in us. I think it is really great to know more and more about these people through our channel.
@AltheGreat2430 (2716)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Hey there! I do visit youtube a lot. I like that site. I get to search and watch some videos that are hard to find now a days. Like anime videos. I also like watching videos of talented guitar players like Andy McKee, Funtwo, etc., etc.. I also upload some videos there too. Most of the videos were videos of my friends back in school. I also like it because there is no censoring.lol You can say what ever you wanna say there.lol Have a nice day. Happy posting!!
@saichandtalluri (1486)
• India
16 Mar 09
i spend my free time with youtube i watch a lot of videos. The best thing of youtube is the clarity of youtube never decreases and video plays well even if we have a low bandwidth.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
16 Mar 09
I like it is because I can find video or some TV series from different country and now even some has high quality, can see it a lot clearer. And youtubs has a lot of MTV and commercial and stuff, very convenient.
@reichiru (748)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
I mainly use Youtube now to watch cutscenes from video games, usually ones that I have, because I'm too lazy to go and actually play the game haha. But otherwise I don't go on Youtube much, sometimes I go on it to watch TV shows or anime, but that's about it. My sister uses it a lot to watch movies and TV shows or music videos, and my boyfriend watches it for funny clips. I think that the people who share the videos or actually make the videos themselves are very generous to take the time and make them and upload them.
@masata (408)
• Indonesia
16 Mar 09
Yup, you are right. youtube is the first video sharing site that I know. I like to visit youtube because I can get record of many TV shows that I was not able to watch in TV. Also, I like to find the old TV program that yet still interesting to be watched. I have never shared my hidden talent in internet because I am shy :P.
@sachin6606 (233)
• India
17 Mar 09
I think the best part of you tube 8is that it`s totally free and plus there is no such restrictions as which kind of videos will be uploaded and everyone can show case the own thing. It gives a platform for many upcoming talents who can showcase their work to the whole world......
@shadowcat_018 (835)
• Philippines
16 Mar 09
i dont share videos... for me, the best thing is i get alot of videos especially animes, which copies are very hard to find on local video stores... =)