Finally... 1080p for Vimeo. But...
Another Hiatus lift...
So Vimeo rolls out 1080p trials right now, but at the moment, it's for Plus members only...
This leaves people like me, with a free account, in the cold once again.
First, they scrapped original file download for non-Plus users and now 1080p is ONLY for Plus users...
Here's what I think: Roll out 1080p site-wide for all users but have a compromise...
Plus users would get the best possible encoding settings: 1080p at 6mbps with 2-pass encoding and maybe even VBR.
Basic users would get a toned down 1080p encode: 3mbps with only 1-pass CBR.
Not only that, they should get rid of the VP6 encoding for talking head videos and stick to H.264 for all videos that Basic members upload.
Listen up, not everyone has a credit card... Leaving people out like this is obviously not beneficial. The free service is now so crippled, it's 720p HD is actually worse than YT. (and even worse for talking head 720p videos)
So Vimeo rolls out 1080p trials right now, but at the moment, it's for Plus members only...
This leaves people like me, with a free account, in the cold once again.
First, they scrapped original file download for non-Plus users and now 1080p is ONLY for Plus users...
Here's what I think: Roll out 1080p site-wide for all users but have a compromise...
Plus users would get the best possible encoding settings: 1080p at 6mbps with 2-pass encoding and maybe even VBR.
Basic users would get a toned down 1080p encode: 3mbps with only 1-pass CBR.
Not only that, they should get rid of the VP6 encoding for talking head videos and stick to H.264 for all videos that Basic members upload.
Listen up, not everyone has a credit card... Leaving people out like this is obviously not beneficial. The free service is now so crippled, it's 720p HD is actually worse than YT. (and even worse for talking head 720p videos)
posted by Jack Zhang at 2/06/2010 07:59:00 AM
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