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First "8K" Video Appears on YouTube

posted by martyb on Saturday June 13 2015, @02:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the 33,177,600-pixels-per-frame dept.

takyon writes:

A video with a 4320p (7680×4320) playback option has appeared on YouTube. According to the video description for "Ghost Towns in 8K", it was "Filmed on the RED Epic Dragon 6K in Portrait orientation and then stitched together in Adobe After Effects. Some shots simply scaled up by 125% from 6.1K to meet the 7.6K standard."

Very few people on the planet will be capable of playing the upscaled video in its full glory. The NHK and Panasonic plan to trial 8K broadcasting during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Perhaps YouTube should add an intermediate 5K (5120×2880) option for Apple and Dell users.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday June 14 2015, @07:20PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday June 14 2015, @07:20PM (#196216) Journal

    I created an H.265 1280x720 video with an average video bitrate of 32 kbps. It looked like bad mosaic art but it worked.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday June 14 2015, @07:54PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday June 14 2015, @07:54PM (#196229) Journal

    What bitrate is the minimum in order to pass the "wife & kids test" ?