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Youtube removed 5K resolution option? (2880s for 360° video)

Started 9 months ago | Discussions thread
Jon555 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,715
Re: Youtube removed 5K resolution option? (2880s for 360° video)

NickZ2016 wrote:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6375112?hl=en&ref_topic=9257782

Note: In 2022, we started removing support for playback at resolutions between 4K and 8K. For example, we may no longer support playback at 5K.

I think that solves the mystery.

I liked this because it's very useful, and thanks for that, but I don't "like" it of course.

Considering the number of Action and 360 cameras that shoot in 5k it seems a bad move, especially when it comes to zooming in on 360 videos.
I wonder if the best answer is to downscale to 4k yourself to optimise the quality, to let them do it as they will process the video again anyway, or to upscale to 8k?

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