Andrew Smith
July 30th, 2018, 12:35 AM
Well, it's kind of like that but essentially they are choosing to do away with black bars in order to give the best viewing experience of every device. Standard definition 4:3 videos are an obvious example of the difference with the new player.
We launched an update to the YouTube video player on desktop – the player now automatically adapts to provide the best viewing experience based on the video’s size (aspect ratio) and your computer’s screen/browser size.
Highlighting the changes below and sharing more about the reasons behind the change:
Historically, for non wide-screen videos (not 16:9) like vertical and square videos, we would show black bars alongside the video, making the video really small. This update moves away from the need for black bars. We launched this update on mobile awhile back (both Android and iOS) so this change also aligns the desktop and mobile viewing experiences.
Initial feedback from users is not positive, though. See here (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/5QyTjyT-IZo) for details.
Andrew
We launched an update to the YouTube video player on desktop – the player now automatically adapts to provide the best viewing experience based on the video’s size (aspect ratio) and your computer’s screen/browser size.
Highlighting the changes below and sharing more about the reasons behind the change:
Historically, for non wide-screen videos (not 16:9) like vertical and square videos, we would show black bars alongside the video, making the video really small. This update moves away from the need for black bars. We launched this update on mobile awhile back (both Android and iOS) so this change also aligns the desktop and mobile viewing experiences.
Initial feedback from users is not positive, though. See here (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/5QyTjyT-IZo) for details.
Andrew