Charles,

Have you tried adjusting the video quality in the settings menu?  Sometimes YouTube will send video at a lower quality for bandwidth reasons, but you should be able to select 1080p if your video hardware and network bandwidth can handle it.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/91449?hl=en



Marijane White, M.S.L.I.S.
Data and Research Engagement Librarian, Assistant Professor
Oregon Health & Science University Library

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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, October 26, 2020 at 9:53 AM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Trying to learn via You Tube video tutorials

Hi All,

Here’s the challenge I’ve faced and perhaps others have as well and can
please share your work-around?

I want to learn new, free software.

I YouTube it and find titles which look promising. Once I click on the to
view them the “words” in the tutorial look tiny and mostly indiscernible.

It’s important when you’re first learning software that you clearly see the
tabs and buttons the tutorial creator is referring to in their YT video to
follow along and develop new skills sets.

I’ve heard from some YT creators they’ve created their YT tutorial in 1080p
which would make the video very clear so someone trying to learn the
software could see the tab, button other software tools names clearly.

But, YT, to save space on their servers, compresses uploaded videos.

I’m not sure if most (or all) video downloaders then further compress YT
videos?

I open the downloaded YT instructional video in VLC Media Player and the
tabs, buttons, tools all appear just as small. I’m informed that a video
download can’t increase the video resolution.

This has been my experience with tons of YT tutorials. When you need to see
details in the video, that’s problematic. It’s not a matter of just finding
another YT tutorial on a topic, they all appear with tiny words in the
tabs, buttons, tools.

I’ve watched the YT tutorials in FF, Brave, Chrome and The Edge browsers.

So, how have others resolved the issue of YT tutorials appearing too tiny
to see the tabs, buttons, tools in software you’re trying to learn?

Here’s just one example … 360p - LEARN DAVINCI RESOLVE 16.1 IN 15 MINUTES -
Quick Start Guide for Beginners - YouTube.mkv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-XE-DorMw

Thank you!


Charles.