Charles, I watched the example in your email. It's clear. I looked at the setting. It said "auto 1080 HD." Yongming On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 12:53 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > -- Yongming Wang Systems Librarian R. Barbara Gitenstein Library The College of New Jersey Email: [log in to unmask]