f10101 t1_j55angk wrote on January 20, 2023 at 2:32 PM

Reply to comment by Avelina9X in [D] Did YouTube just add upscaling? by Avelina9X

Not necessarily. This kind of thing will also happen if you chain upscaling, quantization, smoothing and sharpening techniques.

What's the video link?

Avelina9X OP t1_j55gyws wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Heres the video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPUGPLAfhTk

But if YouTube are doing A/B testing your hardware/account/IP/region might not be marked for rollout yet.

wintermute93 t1_j55igrj wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:25 PM

I'm definitely not seeing whatever you're seeing, if I set that video to 144p and full-screen it (1440p monitor) I get an unwatchable mess, not an unwatchable mess that's been upscaled and sharpened like your screenshots.

Avelina9X OP t1_j55l3ks wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:42 PM

What version of Chrome? What's your region? I'm in the UK, using a GTX 1660 Ti (but Chrome running on Intel Iris graphics) with chrome version 109.0.5414.75 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: Stable)

wintermute93 t1_j55rhlf wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:22 PM

Same Chrome build as you, GTX 1080. I'm US but usually have my VPN set to somewhere in eastern Europe, no difference after turning it off. I see this.

Glum-Bookkeeper1836 t1_j57qhk9 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:59 PM

It might be anything in your particular tech stack, not just YouTube. Very interesting though, about time too.