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Youtube says this was done for select Youtube Shorts as a denoising process. However most popular channels on Youtube, which seem to be the pool selected for th
by Springtime 1y ago
Youtube says this was done for select Youtube Shorts as a denoising process. However most popular channels on Youtube, which seem to be the pool selected for this experiment, typically already have well lit and graded videos shouldn't benefit much from extra denoising from a visual point of view.
It's true though that aggressive denoising gives things an artificially generated look since both processes use denoising heavily.
Perhaps this was done to optimize video encoding, since the less noise/surface detail there is the easier it is to compress.
- djmips 1y agoIf we take them at their word then it's just an extension of technology to optimize video... and it's called AI because buzzwords and hence controversy.
- QuantumNomad_ 1y ago> it's just an extension of technology to optimize video... and it's called AI because buzzwords and hence controversy. The controversy is that YouTube is making strange changes to the videos of users, that make the videos look fake. YouTube creators put hours upon hours on writing, shooting and editing their videos. And those that do it full time often depend on YouTube and their audience for income. If YouTube messes up the videos of creators and makes the videos look like they are fake, of course the creators are gonna be upset!
- cma 1y agoIt might be for making them compress better and be more likely to not buffer when you swipe up/preload more, like Tiktok serving them unencrypted to be more likely to be in a local cache for the ISP.
- alex1138 1y agoCan I just start a petition to remove Shorts entirely?
- artninja1988 1y agoJust don't watch them?
- seb1204 1y agoEasy on the website. Very click and swipe intensive on the phone in my opinion. Shorts are front and centre of the app and the search screens. I don't see any feed of suggested videos anymore.
- moi2388 1y agoHow does that remove them?
- exe34 1y agodo you feel a need to stop other people doing things you personally don't like?
- zozbot234 1y ago> Perhaps this was done to optimize video encoding, since the less noise/surface detail there is the easier it is to compress. If so it's really just another kind of lossy compression. No different in principle from encoding a video to AV-1 format.
- Springtime 1y agoGiven the denoising is said to be aggressive enough to be noticeable on already compressed video I think criticism of it is fair. Just that it should be distinguished from something like Tiktok's 'beautifier' modifications, which from titles like the BBC's come to mind.