New Updates from YouTube
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Recently YouTube had many new updates like YouTube RealTime, Homepage makeover, New YouTube Edu channel but this time YouTube also having small but many new Updates.New Options for Uploaders
Uploaders can now tweak the appearance of their video when played on YouTube or in an embedded player. Just insert any of the hint tags below into the tags field of your video and voila!
yt:crop=16:9 (zooms in on the 16:9 area, removes windowboxing)
yt:stretch=16:9 (fixes anamorphic content by scaling to 16:9)
yt:stretch=4:3 (fixes 720x480 content that is the wrong aspect ratio by scaling to 4:3)
yt:quality=high (default to a high quality stream, depending on availability)
HD Browsing Goes Global
Add Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and U.K. to the list of countries where you can browse the most popular HD videos in the region.
AudioSwap Adds Recommendations
If your video contained an audio track that was not authorized for use on YouTube, the Recommended Tracks feature in AudioSwap will help you quickly find fully licensed songs to replace your original audio track. Recommendations are based on a combination of popularity and, for audio-matched videos, similarity to the original track.
Subscription Tab in More Places
New "Subscriptions" tab to the top of the page, the Subscriptions tab is available on any of our English-language sites.
Subscription Suggestions
Users without any subscriptions who visit the subscription center will now see some channel suggestions - a random set of popular channels , same thing like in Google Reader already have. If you already have some subscriptions, you can see the suggestions, too -- just click on "About Subscription Center" in the upper-right corner of the subscriptions center.
Username Alternatives:Desire to have a goon name for your channel? but YouTube is a big place these days and many channel names are taken. But starting today, if your desired username is already in use when you sign up for an account, YouTube will offer some alternates, hopefully reducing the head-scratching that can come from trying to figure out a handle that you like and is available. Right now this is in test mode.
A Tooltip to Help With Precise Seeking
If someone tells you to check out their video at two minutes, now it's easy to find that precise point. As you drag the thumb or a little circle on the player slider, a shiny new tooltip (Showing video timing) will tell you exactly where you are in the video.
