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1570 points walz | 4 comments | 04 Dec 24 04:46 UTC | HN request time: 1.922s | source
1. nrvn ◴[04 Dec 24 16:58 UTC] No.42319428[source]▶
What I find weird is searching IMG_XXXX directly on youtube returns you a number of videos with such title and half of the results are 10+ year old youtube SHORTS. There was no such thing back then. Just bloody videos! Does Youtube auto-convert short old videos to vertical shorts on users’ behalf?
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2. drvladb ◴[04 Dec 24 17:07 UTC] No.42319494[source]▶
I believe Youtube just serves the video with a Shorts UI, nothing special besides the formatting of the page.
3. CM30 ◴[04 Dec 24 20:00 UTC] No.42321424[source]▶
Unfortunately the answer is yes. If a video has a vertical resolution and is under 3 minutes (previously 1 minute), YouTube will automatically treat it as a short now. This basically means every video related to a DS or 3DS game, or recorded on a phone in general, is now treated like a short by their system.

This has likely screwed up all manner of videos, since a vertical resolution doesn't equate to it being designed for a TikTok or Instagram style feed...

4. SoftTalker ◴[04 Dec 24 21:04 UTC] No.42322032[source]▶
Early YouTube limited videos to a few minutes. Also early phones didn't have a lot of memory to make long videos.