A neat little demonstration on a weird use for the multiple audio tracks feature on Youtube, along with a discussion of how use of this trick could impact the recommendation algorithm. Live long...
A neat little demonstration on a weird use for the multiple audio tracks feature on Youtube, along with a discussion of how use of this trick could impact the recommendation algorithm.
I do not have the option to switch audio tracks. In the cogwheel menu I have quality speed captions stable volume copy debug info stats for nerds As well as closed captions and auto play.
Same here. It opened the mobile site, and I had to swap to desktop mode. He posted this link to a video with the second track here though! And... Yeah, this definitely has some fun potential to...
I can select audio tracks for this video on the Android app and on the website via Chrome. I haven't tried it on any other browsers or apps. I have now confirmed that it works in Grayjay as well....
I can select audio tracks for this video on the Android app and on the website via Chrome. I haven't tried it on any other browsers or apps.
I have now confirmed that it works in Grayjay as well.
Is it possible that changing audio tracks is simply not available on YouTube's mobile browser interface?
Will have to wait until I get home to watch this particular video, but I have observed one cool (if probably subtler) use of the audio track feature: James Hoffman uses English (US) vs English...
Will have to wait until I get home to watch this particular video, but I have observed one cool (if probably subtler) use of the audio track feature: James Hoffman uses English (US) vs English (UK) so that you can pick between a track that includes him slurping the coffee or not.
Modern Rogue had a video like this as well: https://youtu.be/t3vU-XIi9sg I'm not completely sure about the use case for these over putting up a new video, but it's pretty interesting.
Beyond it being a novel, neat little trick, one usecase I can think of would be to add commentary on existing videos or put things into context after the fact without interfering with the...
I'm not completely sure about the use case for these over putting up a new video
Beyond it being a novel, neat little trick, one usecase I can think of would be to add commentary on existing videos or put things into context after the fact without interfering with the integrity of the original video.
A board game channel Before You Play has used Klingon subtitles to issue corrections on their videos for it they make a rules mistake. Having an entire audio track the full length of your video...
A board game channel Before You Play has used Klingon subtitles to issue corrections on their videos for it they make a rules mistake. Having an entire audio track the full length of your video could be much more of a hassle on longer ones.
Offtopic: When I fucked up removing the tracking bit from the URL, accidentally linked to this weird video: https://youtu.be/9xp1XWmJ_Wo?si=WkT841PkZ6_ZARew
Certainly an interesting concept! The comment of this essentially being like having a "Side B" on records/cassettes is pretty accurate. I do wonder how long this feature would last though, and if...
Certainly an interesting concept! The comment of this essentially being like having a "Side B" on records/cassettes is pretty accurate. I do wonder how long this feature would last though, and if it would be used in this way. I know some bigger channels just use dedicated separate channels for their videos in other languages, and I assume the purpose of this feature was to help those channels just consolidate things into one channel. I can't imagine it being used for this purpose of having multiple kinds of content in one video for long though, it is a cool party trick
It feels like he's overstating it a bit... But still, neat!
A neat little demonstration on a weird use for the multiple audio tracks feature on Youtube, along with a discussion of how use of this trick could impact the recommendation algorithm.
Live long and prosper
I do not have the option to switch audio tracks.
In the cogwheel menu I have
As well as closed captions and auto play.
On mobile (Firefox) I had to switch to desktop mode to get the option to show up.
Same here. It opened the mobile site, and I had to swap to desktop mode. He posted this link to a video with the second track here though! And... Yeah, this definitely has some fun potential to break Youtube.
I can select audio tracks for this video on the Android app and on the website via Chrome. I haven't tried it on any other browsers or apps.
I have now confirmed that it works in Grayjay as well.
Is it possible that changing audio tracks is simply not available on YouTube's mobile browser interface?
Will have to wait until I get home to watch this particular video, but I have observed one cool (if probably subtler) use of the audio track feature: James Hoffman uses English (US) vs English (UK) so that you can pick between a track that includes him slurping the coffee or not.
the best use, really. some videos his slurps are off the rails.
that's why I like the slurp track lol, but I understand why others wouldn't
i wish i had that other track in real life for some loved ones.
o/t but that last moka pot w/ pid video is amazing.
Davie504 just released a video using the same technique inspired by this video. Maxbe we'll see more of these over the next few weeks.
Modern Rogue had a video like this as well:
https://youtu.be/t3vU-XIi9sg
I'm not completely sure about the use case for these over putting up a new video, but it's pretty interesting.
Beyond it being a novel, neat little trick, one usecase I can think of would be to add commentary on existing videos or put things into context after the fact without interfering with the integrity of the original video.
I could see informational videos using it to issue corrections, expand on points and generally respond to feedback
A board game channel Before You Play has used Klingon subtitles to issue corrections on their videos for it they make a rules mistake. Having an entire audio track the full length of your video could be much more of a hassle on longer ones.
Man Carrying Thing made one:
https://youtu.be/nUDziIl3f8E
Offtopic: When I fucked up removing the tracking bit from the URL, accidentally linked to this weird video:
https://youtu.be/9xp1XWmJ_Wo?si=WkT841PkZ6_ZARew
how did that happen?
Not quite sure, honestly. When I try to recreate how I did it now, it just links to the homepage of Youtube. Weird!
Certainly an interesting concept! The comment of this essentially being like having a "Side B" on records/cassettes is pretty accurate. I do wonder how long this feature would last though, and if it would be used in this way. I know some bigger channels just use dedicated separate channels for their videos in other languages, and I assume the purpose of this feature was to help those channels just consolidate things into one channel. I can't imagine it being used for this purpose of having multiple kinds of content in one video for long though, it is a cool party trick