Does 240p 360p etc effect the sound quality of Youtube videos?

[KiKiweaky]

I've seen alot of people saying that it does on youtube but I've never actually found a video that is available in high/low quality that shows the difference plainly.

Can anyone show me if it does make much of a difference?

 

[Hero in a half shell]

I'd be interested in finding this out as well, as I tend to notice an improvement in sound quality while switching a video to a higher resolution, and always wonder why that is.

 

[ohnoitsabear]

From my experience, 360p has noticeably better sound quality than 240p, but going higher than 360p doesn't make a difference, or if it does it's barely noticeable.

 

[Nouw]

Definitely. My computer-wise friend knew the exact details but I don't so I'm afraid I can't get into the technicalities. There's also a joke that using 240p makes the sound quality better in 8-bit'd songs. Sometimes it's true.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Yes, that is one reason people fret so much about a song on Youtube not being in HD. The higher the resolution = the higher the sound quality also.

 

[Lawnmooer]

If it does then I haven't noticed it (I've listened to a lot of youtube vids at 360, 480, 720 and 1080p)

The only differences I notice are in picture quality. I would notice aswell since I've a pretty keen ear and also listen to a lot of commentary videos.

I would try finding some music on there that has differing resolutions but most music is only uploaded with the one (240/360 for most and 480 for music videos)

Edit: Oh it seems that one of the last songs I listened to has a choice of resolutions and there is a pretty big difference between 240 and 720

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU1wLryjuEw&feature=g-hist&context=G2660136AHTwtdpwARAA

(Gotta link it since embedding doesn't seem to allow changes of resolution)

I guess that for commentaries the expensive sound equipment they use makes the difference less noticable.

 

[Lilani]

From my experience, 360p has noticeably better sound quality than 240p, but going higher than 360p doesn't make a difference, or if it does it's barely noticeable.

Sorry dude, but thats just plain wrong. There are VERY noticeable differences between all resolution settings 99% of the time.

If im not entirely mistaken it is possible to upload a 360p video with 720p audio, but hardly anyone does so. So to answer your original question, OP: yes, it does.

I'm sure if you've got high-quality wrap-around headphones, or an expensive surround sound system, or you are a very sensitive connoisseur of sound and sound quality you do notice a big difference, but from my experience and according to the average folks I know 320p does just fine.

And to the OP--if you have to ask which is better, chances are you're one of the ones it doesn't really matter to, so don't worry about it. I'm with smash on this one--240 is substantially worse than 360, but any more than that and you have to be a very picky person to not find the quality acceptable (or the music in the video itself is messed up).

 

[Hazy992]

As far as I can tell they're all the same, except for 240p which is noticeably lower quality

 

[KiKiweaky]

And to the OP--if you have to ask which is better, chances are you're one of the ones it doesn't really matter to, so don't worry about it. I'm with smash on this one--240 is substantially worse than 360, but any more than that and you have to be a very picky person to not find the quality acceptable (or the music in the video itself is messed up).

Ignore the last quote

Definitely. My computer-wise friend knew the exact details but I don't so I'm afraid I can't get into the technicalities. There's also a joke that using 240p makes the sound quality better in 8-bit'd songs. Sometimes it's true.

Never mind the last quote, just looked at the video in this comment below

If it does then I haven't noticed it (I've listened to a lot of youtube vids at 360, 480, 720 and 1080p)

The only differences I notice are in picture quality. I would notice aswell since I've a pretty keen ear and also listen to a lot of commentary videos.

I would try finding some music on there that has differing resolutions but most music is only uploaded with the one (240/360 for most and 480 for music videos)

Edit: Oh it seems that one of the last songs I listened to has a choice of resolutions and there is a pretty big difference between 240 and 720

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU1wLryjuEw&feature=g-hist&context=G2660136AHTwtdpwARAA

(Gotta link it since embedding doesn't seem to allow changes of resolution)

I guess that for commentaries the expensive sound equipment they use makes the difference less noticable.

and there is a massive difference in sound quality between 240p and 360p. Cant really tell with 720p, but thanks very much for pointing that out.