User:Hegsareta/YouTube Quality Formats

Non-DASH

itag value[1] Default container Video resolution Video encoding Video profile Video bitrate (Mbit/s) [2] Audio encoding Audio bitrate (kbit/s) [2]
17 3GP 144p[4] MPEG-4 Visual Simple 0.05 AAC 24
36 240p[5] 0.175 32
18 MP4 360p H.264 Baseline 0.5 96
22 720p High 2-3 192
43 WebM 360p VP8 0.5-0.75 Vorbis 128

DASH (video only)

itag value[1] Default container Video resolution Video encoding Video profile Video bitrate (Mbit/s) [2] Recommended

(for upload)[1]

160 MP4 144p H.264 Main 0.1–0.12
133 240p 0.2–0.3
134 360p 0.5–0.7
135 480p 0.9–1.2
136 720p 1.8–2.4
298 720p HFR 3–3.5
137 1080p High 2.5–3
299 1080p HFR 5–6
264 1440p 4–4.5
266 2160p 12.5–16
138 4320p 13.5–25
278 WebM 144p VP9 Profile 0 0.1–0.13
242 240p 0.2–0.3
243 360p 0.4–0.6 1
244 480p 0.7–1 2.5
247 720p 1.5–2 5
248 1080p 2.5–3 8
271 1440p 9 16
313 2160p 13–15 35–45
272 4320p 20–25
302 720p HFR 2.5–3 7.5
303 1080p HFR 4–5 12
308 1440p HFR 10 24
315 2160p HFR 20–25 53–68
330 144p HDR, HFR Profile 2 0.16–0.2
331 240p HDR, HFR 0.24–0.3
332 360p HDR, HFR 0.55–0.8 Not supported
333 480p HDR, HFR 1–1.5 Not supported
334 720p HDR, HFR 2.5–4 9.5
335 1080p HDR, HFR 4–7 15
336 1440p HDR, HFR 11–17 30
337 2160p HDR, HFR 22–30 66-85
394 MP4 144p Profile 0 AV1 0.08–0.12
395 240p 0.15–0.25
396 360p 0.3–0.4
397 480p 0.5–0.7
398 720p HFR
399 1080p HFR

DASH (audio only)

itag value[1] Default container Audio encoding Audio bitrate (kbit/s) [2]
139 M4A AAC 48
140 128
171 WebM Vorbis
249 Opus 48
250 64
251 160

Live streaming

itag value[1] Default container Video resolution Video encoding Video profile Video bitrate (Mbit/s) [2] Audio encoding Audio bitrate (kbit/s) [2]
91 TS 144p H.264 Main 0.1 AAC 48
92 240p 0.15–0.3
93 360p 0.5–1 128
94 480p 0.8–1.25
95 720p 1.5–3 256
96 1080p High 2.5–6

^ [1] itag is an undocumented parameter used internally by YouTube to differentiate between quality profiles. Until December 2010, there was also a URL parameter known as fmt that allowed a user to force a profile using itag codes.

^ [2] Approximate values based on statistical data; actual bitrate can be higher or lower due to variable encoding rate.

^ [3] "At time of writing, these transcodes are encoded at a very high bitrate for decoder performance testing."[2]

^ [4] 176x144. Videos with an aspect ratio other than 11:9 will be letterboxed/pillarboxed. (4:3 = 176x132 visible, 16:9 = 176x98 visible. In other formats, 192x144 (4:3) and 256x144 (16:9) are used instead.)

^ [5] 320x240. Videos with an aspect ratio other than 4:3 will have a lower vertical or horizontal resolution. (16:9 = 320x180. In other formats, 427x240 is used instead.)

[3][self-published source?][4][self-published source?][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Recommended upload encoding settings - YouTube Help". support.google.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  2. ^ "AV1 Beta Launch Playlist - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ Macall, Fred (2010). "YTCrack v0.24b". Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  4. ^ McFarland, Patrick (May 24, 2010). "Approximate YouTube Bitrates". Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  5. ^ "Bigger and Better: Encoding for YouTube 720p HD". December 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  6. ^ Greenfield, Trevor (November 22, 2009). "YouTube's 1080p – Failure Depends on How You Look at It". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  7. ^ Biggs, Billy (November 12, 2009). "1080p HD Is Coming to YouTube". Official YouTube Blog. Google. Retrieved March 25, 2017.