{"id":1865,"date":"2015-05-21T21:16:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T04:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T04:16:13","slug":"youtube-announces-new-feature-to-take-on-twitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=1865","title":{"rendered":"YouTube announces new feature to take on Twitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After a failed attempt to snatch up Twitch last year, YouTube is moving forward with new features that bolster its own live streaming capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The platform on Thursday announced a new option\u00a0that will allow channels to live stream at 60fps, which is meant to make content look buttery smooth, particularly games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The new live streaming option is launching as an early preview on HTML5-compatible browsers. While YouTube says it\u2019ll transcode streams into 720p60 and 1080p60, streams will also be available in 30fps on devices that can\u2019t quite handle the higher frame rates. To complement today\u2019s news, YouTube says it worked on updates with Elgato Game Capture, XSplit Broadcaster and XSplit Gamecaster, which can be downloaded now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for the HTML5 playback, YouTube says live streams can be played at variable speeds, including 1.5x and 2x speed; additionally, users will be able to skip backward in a stream if they miss anything (or they just want to replay a particularly awesome part).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You can browse through a number of channels that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live<\/a> right now. There\u2019s a list of \u201cupcoming events,\u201d with start times and the ability to set a reminder, which we found particularly cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While YouTube\u2019s new feature is clearly going after the popularity of Twitch, it certainly has a long ways to go if it wants to catch up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThese are the latest in a series of improvements we\u2019ve been making to live streaming on YouTube and there are plenty left to come,\u201d YouTube said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtubecreator.blogspot.com\/2015\/05\/60fps-live-streaming-on-youtube-in-html5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YOUTUBE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a failed attempt to snatch up Twitch last year, YouTube is moving forward with new features that bolster its own live streaming capabilities. The platform on Thursday announced a new option\u00a0that will allow channels to live stream at 60fps, which is meant to make content look buttery smooth, particularly games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}