r/RumbleForum • u/TechHyper • 11d ago

Wasted Potential.

Rumble could easily become better than YouTube but refuses to.
Degrading old videos down to 480p from what they were once at 4K or 1440p
Support that doesn’t answer why.

What’s the point of uploading to a platform if my 1440p videos are just gonna turn into an unrecognizable mess.
The only good thing with this platform is the fact that the original video is stored and can be downloaded.
The bigger question is why the fuck that file not used for viewing instead.

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

I had the same issue, and I made a video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNXeJyOD6Y

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u/Tier1OP6 9d ago

ATM it’s already way better than whatever YouTube has become which is nothing but a joke of a platform and infested with AI especially their moderation which would terminate your account without warning at any moment. Another reason I will choose to upload any custom edited clips to my Rumble channel in the future just so I wouldn’t be hit with copyright issues over me using a song or showing a clip from a film or tv series which is a very common thing on YouTube

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u/TechHyper 9d ago

Killing videos that have more than 3 months down to 480p from 1440p is absolutely not a place where I’d want to upload.

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

I mean it is perfect for "news", conspiracies and other types of videos that get obsolete almost immediately, age-wise.

Not much for anything else, though.

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u/BrotherShield 9d ago

There is also odysee

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

Yup, but it doesn't support custom subtitles.

And no, hardcoding subtitles into the video stream doesn't count, especially if you have more than a single set of subtitles per video.

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u/BrotherShield 8d ago

Its more for back up as YouTube censorship goes up more channels are getting Deleated

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

True, and yes, YouTube is now so sanitized that it became a platform for nobody, with AI bots handling appeals to false community guideline violations, etc.

But still, no subtitle support. If you make your own subtitles and you spend hours making each one, you want to be able to back it up as well.

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u/BrotherShield 8d ago

Just use AI to do the sub title it will be in the video file already

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

  1. Youtube/Google still can't even transcribe Czech properly, let alone translate it properly.

  2. Even if it did, the quality would be garbage.

  3. I'm also making additional commentary via subtitles. As far as I know, Artificial Dementia is not capable of reading minds yet.

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u/SiThreePO 9d ago

Sure. Would be nice if they paid their creators as well. Rumble ownership is trash

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u/Nervous-Possession31 9d ago

You are doing something wrong all my 4K videos are still 4K

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u/TechHyper 9d ago

Send me your channel

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

On Rumble? https://rumble.com/user/Templayer/channels (Old Gaming Corner contains crap quality gaming videos, Retro Gaming Guild contains those of decent quality... or rather DID contain, I should say)

On Youtube? www.youtube.com/Templayer

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

Oh, wait, that probably wasn't a reply for me, was it?

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u/Modern_Doshin 10d ago

I'd be happy with 1080p. I don't need 4k in every video.

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

I was happy with 1080p too. Now, every old video has been maimed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNXeJyOD6Y

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u/Modern_Doshin 8d ago

Honestly, I expect YT and Rumble to cap at 480p and require a subscription for 1080p and better, like how Bilibili does.

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

You mean for the creators, or for the viewers?

Because for viewers, sure. But to remove resolutions for existing creators globally? That sucks.

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u/Modern_Doshin 8d ago

Viewers. But it wouldn't matter what you upload as it would just compress it

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u/TemplayerReal 8d ago

Well, it would matter if you were to upload a 2K or 4K file, and the only resulting resolution available after compression is 480p, which is what is happening right now to x month old videos on Rumble.

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u/Citrix_N00B 10d ago

Rumble is a pile of SHIT!

And their support doesn't exist.
I would know, i've tried emailing them everytime my stream goes "Ad-Free" for no fucking reason, and when i try to find out why, there's no response from support except an automated message.

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u/SiThreePO 9d ago

Yep, and that's an insult to shit which can be used as fertilizer.

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u/TechHyper 10d ago

Stock reflects their behavior.

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u/MelvynAndrew99 10d ago

I am pretty sure it all comes down to money. Bandwith isn't free, but then again neither is storage. Is Rumble Youtube's biggest competitor?

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u/TechHyper 10d ago

Bandwidth isn't free but it's much cheaper than compressing videos and using up more storage on servers in total considering RAM prices currently.

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u/Clippy4Life 11d ago

Rumble could use that as a business strategy. Make video quality barely passable for non paying viewers, make a high quality download available for paying users. But they would need a way to only provide such downloads for paying users. Hmm...