Are Aliens Uploading to YouTube? - GoFuckYourself.com

wehateporn · 06-10-2014, 05:36 AM

There are over 80,000 of these in this account

https://youtube.com/channel/UCsLiV4WJfkTEHH0b9PmRklw

arock10 · 06-10-2014, 05:42 AM

Illegal aliens?

DamianJ · 06-10-2014, 05:42 AM

Isaul Vargas, a New York-based software tester, spotted the videos in a post on BoingBoing and recognised them from an automation conference he had been at a year ago. They were being shown by a European firm that made streaming software for set-top boxes, the kit that sits under a TV and connects to services such as Sky or Netflix.

The company needed to be able to quickly and reliably upload digital video, a capability which it tested by uploading short, randomly generated snippets to its YouTube channel and running image-recognition software on it. "Considering the volume of videos and the fact they use YouTube, it tells me that this is a large company testing their video encoding software and measuring how Youtube compresses the videos," says Vargas.

So there's the answer. What looked like an insight into the murky world of espionage, or maybe even something otherworldly, turns out to be a little bit of a quality-control system leaking into the outside world.

Perhaps some puzzles are better left unsolved.

Mickey_ · 06-10-2014, 07:00 AM

Yep, it's aliens.

FuckingBigTime · 06-10-2014, 07:02 AM

They are among us, no doubt!

wehateporn · 06-10-2014, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mickey_

Yep, it's aliens.

Yep, conclusive then

candyflip · 06-10-2014, 07:27 AM

Debunked? Mystery solved?

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/06/t...bdriver-torso/

Quote:

Turns out this channel is how Google keeps tabs on upload quality. Clips are sent to YouTube's servers and then compared against the original file to ensure that the quality remains the same. The account going viral was just an accident, though once it happened Google was more than happy to play into the fun.Those other accounts that have since vanished or gone private? They're all Google test accounts too, though the web giant wouldn't divulge what exactly Ekaterina Basic or Timmy Tester were experimenting with.

CaptainHowdy · 06-10-2014, 07:30 AM

Yes, we are aliens.

Jay39 · 06-10-2014, 07:45 AM

for sure aliens! who else?

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06-10-2014, 05:42 AM	#3
DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	Isaul Vargas, a New York-based software tester, spotted the videos in a post on BoingBoing and recognised them from an automation conference he had been at a year ago. They were being shown by a European firm that made streaming software for set-top boxes, the kit that sits under a TV and connects to services such as Sky or Netflix. The company needed to be able to quickly and reliably upload digital video, a capability which it tested by uploading short, randomly generated snippets to its YouTube channel and running image-recognition software on it. "Considering the volume of videos and the fact they use YouTube, it tells me that this is a large company testing their video encoding software and measuring how Youtube compresses the videos," says Vargas. So there's the answer. What looked like an insight into the murky world of espionage, or maybe even something otherworldly, turns out to be a little bit of a quality-control system leaking into the outside world. Perhaps some puzzles are better left unsolved.

06-10-2014, 07:02 AM	#5
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