What Do 1000 Uploads Do To A YouTube Video?

Have you ever wondered exactly how much quality you lose each time you upload a video to YouTube? How about how much quality you would lose after uploading the same video 1000 times? Musician Patrick Liddell decided to find out. Last May he uploaded a video of himself sitting in a room, talking. Over the past year he has downloaded and re-uploaded his video to YouTube 1000 times, with some interesting results.

In his original video, ‘I Am Sitting In A Video Room 1’, Liddell states the mission of his project:

“I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now.

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