user5072: I also posted this question in stack exchange for web applications (https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/52579/youtube-video-resolution-problem)
I recently uploaded three ~30 second .mp4 files to youtube. The first five seconds of them are displayed in 244p and then at five seconds, youtube switches them to 360p. I would like youtube to display them at 360p from zero seconds. This problem is happening in chrome browser with the html5 player.
It's important because I need to use these videos as advertisements for my company.
What am I doing wrong?
Here are the videos:








For some reason, when embedded the videos do not have this problem, but when watched on youtube and as you can see from the above photos, there is a resolution issue.

user3851: For best results on any Youtube upload it is always best to follow the recommended video encoding settings.
Listed here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en
If you have followed those settings exactly and you are still having a problem it is a localized problem that will not affect everyone. 
Youtube videos do not play the exact same way on every computer nor every playback. 
I watched the videos and as predicted I had no problem with resolution, it was a constant 480p throughout. 

5072: <p>I also posted this question in stack exchange for web applications (<a href="https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/52579/youtube-video-resolution-problem">https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/52579/youtube-video-resolution-problem</a>)</p>

<p>I recently uploaded three ~30 second .mp4 files to youtube. The first five seconds of them are displayed in 244p and then at five seconds, youtube switches them to 360p. I would like youtube to display them at 360p from zero seconds. This problem is happening in chrome browser with the html5 player.</p>

<p><strong>It's important because I need to use these videos as advertisements for my company.</strong></p>

<p>What am I doing wrong?</p>

<p>Here are the videos:</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sYvlPaZP9Ng?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/erCmhnVks68?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHAYb.png" alt="2 seconds in, low resolution"></p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j4pYJ.png" alt="6 seconds in, high resolution"></p>

<p>For some reason, when embedded the videos do not have this problem, but when watched on youtube and as you can see from the above photos, there is a resolution issue.</p>
 3851: <p>For best results on any Youtube upload it is always best to follow the recommended video encoding settings.
Listed here: <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en</a></p>

<p>If you have followed those settings exactly and you are still having a problem it is a localized problem that will not affect everyone. </p>

<p>Youtube videos do not play the exact same way on every computer nor every playback. </p>

<p>I watched the videos and as predicted I had no problem with resolution, it was a constant 480p throughout. </p>
