YouTube Slowly Adding Support for 60fps Videos

YouTube announced this past Thursday that it's making some tweaks to the service to enhance the lives of content creators who dump videos all over the site. Among those include the eye-catching note that YouTube will officially be supporting 48 and 60 frames-per-second videos 'in the coming months.' Here's a secret, though: YouTube is already allowing a few videos to run at the full 60 frames per second, and they're a treat to behold.

To view them — currently, just three videos — you have to make sure that you're watching the video in HD (at least 720p or greater). And unless you're a gamer, you probably won't care all that much about the content. The preview videos consist of a multiplayer trailer for Electronic Arts' upcoming Battlefield Hardline game, a trailer season two of the Web series Video Game High School, and a three-and-a-half minute multiplayer romp through Titanfall (which we've embedded below).

Of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg for YouTube's tweaks. The website is also rolling out a fan funding process by which interested viewers can donate money to creators whose videos they find especially compelling.

'We'll be adding another option for you, where fans will be able to contribute money to support your channel at any time, for any reason. A handful of creators are testing this feature soon on desktop and Android, including Dulce Delight, Fitness Blender,The Healthcare Triage, The King of Random, Soul Pancake, Steve Spangler Science, The Young Turks, and Thug Notes,' reads YouTube's announcement.

Those interested in signing up to give the donation process a try can do so via YouTube directly. Not all will be selected to try out the ' YouTube Fan Funding' program but, hey, it never hurts to take a shot at some free money.

Other tweaks to YouTube include the launch of YouTube's Creatuor Studio app, for managing one's videos and poring over analytics during those times when one isn't sitting in front of one's desktop or laptop. YouTube has also added thousands of new royalty-free audio sound effects to its Audio Library for use by all. In addition, a featuring allowing for fan-created subtitles is starting to slowly roll out, and new tweaks to YouTube's playlist functionality are expected to hit soon over the coming months.