Upload to YouTube

Upload to Youtube is a feature introduced in Ultra Street Fighter IV that is also included in some games like the online edition of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Description
Some Street Fighter games allow players to upload their battles directly into the website Youtube. In order to take advantage the user must provide their log in information. When the feature is used the game will show the entire Replay of the battle. This happens because replays are simply the game reshowing a battle based on saved Inputs and characters selected and not actual video files in themselves.

While the battle is taking place, the platform the game is being saved on is encoding a video file that will be used for what will be uploaded to youtube. When the battle is over the video will finish rendering and then the upload process begins. Like any upload service the speed of the upload will depend on the quality selected and the upload speed of the user

Usefulness
The real usefulness of such a feature is debatable. It is arguably most useful in the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles as these platforms do not have their own native recording software but can be made to do the job with featues as said Upload to Youtube. In the more modern consoles (and PC's) recording software comes built in. PC's that do not have access to recording services to Nvidia Shadowplay or Windows Game DVR are usually incapable of running Ultra Street Fighter IV anyways.

Upload to youtube featues tend to be rather limited on what it can be used for, usually Training Mode can not be recorded so video guides and walkthroughs are rather hard. It also can be debated that Capture Cards are more useful even than inbuilt recording software as they tend to have their own inbuilt encoders and only use the platform's HHD and also make post production of the footage easier. Capture Cards also tend to use less resources than inbuilt recording materials and in the case of the base PS4 and Xbox One are much better quality. Capture devices in the timeframe of USFIV's release tended to record up to 720P 60FPS or 1080P 30, giving the user the option of a better looking video with higher framerate or a higher canvas size that matches the frame rate of Upload to Youtube but looks noticably better visually.