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Author Topic: Higher Quality Youtube Tip  (Read 4831 times)

justice

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Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« on: February 10, 2009, 09:31 AM »
Found this gem in a youtube comment: append &fmt=18 to the url. It loads a high quality version (but even for videos that don't have the "watch in higher quality" link..)

compare
Regular: http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o
HQ: http://www.youtube.c...vaHZIrt0o&fmt=18

Good idea for a bookmarklet.

edit: see this link for more info -
http://www.baekdal.c...-high-video-quality/
« Last Edit: February 10, 2009, 09:35 AM by justice »

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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 09:47 AM »
Cool, didn't know that :Thmbsup:

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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2009, 03:21 PM »
Oooh, I didn't know the "&fmt=18" worked for videos without the high-quality link - thanks for that snippet of info! :)
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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2009, 10:40 PM »
i don't follow youtube that much but is this the same as the one Curt mentions here?

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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 04:02 AM »
yes you're right lanux didn't see that one.

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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 06:52 AM »
no biggie, it's quite normal to miss a post here and there.. ;)

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Re: Higher Quality Youtube Tip
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2009, 08:53 PM »
Sometimes the alternate format works also when YouTube tell that the video is no longer available; the HQ version may still be there and reachable!