Author Topic: Higher Quality Youtube Tip (Read 5280 times)

justice · « **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/

Eóin · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:47 AM »

Cool, didn't know that

f0dder · « **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!

lanux128 · « **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?

justice · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:02 AM »

yes you're right lanux didn't see that one.

lanux128 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:52 AM »

no biggie, it's quite normal to miss a post here and there..

Mark0 · « **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!