Higher Quality Youtube Tip

[justice]

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.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o
HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o&fmt=18

Good idea for a bookmarklet.

edit: see this link for more info -
http://www.baekdal.com/notes/personal/youtube-high-video-quality/

[Eóin]

Cool, didn't know that

[f0dder]

Oooh, I didn't know the "&fmt=18" worked for videos without the high-quality link - thanks for that snippet of info!

[lanux128]

i don't follow youtube that much but is this the same as the one Curt mentions here?

[justice]

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

[lanux128]

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

[Mark0]

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!