Moss Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Never heard of this before and not even sure it's on the level but... In order to watch videos on youtube in high quality even though that is not an option you: Simply add &fmt=18 to the end of the url and hit enter. Here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ClZFX8AsXc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ClZFX8AsXc&fmt=18 If nothing else, this is a great song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_fliz1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Never heard of this before and not even sure it's on the level but... In order to watch videos on youtube in high quality even though that is not an option you: Simply add &fmt=18 to the end of the url and hit enter. Here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ClZFX8AsXc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ClZFX8AsXc&fmt=18 If nothing else, this is a great song. I didn't notice any difference in the video's but maybe it is just me. On a side note, you are right, great, great song. I think I have a man crush of Marc Ford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I don't see any difference either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
She's A Jar Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Didn't seem like much of a difference... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Dang, sorry if I led anyone astray. I did not see a difference either but thought maybe I did not have the right settings or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I believe that a few months ago, when uploading high quality videos was in beta, you needed to use this trick to get to the high quality versions of the video. At this point, however, you can just click the high quality video if its available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 I believe that a few months ago, when uploading high quality videos was in beta, you needed to use this trick to get to the high quality versions of the video. At this point, however, you can just click the high quality video if its available. My understanding was that this still works for links that don't have the high quality video option but not sure how often that would apply. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 YouTube begins experimenting with downloadable videos By David Chartier | Published: January 18, 2009 - 09:35PM CT YouTube videos may soon become more accessible, thanks to a new feature Google began experimenting with late last week. Launching in what appears to be a limited rollout, some YouTube videos can now be downloaded via a simple link at YouTube's site, opening the doors for more sharing of videos posted to the massive community. The first videos to receive the new feature appear to be from President-elect Barack Obama's ChangeDotGov Channel. A small "Click to download" link appears beneath a video's toolbar on the YouTube site, and videos download in the same high-quality MPEG4, H.264 format that can be seen by viewing YouTube through portals on the iPhone and Apple TV. These links don't appear on a user's channel page, however; you have to visit a video directly, such as Obama's latest Weekly Address on January 17, 2009. Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford Law School processor and champion of the Creative Commons copyright system for mere mortals, noticed the feature this weekend, saying he was told that it will be offered "more generally" in due time. We checked our YouTube account and uploaded a video, but we cannot yet find the option to allow videos to be downloaded by the general public. It is worth nothing that competing services such as Vimeo have offered this option for some time, and it was a long-standing feature of Google's own Google Video property Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yeah, I saw this on Digg. Pretty cool, although I can't see how they can roll this feature out to everyone, since there are so many videos that infringe on copyright on Youtube. At any rate, I've been downloading youtube videos for a while with a firefox extension. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I know how - but I've never messed with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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