Enable higher quality video on Youtube

mutelight
mutelight Posts: 1,054
edited March 2008 in The Clubhouse
It works on most videos.

Take a normal Youtube address, like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0
Then add &fmt=6 after it, like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0&fmt=6
And boom, it's a lot higher quality.
Not good enough? Well, there's even better quality, add &fmt=18 instead, like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0&fmt=18
This should apparently be even faster to load than the Format 6, but more heavy too (Flash Video / h.263 vs MPEG4 / h.264)

There's additional format, fmt=17, but it's not higher quality, it's in fact even worse than the normal

Explanations of the formats above:
Normal, no tag:
320x240 @ 29.97 fps
Flash video (Sorenson h.263)
MP3 Audio (22.05KHz, mono)
FLV container

Format 6 tag:
448x298 @ 29.98fps
Flash video (Sorenson h.263)
MP3 Audio (44.1KHz, mono)
FLV Conatiner

Format 18 tag:
480x320 @ 29.97fps
MPEG-4 Video (H.264)
MPEG-4 (AAC) audio (44.1KHz, STEREO!)
mp4 container

Format 17 tag:
176x144 @ 12fps
MPEG-4 Video (simple profile)
MPEG-4 (AAC) audio (22.05KHz, mono)
3gp container

Enjoy! :cool:
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2008
    When you think about it's all the about who you wish to see it, and how they will see it.

    It's bandwidth, file size, connecting speed. If too high then people using a slower connection need to wait for or get choppy video at best.

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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2008
    Oh yeah I know. I am pretty sure that the "18" tag is what iPhone and iPod Touch users see on their devices since I know YouTube was pretty limited (and still is to a certain extent) since it needs those videos to be in that format.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited March 2008
    WOW....It works...so cool.

    Thanks...now I'm (&fmt=18) everything...
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2008
    That's cool. Thanks for the tip!
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2008
    cool

    <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nrx_fEl4E7Q"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nrx_fEl4E7Q&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,838
    edited March 2008
    Thanks for the tip, that's cool !
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