High quality youtube videos?

[Northy]

Someone said there was a 'trick' to getting a higher quality video, anyone remember what it was?

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[Supergreg]

The trick is to click on "watch in high quality" just below any video that is available in high quality, e.g. this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atmaXuVN9QA

you will see a difference in audio and video.

[dave g]

&fmt=18

put that on the end of the video url

[Northy]

Cheers guys, I guess if it's not available in higher quality it just doesn't make any difference?

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[dave g]

if you stick that code on the end of every normal video it gives you a better quality regardless of whether it says hq or not.

[JCJC]

I believe they re-encode all videos to higher quality, (MP4) and have a standard one (FLV ?) may take a few days for the high res to appear.

you can use something like http://keepvid.com/ to download and pick the better quality.

(but google are still fiddling with the settings and keep adjusting)

[budgio]

Originally Posted by dave g

&fmt=18

put that on the end of the video url

Great tip thanks