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Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: Kenneth Kenstar on March 13, 2008, 02:32:16 pm

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Kenneth Kenstar on March 13, 2008, 02:32:16 pm

Basically all you need to do is add "&fmt=18" (without the quotes of course) onto the end of any Youtube video URL.

For example,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A (http://youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A)

Here is a Youtube Video without the attribute.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A&fmt=18 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A&fmt=18)

Now, here is a Youtube video with the original, full quality.

Neat trick, huh? If you have a good broadband connection, crank that quality up and have a blast!

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Vector on March 13, 2008, 02:37:50 pm

kenny,
you just won the internet, all of it (again)

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Kenneth Kenstar on March 13, 2008, 02:39:59 pm

Be warned, that if a video was uploaded that already had terrible quality, this won't do anything for the video.

All this does is show the quality of the video as it was uploaded. A lot of the original videos on Youtube have much higher quality than is actually shown, so, this should make the experience a lot better.

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Vector on March 13, 2008, 02:43:37 pm

tried this for some music videos that the quality was way too low to see anything
they were amazing
like 45 fps id bet

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: DrunkWino on March 13, 2008, 03:18:56 pm

Holy shit!

I didn't think there was a way to make this: Mz. Peaches (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rGrqW3nx5HM&fmt=18) any better.

I was wrong.

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: wethepeople on March 13, 2008, 03:42:20 pm

I notice NO difference on anything. <_<

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Dontasemebro on March 13, 2008, 05:18:16 pm

Quote from: wethepeople

I notice NO difference on anything. <_<

thats cuz ur eyes are shrouded in mystery.

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: Grand Poobah Marx on March 13, 2008, 06:28:04 pm

Kenny, you're awesome!  How'd you figure that out?

Title: How to watch Youtube Videos in HD or Original Quality
Post by: bioakky on March 13, 2008, 07:23:05 pm

It works best when you see the two videos side-by-side or switched between tabs.